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Who runs Westminster’s All-Party Groups
Each All-Party Parliamentary Group has a secretariat: the entity that does the operational work and effectively sets the policy line. When the secretariat is a lobby firm, the APPG is a paid channel for the firm’s clients to reach MPs. 23 firms operate two or more APPGs each. The rest run a single group.
Firms operating two or more APPGs · 23
Single-APPG secretariats (424)
- Rita Davids
- Advertising Association
- UK Acquired Brain Injury Forum
- Beyond2050 ltd
- Offshore Energies UK (OEUK)
- Government of Jersey and Government of Guernsey jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Sands
- Startup Coalition
- National Centre for Creative Health
- Royal Astronomical Society
- Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA)
- Chelgate Limited
- African Foundation for Development (AFFORD)
- RPP Group
- No Third Runway Coalition
- RNID
- APPG Secretariat Services Ltd
- The Digital Creators Association and Influencer Marketing Trade Body jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Deal Me Out
- UK Abraham Accords Group
- British Beauty Council
- Absorbent Hygiene Products Manufacturers Association
- Board of Deputies of British Jews
- Food and Drink Federation
- Women's Aid Federation of England
- Disability Rights UK
- Roger Gough
- do Different.
- Horticultural Trades Association
- Legal Aid Practitioners Group
- National Allergy Strategy Group
- Battersea Dogs & Cats Home and Cats Protection jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Marc the Vet Ltd
- British Science Association
- Home for Good and Adoption UK jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Young Enterprise
- Steve McGuirk
- Age UK
- Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK
- Sophie Lane, Office of Alex Ballinger MP
- Resolve UK
- British Alevi Federation
- Solidarity Consulting
- Bellwether International
- Food, Farming & Countryside Commission
- The Fiji Society
- Haemochromatosis UK
- Polar Research and Policy Initiative
- Real Aid
- Cybersecurity Business Network
- The Institute of Customer Service
- Keystone Consulting
- The Foreign Policy Centre
- Armenian National Committee of the United Kingdom
- College Green Group
- Global Health Partnerships (formerly THET)
- Investing In Ethnicity
- Bectu, DACS, ALCS, Directors UK and Freelancers Make Theatre Work jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Royal Entomological Society
- PLMR Healthcomms
- AtaLoss
- The Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain
- The Public Affairs Company and North Star Public Affairs jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
- Friends, Families and Travellers
- Royal Society for Public Health
- Tenacious Carbon
- Heyworth Heritage
- FaithAction
- NGO Forest Coalition
- Mineral Products Association
- Falkland Islands Government Representative to the UK and Europe
- Crisis
- Hospice UK, Marie Curie and Sue Ryder jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong.(SWHK)
- Transparency Task Force
- The Council on Geostrategy
- The Japan Society
- RenewableUK
- Industry Advisory Group
- Images&Co Ltd
- National Kidney Federation
- Family Rights Group
- Centre for Kurdish Progress
- London Councils
- Pancreatic Cancer UK
- Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Motorsport Industry Association and RAC Foundation jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Construction Industry Council
- Young Lives vs Cancer
- Equatorise
- Cardiac Risk in the Young
- Friends of New Europeans
- Council for Arab-British Understanding (Caabu)
- Uplift
- Christopher Grozdoski
- IEI Group Limited
- The Breastfeeding Network
- Chris Hodgkins
- UK Feminista
- The Influencing the Corridors of Power Project (ICOP) at SOAS University of London
- Royal Mencap Society
- The Shaw Business Partnership
- The Medical Defence Union
- Hazara Council of Great Britain
- Institution of Civil Engineers
- Association of Town and City Management
- UK Guantanamo Network
- The FoRB Foundation
- Compassion in Politics
- Respect
- National Federation of Sub Postmasters
- Archives and Records Association
- National Association of Market Authorities
- Equality Trust
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- UKHospitality
- Canning House
- The Runnymede Trust
- Parent-Infant Foundation
- Bruno Dunda, in the Office of Lord Best,
- Human Trafficking Foundation
- Connect
- Humanists UK
- British Malaysian Society
- Office of Public Affairs, Baha'i Community of the UK
- Ocklynge Consulting Ltd
- Centre for Policy Research on Men and Boys
- BBC
- StepChange Debt Charity
- Medical Justice
- Leasehold Knowledge Partnership
- National Education Union
- Listed Property Owners' Club
- Big Innovation Centre
- The Craft Bakers Assosciation
