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 £716,757 across 176 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 total
Public Fund	172	£709k	98.9%
Individual	4	£8k	1.1%

Year by year

Declared total per calendar year. Totals usually spike in election years and in years when the leader changes.

Year	Donations	Total
2026	3	£27k
2025	5	£35k
2024	15	£77k
2023	19	£62k
2022	25	£95k
2021	24	£94k
2020	24	£92k
2019	24	£90k
2018	25	£96k
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 total
Constituency associations	118	£489k	68.2%
Central HQ	58	£228k	31.8%

Top 30 donors · lifetime

#	Donor	Type	Donations	Lifetime total
1	Northern Ireland Assembly	Public Fund	172	£709k
2	Mr James Kingan	Individual	3	£6k
3	Mr Andrew Martin	Individual	1	£2k

Every year on record, all accounting units. Includes both monetary donations and benefits in kind.