Corporate political donations

Donations by companies, from the Electoral Commission's public register. Corporate donations only — individuals, trusts and unincorporated associations are not counted here.

UK companies have made 16,635 registered political donations totalling £280,860,275 since 2001. The figures below are the register's, matched to company records by registration number.

Corporate donations by year

Total registered corporate donations per calendar year. Election years spike — that is the data, not an artefact.

The largest corporate donors on the register

1. The Phoenix Partnership (Leeds) Ltd

£15,322,200 11 donations
2. The Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Limited

£11,476,061 396 donations
3. Ipgl Limited

£7,699,955 173 donations
4. J.c. Bamford Excavators Limited

£6,157,383 172 donations
5. International Motors Limited

£4,824,820 39 donations
6. Flowidea Limited

£4,720,627 106 donations
7. Countywide Developments Limited

£4,554,335 86 donations
8. J.c.b.research

£4,338,284 146 donations
9. Quadrature Capital Limited

£4,000,000 1 donation
10. Ecotricity Limited

£3,673,000 9 donations
11. Impellam Ventures Limited

£3,587,293 174 donations
12. Trailfinders Limited

£3,365,000 8 donations
13. J.c.b. Service

£3,269,833 9 donations
14. J.s.bloor (Services) Limited

£2,974,000 13 donations
15. Thinklabour Limited

£2,587,473 142 donations
16. Ecotricity Group Ltd

£2,517,644 26 donations
17. 5th Avenue Partners Ltd

£2,449,065 5 donations
18. Informa Connect Limited

£2,345,937 23 donations
19. Better For The Country Limited

£2,273,898 20 donations
20. Highstone Group Limited

£2,205,967 35 donations

By recipient

Recipient	Corporate donations	Total
Conservative and Unionist Party	8,082	£162,372,843
Labour Party	2,179	£34,552,465
Liberal Democrats	2,229	£30,566,961
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	479	£8,837,898
Reform UK	146	£6,556,076
The In Campaign Ltd	47	£6,526,727
Vote Leave Limited	55	£4,099,216
Co-operative Party	119	£3,121,417
Grassroots Out Ltd	13	£2,550,375
Yes in May 2011 Ltd	32	£1,913,614
The New Party [De-registered 01/07/10]	140	£1,350,820
Conservatives IN Ltd	25	£995,816

Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations, Open Government Licence v3.0. Refreshed weekly. Free to cite with attribution — more at UK company statistics.