Who actually funds the Plaid Cymru

Every declared donation to the Plaid Cymru 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 £3,962,001 across 263 declared donations from 76 distinct donors. The figures below are the decomposition.

Lifetime declared

£4m

263 donations

Distinct donors

76

EC register, all-time

Top 10 donors' share

76.3%

of all lifetime income

Largest single donor

The Electoral Commission

£781k

By donor type

The most diagnostic single decomposition. Tells you who actually owns the party.

Donor type	Donations	Total	% of all-time
Public Fund	187	£2.8m	70.1%
Individual	64	£1m	26.2%
Other	3	£112k	2.8%
Registered Political Party	5	£27k	0.7%
Unincorporated Association	4	£8k	0.2%

Year by year

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

Year	Donations	Total
2026	3	£24k
2025	22	£343k
2024	22	£398k
2023	16	£283k
2022	12	£232k
2021	6	£46k
2020	8	£204k
2019	6	£168k
2018	10	£84k
2017	5	£26k
2016	11	£187k
2015	9	£166k
2014	7	£141k
2013	8	£119k
2012	12	£267k
2011	8	£194k
2010	6	£135k
2009	18	£142k
2008	13	£128k
2007	13	£92k
2006	16	£403k
2005	7	£55k
2004	8	£47k
2003	4	£19k
2002	8	£47k
2001	5	£12k

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	116	£2.7m	68.9%
Parliamentary office	90	£742k	18.7%
Other	19	£353k	8.9%
Constituency-level	38	£138k	3.5%

Top 30 donors · lifetime

#	Donor	Type	Donations	Lifetime total
1	The Electoral Commission	Public Fund	20	£781k
2	Y Comisiwn Etholiadol	Public Fund	7	£543k
3	Gwasanaethau Corfforaethol, Tyr Cyffredin	Public Fund	47	£456k
4	House of Commons	Public Fund	36	£359k
5	Hywel Vaughan Lewis	Individual	1	£330k
6	Electoral Commission	Public Fund	7	£195k
7	Estate of William Gordon Martin Lang	Other	2	£110k
8	Howel Vaughan Lewis	Individual	1	£95k
9	Mr Dylan Jones	Individual	8	£85k
10	House of Commons Fees Office	Public Fund	10	£70k
11	Department of Finance and Administration	Public Fund	12	£69k
12	Fees Office	Public Fund	11	£61k
13	Department of Resources	Public Fund	10	£59k
14	Mrs Gwendoline Mary Jones	Individual	1	£51k
15	Mr John Richard Hughes	Individual	1	£50k
16	Mr Kenneth Harris	Individual	1	£50k
17	Ms Delyth Ann George	Individual	2	£48k
18	Corporate Services, Tyr Cyffredin	Public Fund	5	£44k
19	Mr David Jones	Individual	1	£35k
20	Mr J T Harry	Individual	1	£28k
21	House of Commons Finance and Administration Office	Public Fund	3	£22k
22	Mr Rhodri Lewis	Individual	1	£20k
23	Ms Ceinwen Hannah Thomas	Individual	1	£20k
24	Mr Evan Henry Parry	Individual	3	£20k
25	Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	Registered Political Party	3	£20k
26	Mrs Esyllt Williams	Individual	1	£19k
27	Mr Edward Huw Evans	Individual	2	£18k
28	The Fees Office	Public Fund	3	£18k
29	Homes and Places Division,Sustainable Future Dept	Public Fund	1	£18k
30	Fees office-Department of Finance & Administration	Public Fund	3	£17k

Source: Electoral Commission donations register, recipient_name = “Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales”. All-time, all accounting units. Includes both monetary donations and non-cash benefits.