Risk profiles 2013 update

We have developed formal processes to enable us to deploy our resources more effectively. This includes the generation of risk profiles to inform our audit strategy. These profiles bring together various different pieces of information relating to parties

Returns data 2010 - 2012 Next update November 2014

Find out more about our policy and risk profiles on our website at: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/party-finance/enforcement/risk-profiles

Key Financial risk criteria This indicates the financial scale, cash flow and past accounting accuracy of the party. We weight these indicators to Profiled A-C produce a rating of A, B or C for each party. A rating of ‘C’ may indicate, for instance, a party with high levels of debt that has had

Compliance risk criteria This indicates a party’s level of compliance with their statutory obligations over a period of three years. The levels of Profiled high, compliance are broadly categorised as being either ‘high’, ‘medium’ or ‘low’. medium or low

Operational risk criteria This helps to illustrate the scale of a party’s activity and therefore how significant the impact of a failure to comply Profiled 1-5 with the regulatory requirements might be. The higher the number is the larger the scale of operation a party has. EC Reference Number Entity name Register Financial Compliance Operational Likelihood of audit 704 1st 4 Kirkby Great Britain A High 1 Low 210 21st Century Conservative Democrats Great Britain A High 1 Low 2115 21st Century Democracy Great Britain A High 1 Low 2119 21st Century Democracy Northern Ireland A High 1 Low 2063 30/50 Great Britain A High 1 Low 1918 4 A Referendum Great Britain A High 1 Low 224 A BEE C Great Britain A High 1 Low 851 A Better Way to Govern Great Britain A High 1 Low 654 Action To Save St.John's Hospital Great Britain A High 1 Low 2137 All People's Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 276 All Scotland Pensioners Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 856 All The South Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 103 Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland B High 4 Moderate 67 Alliance For Green Socialism Great Britain A High 2 Low 766 Alliance for Workers' Liberty Great Britain A High 2 Low 2051 Alliance Party of Scotland Great Britain A High 1 Low 334 Alternative Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 616 Animals Count Great Britain A High 2 Low 845 Apolitical Democrats Great Britain A High 2 Low 291 Ashford Independent Great Britain A High 1 Low 625 Ashtead Independents Great Britain A High 1 Low 904 Ban Bankers Bonuses Great Britain A Medium 2 Low 530 Barnsley Independent Group Great Britain A High 1 Low 1 Beaconsfield Independent Electors Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 2027 Beer, Baccy and Crumpet Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 2091 Better Bedford Great Britain A High 1 Low 457 Billingham Independents Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 1718 Binfield Independent Conservatives Great Britain A Medium 1 Low 857 Blue Environment Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 2013 Brentwood First Great Britain A High 1 Low 1957 Bristol 1st Great Britain A High 1 Low 1803 Britannica Great Britain A High 1 Low 1765 British Democratic Party Great Britain A Medium 1 Low 758 British Jobs First Great Britain A High 1 Low 106 British National Party Great Britain C Low 4 Significant 105 British National Party Northern Ireland A High 2 Low 289 Calverton First Independents Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 803 Cambridge Socialists Great Britain A Medium 2 Low 381 Canvey Island Independent Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 1714 Castle Independents Great Britain A Low 1 Low 815 Centre Democrats Great Britain A High 1 Low 478 Centreground Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 246 Chigwell Residents Great Britain A High 1 Low 50 Christian Democratic Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 839 Christian Movement for Great Britain Great Britain A High 2 Low 1992 Christian Party "Proclaiming Christ's Lordship" Great Britain A Medium 1 Low 79 Christian Peoples Alliance Great Britain A High 1 Low 843 Church of the Militant Elvis Great Britain A High 2 Low 1891 Citizens First Great Britain A High 1 Low 396 City INDEPENDENTS Great Britain A High 2 Low 2009 Civil Society and Common Wealth Great Britain A High 1 Low 488 Clause 28, Children's Protection Christian Democrats Great Britain A High 2 Low 375 Common Good Great Britain A High 2 Low 376 Common Good Northern Ireland A High 1 Low 351 Common Sense Party Great Britain A Medium 2 Low 823 Communist League Election Campaign Great Britain A High 2 Low 78 Communist Party of Britain Great Britain A High 2 Low 1890 Communities Against the Cuts Great Britain A High 1 Low 844 Communities United Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 367 Community Campaign (Hart) Great Britain A High 1 Low 751 Community First Great Britain A Low 1 Low 885 Community Partnership (Northern Ireland) Northern Ireland A High 1 Low 10 Community Representatives Party Great Britain A Medium 1 Low 52 Conservative and Unionist Party Great Britain B High 5 Moderate 51 Conservative and Unionist Party Northern Ireland A High 2 Low 119 Co-operative Party Great Britain A High 4 Low 640 Cumbernauld Independent Councillors Alliance Great Britain A Medium 1 Low 1962 Democracy 