US EditionSNP membership falls, deficit soars and £100,000 campervan now only worth £41,000, accounts reveal
The SNP's £455,254 deficit in 2024 resulted from increased spending and a membership drop of nearly 10,000, reducing fees from £2.1 million to £1.8 million, officials said.
- The Scottish National Party spent £100,790 on a luxury motorhome that was seized from the driveway of Nicola Sturgeon's mother-in-law and is now worth only £41,284.
- The SNP's membership fell from 64,525 in June 2022 to 56,011 in June 2023, contributing to a deficit of £455,254 last year.
- The accounts reveal that the former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell is still owed £60,000 by the party after a loan of £107,620 in 2021, with uncertainty over repayment terms.
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Limping to the line
Scotland’s two main political parties have published their 2024 accounts. The SNP’s can be found here, and Scottish Labour’s here. Neither tells a massively inspiring tale. (Click pics to enlarge.) The SNP lost £445,000 despite being boosted by donations totalling almost £940,000 from just FOUR individuals. Scottish Labour made a profit of £350,000 but only […]
SNP lose thousands of members as deficit soars to nearly £500,000
The party’s annual accounts show they may never pay former chief executive Peter Murrell back for his outstanding £60,000 loan. The SNP has lost more than 8,000 members and its deficit has ballooned to nearly £500,000, the party’s annual accounts have shown. The 2024 accounts, published by the Electoral Commission, also show an outstanding £60,000 loan from former chief executive Peter Murrell may be “written off”. They also show the £100,000 mo…
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