We have a statutory obligation under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act (PPERA) 2000 to maintain a series of registers.
PEF Online
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PEF Online is our interactive registers database system.
You can use PEF Online for the following:
- to find information about registered political parties, regulated donees, registered campaigners in referendums and non-party campaigners (third parties)
- to download UK political party emblems
- to register a new party, change your registration details and file statutory returns
- to search donations, loans and campaign expenditure information
If you're new to online registration, read: PEF Online - getting started for political parties (PDF)
You can also download emblems of political parties and minor parties from the link below:
Regulated donees
Please follow the link below to view all donations and borrowing to regulated donees that we publish monthly.
Statement of accounts
2012 statements of accounts
On Wednesday 22 May 2013 we published the 2012 statement of accounts for parties and accounting units with income and expenditure under £250,000 on PEF Online. We will publish the accounts for parties and accounting units with income and/or expenditure over £250,000 on 25 July.
• View the statement of accounts on PEF Online >
2011 statement of accounts
On Thursday 2 August 2012 we published the 2011 statement of accounts for parties and accounting units with income and/or expenditure over £250,000 on PEF Online. PEF Online allows users to search statement of accounts down to the category level as well as being able to view the original return document.
We also published charts to show trends of income, expenditure and net assets (or liabilities) for those political parties:
• View the trends for parties' accounts up to 2011
The 2011 statement of accounts for parties and accounting units with income and/or expenditure under £250,000 are also available on PEF Online.
Previous statement of accounts
The headline data for statements of accounts going back to 2002 is now on PEF Online. We will be uploading the historical accounts onto PEF Online in the coming months. However, if you need to access accounts prior to 2011 in the meantime, please email us.
Unincorporated associations
Unincorporated Associations that donate more than £25,000 in a calendar year are required to register with us and report gifts in excess of £7,500.
Party finance analysis
To view summaries and analysis of the information published in our registers, please visit our Party Finance Analysis pages.
Please note: If you are looking for information about the electoral register, please visit our aboutmyvote website.
Archived registers
Contact us
If you have any questions, comments or need assistance with viewing any of these, please contact us on 020 7271 0616 or email Party and Election Finance.
