Britain First is committed to complete financial transparency and probity.
On this page you will find a broad range of financial information relating to our party and its income and expenditure.
If you have any further questions, please email: [email protected]
NATIONAL TREASURER: ASHLEA SIMON
In October of 2021, Ashlea Simon (above) was appointed Treasurer of Britain First.
Ashlea is responsible for Britain First bookkeeping and accountancy responsibilities under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (PPERA).
If you have any questions regarding party finances, please email: [email protected]
ELECTORAL COMMISSION REGISTRATION
On Monday 27th September 2021, Britain First was registered as a political party by the Electoral Commission.
Britain First can now contest democratic elections.
The Britain First official registration page can be found here:
http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Registrations/PP12823
POLITICAL PARTY ELECTIONS AND REFERENDUMS ACT 2000
Under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (PPERA) you must be on the electoral register in the UK excluding the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man in order to make a donation of more than £500 during any calendar year.
If you donate more than £7,500 to our party during any calendar year, we are obliged under PPERA to report such a donation to the Electoral Commission, who will publish the fact that you have made a donation over £7,500.
Britain First has professional record keeping and financial accountancy systems that operate all year round.
Britain First has financial systems that enable our party to meet its commitments under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.
These systems enable our party to record donations, filter impermissible donations, enable checks of impermissible donations, refund impermissible donations, produce annual accounts and keep day-to-day financial records and book keeping of all transactions.
EXPENDITURE
As a nationwide organisation, Britain First has regular monthly bills, running costs and campaign expenditure.
Some of this expenditure is regular and recurring, some of it is day to day and one-off payments.
Below is a partial, non-comprehensive list of examples of some of the types of expenditure that Britain First has to pay on a regular basis:
Website servers
Bulk email servers
Vehicle fuel
Election deposits
Legal fees
Staff salaries
Office rent
Office consumables
Office utilities
Election literature
Vehicle hire
E-campaigns software
Accountancy cloud software
Accountant / auditor fees
Software licences (e.g Microsoft Office)
Mobile and landline bills
Cloud storage and backup
Storage containers
Election advertising
Computer equipment
Database / CRM software
E-commerce systems
Literature purchases
Banner / placard purchases
Merchandise purchases
Postage costs
Venue hire
Travel expenses
If you have any further questions, please email: [email protected]