Who actually funds the Ulster Unionist Party

Every declared donation to the Ulster Unionist 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 £763,863 across 181 declared donations from 3 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	177	£756k	99.0%
Individual	4	£8k	1.0%

Year by year

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

Year	Donations	Total
2026	3	£40k
2025	11	£66k
2024	18	£92k
2023	19	£62k
2022	25	£95k
2021	24	£94k
2020	24	£92k
2019	22	£82k
2018	23	£92k
2017	12	£48k

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
Constituency-level	127	£547k	71.6%
Central HQ	54	£217k	28.4%

Top 30 donors · lifetime

#	Donor	Type	Donations	Lifetime total
1	Northern Ireland Assembly	Public Fund	177	£756k
2	Mr James Kingan	Individual	3	£6k
3	Mr Andrew Martin	Individual	1	£2k

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