- The Law Society and Bar Council jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Hanover Communications
- Beyond Pills Alliance
- Urban Transport Group and Campaign for Better Transport jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Caribbean & African Health Network
- The Community Development Finance Association
- Scotch Whisky Association
- Chartered Insurance Institute Group
- Independent Society of Musicians
- British Association for Shooting and Conservation
- Independent Higher Education
- NorthPoint Strategy and Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Five X More
- British Blockchain Association
- Brain Tumour Research
- Reporters Without Borders UK
- Breast Cancer Now
- Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
- Hera Communication Strategies
- Barndoor Strategy Ltd
- Iraq Democracy and Development Index
- Islamic Finance Council UK
- Refugee Council
- British Council
- Advocacy for British Hindus and Indians UK
- Social Enterprise UK
- South East Councils
- Solidarity Consulting Ltd
- ITV
- Credit Strategy
- The Royal College of Psychiatrists and Rethink Mental Illness jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Chartered Trading Standards Institute
- Future Justice
- Missing People and The Children’s Society jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Elixr.Earth Limited
- Shelter
- Whitehouse Communications
- Association of British Credit Unions Limited (ABCUL)
- Trades Union Congress
- Nuclear Industry Association
- United Against Malnutrition and Hunger
- NAHT
- Sikh Federation UK
- ADS Group
- British Deaf Association
- CryptoUK
- National Literacy Trust
- Emily Marr
- MS Society
- Burma Campaign UK
- British Liver Trust
- Loan Charge Action Group
- Club and Institute Union
- Reset
- CAFOD
- Brightside Strategy
- Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership
- Rural Services Network
- The Local Government Information Unit
- National Union of Students UK
- Dawson Group
- Carbon Capture and Storage Association
- Parkinson's UK
- Malaria No More UK
- Glen Promnitz
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham Plastics Network
- Become
- Play England
- Association for Children Damaged by Hormone Pregnancy Tests
- Macmillan Cancer Support
- Maritime UK
- Royal Osteoporosis Society
- Shout Out UK
- Front Foot Communications Ltd
- Carers UK
- Institute for Outdoor Learning
- CoMoUK
- Parentkind
- Chartered Institute of Linguists
- Prostate Cancer Research and Prostate Cancer UK jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Wychwood Consulting Limited
- Publishers Association
- Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety
- The Cayman Islands Government Office UK
- Ceramics UK
- Critical Minerals Association
- Motor Neurone Disease Association
- Morris Johns
- Caabu
- Patient Safety Watch, Action against Medical Accidents and The Clinical Human Factors Group jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Mutuo
- UK Sepsis Trust
- National Council for Voluntary Organisations
- Health Equity North
- Town and Country Planning Association
- Capital Counsel
- Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association
- Efficio Consulting Ltd
- UK-Ukraine 100 Group LTD
- Dairy UK
- Alzheimer's Society
- Inflect Partners Ltd
- Right to Life UK
- England Athletics
- Children in Wales
- Together for Short Lives
- British Holiday and Home Parks Association
- West Coast Rail 250 Campaign
- M+F Health Communications
- Silverstone Communications Ltd
- Dr Miranda Bevan (King’s College, London)
- Living and Dying Well
- Council for Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre
- National Children's Bureau
- PANS PANDAS UK
- The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)
- Denovo Strategy Limited
- Association for Public Service Excellence
- Enact Equality
- Internet Watch Foundation
- Dignity in Dying
- College of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
- Good Faith Partnership
- TYI
- Radiotherapy UK
- T & I Communications Ltd
- National Association of Cider Makers (NACM)
- The Parliamentary Christian Trust and the Bible Society (
- The Classical Association
- Country Land and Business Association (CLA)
- Association of British Orchestras
- Climate Change & (In)Security Project
- UK Steel
- PRASEG Ltd
- Urban Transport Group
- Business in the Community
- Rugby Football League
- Independent British Vape Trade Association
- Action for Southern Africa
- Swim England
- Obesity Health Alliance
- Inflect
- Ranelagh Political Communications
- Lawn Tennis Association
- Coastal Partnership Network, Coastal Communities Alliance and LGA Coastal SIG jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Diabetes UK and Breakthrough T1D jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham
- Reprieve UK
- East Midlands Councils
