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 £649,705 across 158 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	155	£644k	99.1%
Individual	3	£6k	0.9%

Year by year

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

Year	Donations	Total
2026	2	£20k
2025	9	£51k
2024	16	£82k
2023	18	£60k
2022	23	£87k
2021	21	£80k
2020	16	£62k
2019	18	£66k
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	107	£447k	68.7%
Central HQ	51	£203k	31.3%

Top 30 donors · lifetime

#	Donor	Type	Donations	Lifetime total
1	Northern Ireland Assembly	Public Fund	155	£644k
2	Mr James Kingan	Individual	2	£4k
3	Mr Andrew Martin	Individual	1	£2k

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