Who actually funds the Scottish National Party

Every declared donation to the Scottish National Party on the Electoral Commission register, aggregated by year, by donor type, by sector and by accounting unit. The headline number on the policy page is £24,751,200 across 545 declared donations from 191 distinct donors. The figures below are the decomposition.

By donor type

The most diagnostic single decomposition. Tells you who actually owns the party.

Donor type	Donations	Total	% of all-time
Public Fund	264	£13.3m	53.8%
Individual	232	£11.2m	45.2%
Company	45	£233k	0.9%
Unincorporated Association	1	£10k	0.0%
Trust	1	£10k	0.0%
Impermissible Donor	2	£3k	0.0%

Year by year

Declared total per calendar year. Election years and leadership-change years usually spike.

Year	Donations	Total
2026	11	£219k
2025	21	£504k
2024	29	£2m
2023	22	£1.5m
2022	21	£1.7m
2021	28	£1.9m
2020	18	£1.2m
2019	28	£1.3m
2018	21	£1.1m
2017	32	£2m
2016	22	£1.4m
2015	16	£1.8m
2014	25	£2.8m
2013	12	£97k
2012	14	£364k
2011	17	£1.6m
2010	13	£481k
2009	20	£170k
2008	15	£177k
2007	41	£998k
2006	26	£606k
2005	11	£103k
2004	27	£268k
2003	32	£283k
2002	13	£99k
2001	10	£132k

Where the money landed · accounting unit

Money that lands at Central HQ funds the party machine. Money that lands at a constituency association funds a single seat. The mix tells you whether the party is centrally bankrolled or locally rooted.

Where	Donations	Total	% of all-time
Central HQ	307	£16.2m	65.3%
Parliamentary office	107	£8m	32.4%
Constituency-level	129	£388k	1.6%
Other	2	£171k	0.7%

Top funding sectors

Donor names matched against the site’s sector classifier. Untagged donors (individuals, generic companies) are not included — this is the political-economy view.

Sector	Distinct donors	Total
Property	5	£115k
Media	2	£8k
Finance	1	£3k

Top 30 donors · lifetime

#	Donor	Type	Donations	Lifetime total
1	House of Commons	Public Fund	145	£9.9m
2	Mr Colin Weir	Individual	4	£1.8m
3	Mrs Christine Weir	Individual	4	£1.8m
4	Electoral Commission	Public Fund	19	£1.3m
5	Brian Souter	Individual	3	£1.1m
6	The Electoral Commission	Public Fund	14	£936k
7	Mr Edwin G Morgan	Individual	1	£918k
8	Ms Estelle Brownrig	Individual	4	£620k
9	Scottish Parliament Corporate Body	Public Fund	37	£446k
10	Mr Brian Souter	Individual	1	£300k
11	Morven Polson	Individual	1	£300k
12	Dr Norman Allan	Individual	2	£294k
13	Alexander Adams	Individual	1	£250k
14	Thomas McCann	Individual	1	£228k
15	Mr Ian McNish	Individual	2	£218k
16	William Crichton Graham	Individual	2	£217k
17	Finance and Administration Fees Office	Public Fund	19	£198k
18	Mr Gordon Campbell Sayer	Individual	1	£183k
19	Ms Maureen Helen Erasmuson	Individual	2	£153k
20	House of Commons Fees Office	Public Fund	11	£144k
21	Miss Rosheen Napier	Individual	1	£136k
22	House of Commons Finance and Administration Office	Public Fund	2	£128k
23	Robert Benzie	Individual	1	£128k
24	Mr Angus Tulloch	Individual	3	£101k
25	Mr Thomas Farmer	Individual	1	£100k
26	Mr Ronald Clarke	Individual	1	£96k
27	Ms Agnes Mackay	Individual	2	£94k
28	Mr Julian Rudd	Individual	6	£93k
29	Mrs Doreen Gunn	Individual	1	£93k
30	William Ritchie	Individual	1	£92k

All-time, all accounting units. Includes both monetary donations and non-cash benefits.