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 £23,153,601 across 520 declared donations from 186 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	250	£12.1m	52.2%
Individual	224	£10.8m	46.7%
Company	42	£226k	1.0%
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	28	£1.9m
2023	20	£1.4m
2022	17	£1.6m
2021	25	£1.7m
2020	15	£951k
2019	26	£1.2m
2018	19	£932k
2017	28	£1.7m
2016	20	£1.4m
2015	14	£1.7m
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	294	£15.4m	66.6%
Parliamentary office	92	£6.8m	29.2%
Other	10	£613k	2.6%
Constituency-level	124	£375k	1.6%

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	£112k
Media	2	£8k
Finance	1	£3k

Top 30 donors · lifetime

#	Donor	Type	Donations	Lifetime total
1	House of Commons	Public Fund	131	£8.7m
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	William Crichton Graham	Individual	2	£217k
16	Finance and Administration Fees Office	Public Fund	19	£198k
17	Mr Gordon Campbell Sayer	Individual	1	£183k
18	Mr Ian McNish	Individual	1	£175k
19	House of Commons Fees Office	Public Fund	11	£144k
20	Miss Rosheen Napier	Individual	1	£136k
21	House of Commons Finance and Administration Office	Public Fund	2	£128k
22	Robert Benzie	Individual	1	£128k
23	Mr Angus Tulloch	Individual	3	£101k
24	Mr Thomas Farmer	Individual	1	£100k
25	Mr Ronald Clarke	Individual	1	£96k
26	Ms Agnes Mackay	Individual	2	£94k
27	Mr Julian Rudd	Individual	6	£93k
28	William Ritchie	Individual	1	£92k
29	Mr Alistair Black	Individual	1	£80k
30	Mr David Joseph Reoch	Individual	2	£74k

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