- Shellfish Association of Great Britain
- The Sutton Trust
- Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- RSPCA
- Business South
- The Institute for Turnaround
- Electrical Safety First
- Thalidomide Voice
- Resilience in Unity
- Free Tibet
- Fertility Action
- #DumpTheScales
- Make UK Defence
- United Nations Association UK
- University of Hertfordshire (Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences Department) and University of Lincoln (Policy Hub, Research and Enterprise Department) jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Fashion Roundtable Org. Ltd
- UK Spirits Alliance
- Harry’s Pals
- The Entrepreneurs Network
- Future Men
- The Fusion Cluster
- Association of Colleges
- Henham Strategy
- Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
- The European Movement UK
- National Black, Asian, Mixed Race, and Minority Ethnic Transplant Alliance (NBTA)
- Mindfully Wired Consulting
- Spinal Injuries Association
- Sport and Recreation Alliance
- Ethnic Minority Business Network
- World Heritage UK (WHUK)
- Institute for the Future of Work
- Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice
- National Down Syndrome Policy Group acts as the group's secretariat. h
- Spurgeons
- Innovate Finance
- Genetic Alliance UK
- Confor: Promoting Forestry and Wood
- ExcludedUK
- Barndoor Strategy
- Association of Drainage Authorities
- Bond
- JBP Associates
- National Flood Forum
- The Football Supporters' Association
- Fairtrade Foundation
- Make Votes Matter and Unlock Democracy jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Trussell
- Fair Game
- Women on Boards CIC
- Stephen Hoffman Consulting Ltd
- The Haemophilia Society
- The 1928 Institute
- Davies Tanner
- The Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society
- National Federation of Women's Institutes
- University College London
- UK Fresh Produce Network
- DMA Invest
- Animal Free Research UK
- Intergenerational England
- Nurtureuk
- Royal College of Midwives
- British Mountaineering Council, The Ramblers and Paddle UK jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Universities UK
- Long Covid Support
- Marine Energy Council
- UK Music
- Association of Police and Crime Commissioners
- Air Ambulances UK
- Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Antisemitism Policy Trust
- The Packaging Federation
- UK/Romania Business
- The Royal British Legion
- National Autistic Society
- Search for Common Ground
- British Dental Association
- Transform Drug Policy Foundation
- Campaign for Learning
- British Dyslexia Association
- Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
- Campaign for National Parks
- Gender Action for Peace and Security
- Royal College of Emergency Medicine
- Renewable Energy Association (REA)
- Endometriosis UK
- Green Alliance
- Tamesis Services Ltd
- Action for ME
- National Trust
- Pagefield Communications
- Ghana Union
- Kaleidoscope Trust
- The Urology Foundation
- UK Interactive Entertainment
- Mountain Rescue England and Wales
- Healthy Homes and Buildings Coalition (via Jade Advocacy Limited)
- Whizz Kidz
- WineGB
- Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Justlife Foundation and Shared Health Foundation jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Prison Reform Trust
- National Energy Action
- The Royal Lifesaving Society UK
- The World Wellbeing Movement
- Inland Waterways Association
- YMCA England & Wales
- UKHospitality Cymru
- Luther Pendragon Ltd
- International Conservation Caucus Foundation
- Women in Prison
- UK BioIndustry Association, Association of Medical Research Charities, British Heart Foundation, Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, British In Vitro Diagnostic Association, Academy of Medical Sciences, Cancer Research UK and Arthritis UK jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Redress
- Ardesey Ltd
- Night Time Industries Association
- British Horseracing Authority
- Youth Employment UK
- Thirtyone:eight
- Sixth Form Colleges Association
- Council for Arab-British Understanding (CAABU)
- National Pig Association
- Women in Transport
- Stop Uyghur Genocide
- Anthony Nolan
- Lexington
- Women's Rights Network
- Gingerbread
- World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
- British Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums
- British Tamils Forum
- Design and Artists Copyright Society, Contemporary Visual Arts Network and a-n jointly act as the group's secretariat.
- Seahorse Environmental
- The Woodland Trust
- WaterAid
- Grasshopper Communications
- Centenary Action
- International Parliamentarians for West Papua
- Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society
- Carers Trust
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APPG register last updated 17 August 2026. Source: mySociety / UK Parliament APPG register.