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Donor company / Companies House 00561597

J.C. BAMFORD EXCAVATORS LIMITED

The Electoral Commission lists 172 donations from a donor recorded with company number 00561597, accepted between 5 Feb 2002 and 22 Apr 2026, with a total value of £6,157,383.13. Companies House registers that number to J.C. BAMFORD EXCAVATORS LIMITED.

The map of ties

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Jcb Service
company / 1 step
J.C. BAMFORD EXCAVATORS LIMITED
£6.2M / 172 donations
2002 to 2026 / 00561597
Conservative and Unionist Party140 / £4.9M
Vote Leave Limited6 / £600k
Reform UK1 / £200k
Kemi Badenoch1 / £150k
18 recipients in total

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CONTROLLED BY

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What each record says

172 donations to 18 recipients, by total value
RecipientType as recordedDonationsTotalFirstLast
Conservative and Unionist PartyPolitical Party140£4,874,242.135 Feb 200222 Apr 2026
Vote Leave LimitedPermitted Participant6£600,00010 May 201616 Jun 2016
Reform UKPolitical Party1£200,0003 Nov 20253 Nov 2025
Kemi BadenochRegulated Donee, MP - Member of Parliament1£150,0006 Jun 20256 Jun 2025
Grassroots Out LtdPermitted Participant3£63,00013 Jun 201616 Jun 2016
Mr Boris Johnson MPRegulated Donee, MP - Member of Parliament7£61,00015 Jan 201914 Jun 2019
Conservatives TogetherRegulated Donee, Members Association1£40,00027 Oct 202527 Oct 2025
Simon ClarkeRegulated Donee, MP - Member of Parliament1£40,00016 Nov 202316 Nov 2023
Labour Leave LimitedPermitted Participant1£30,00020 Jun 201620 Jun 2016
No Campaign LimitedPermitted Participant1£25,0002 Mar 20112 Mar 2011
The Bruges GroupPermitted Participant2£20,00020 Jun 201620 Jun 2016
A party leadership candidate, not namedRegulated Donee, Leadership Candidate2£12,81612 Sep 20052 Aug 2022
Mr Jonathan GullisRegulated Donee, MP - Member of Parliament1£10,00019 Apr 202419 Apr 2024
The Rt Hon Elizabeth TrussRegulated Donee, MP - Member of Parliament1£8,82522 Aug 202222 Aug 2022
Norris for London CampaignRegulated Donee, Members Association1£7,50024 May 200424 May 2004
Andrea Jenkyns MPRegulated Donee, MP - Member of Parliament1£7,0005 Nov 20195 Nov 2019
Ben BradleyRegulated Donee, MP - Member of Parliament1£5,0009 Oct 20199 Oct 2019
Mr Brandon Lewis MPRegulated Donee, MP - Member of Parliament1£3,00011 Apr 201711 Apr 2017

Recipients in italics are not named. Individuals are named only when they hold elected office. Party members, candidates and campaigners who may be individuals are described by type.

Value of donations by the year the recipient accepted them
YearDonationsTotalRelative size
20022£8,625
20032£260,663
20043£29,339
20051£7,500
20063£31,005.32
20081£6,500
20101£13,000
20112£33,500
20154£136,260.27
201616£769,814.65
201740£218,629.58
20184£695,667
201947£2,809,483.60
20202£29,000
20219£91,254.71
20223£17,641
20231£40,000
202422£294,500
20256£625,000
20263£40,000

By type as recorded: Cash 148 (£5,911,492); Non Cash 24 (£245,891.13).

Companies and other legal entities with significant control, up to 3 steps
ControllerStepsControlsNature of control as stated
Jcb Servicecompany / 005649551J.C. BAMFORD EXCAVATORS LIMITED00561597owns 75 to 100% of shares; holds 75 to 100% of voting rights; can appoint and remove directors

No individual is recorded in control within these steps. The register itself is public: see this company's entry at Companies House.

The donor name as the Electoral Commission recorded it, against the name Companies House holds now
As recorded by the donorAgreement with the registered name
J C Bamford Excavators Limitedsame
J C Bamford Excavators Ltdsame
J. C. Bamford Excavatorssame
J. C. Bamford Excavators Ltdsame
J.C. BAMFORD EXCAVATORS LIMITEDsame
J.C. Bamford Excavators Limitedsame
J.C. Bamford Excavators Ltdsame
JC Bamford Excavators Limitedsame
JC Bamford Excavators Ltdsame

Currently registered as J.C. BAMFORD EXCAVATORS LIMITED (Private Limited Company). Companies House record for 00561597.

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