2015 Great Britain A High 1 Low 1724 Democracy First Great Britain A Medium 1 Low 731 Democratic Independence Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 1860 Democratic Republican Party Great Britain A Medium 1 Low 70 Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P. Northern Ireland B High 4 Moderate 1911 Democrats Great Britain A High 1 Low 147 Derwentside Independents Great Britain A High 1 Low 249 Devizes Guardians Great Britain A High 1 Low 667 Direct Democracy (Communist) Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 1972 Don't Cook Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 12 East Cleveland Independent Great Britain A High 1 Low 646 East Lindsey Independent Group Great Britain A High 1 Low 729 Edinburgh Residents Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 1715 éirígí Northern Ireland A High 1 Low 675 Elm Park Residents' Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 691 ENG Great Britain A High 1 Low 692 ENG Northern Ireland A High 1 Low 5 English Independence Party Great Britain A Medium 2 Low 258 English National Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 195 English Parliamentary Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 693 English People's Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 526 Equal Parenting Alliance Great Britain A High 2 Low 59 Esher Residents Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 901 Eston Independent Party Great Britain A Medium 1 Low 230 Ewell Court Residents' Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 188 Fancy Dress Party Great Britain A Medium 2 Low 689 Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party Northern Ireland A High 1 Low 655 For Darwen Great Britain A High 1 Low 866 Free Public Transport Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 372 Free Scotland Party [FSP] Great Britain A Medium 1 Low 1767 Freedom Democrats Great Britain A High 1 Low 1768 Freedom Democrats Northern Ireland A High 1 Low 1920 Fulham Group Great Britain A High 1 Low 149 Fylde Ratepayers Great Britain A High 1 Low 609 Get Snouts Out The Trough Great Britain A High 2 Low 848 Give Our Children A Future Party Northern Ireland A Low 1 Low 1855 Glasgow First Great Britain A High 1 Low 63 Green Party Great Britain B Medium 4 Moderate 305 Green Party Northern Ireland B High 4 Moderate 2030 Hackney First Great Britain A High 1 Low 251 Halstead Residents' Association Great Britain A Medium 1 Low 96 Handforth 'Ratepayers' Association (Independent) Great Britain A High 1 Low 784 Harold Wood Hill Park Residents Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 1810 Hartlepool Independents - Putting Hartlepool First Great Britain A High 1 Low 38 Havering Residents Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 126 Hawkwell Residents Great Britain A High 1 Low 1858 Heath & Birchgrove Independents Great Britain A High 1 Low 1725 Henley Independents Great Britain A Medium 1 Low 199 Henley Residents Group Great Britain A High 1 Low 1874 Hersham Village Society Great Britain A High 1 Low 308 Hextable Independent Great Britain A High 1 Low 15 Hinchley Wood Residents Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 207 Hornchurch Residents Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 834 Humanity Great Britain A Medium 2 Low 835 Humanity Northern Ireland A Low 1 Low 253 Independent Britwellian Residents Great Britain A High 1 Low 293 Independent Green Voice Great Britain A High 1 Low 231 Independent Group of Councillors Great Britain A High 1 Low 44 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health ConcernGreat Britain A High 2 Low 2136 Independent Labour Group Great Britain A High 1 Low 1873 Independent Libertarian Network Great Britain A High 1 Low 128 Independent Loughton Residents Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 2108 Independent Loxford Great Britain A High 1 Low 204 Independent Working Class Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 252 Independents @ Swansea Great Britain A High 1 Low 2038 Independents for Bristol Great Britain A High 1 Low 673 Independents of North Yorkshire Great Britain A High 1 Low 683 Independents to Save Queen Mary's Hospital Great Britain A High 2 Low 427 Ingleby Barwick Independent Society Great Britain A High 1 Low 1705 Irish Republican Socialist Party Northern Ireland A High 1 Low 449 Islam Zinda Baad Platform Great Britain A High 2 Low 883 It's OUR County (Herefordshire) Great Britain A High 1 Low 1888 iXDemocracy Great Britain A High 1 Low 1889 iXDemocracy Northern Ireland A High 1 Low 2095 Jubilee Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 2034 Justice For Men & Boys Great Britain A High 1 Low 157 Justice Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 53 Labour Party Great Britain B High 5 Moderate 434 Labour Party of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland A High 1 Low 794 Land Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 2045 Left Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 789 Lewisham People Before Profit Great Britain A High 2 Low 90 Liberal Democrats Great Britain B High 5 Moderate 684 Libertarian Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 685 Libertarian Party Northern Ireland A High 1 Low 2032 Liberty Great Britain Great Britain A High 1 Low 1986 LIFE Great Britain A High 1 Low 733 Lincolnshire Independents Lincolnshire First Great Britain A High 2 Low 702 Llais Gwynedd - The Voice of Gwynedd Great Britain A High 2 Low 1857 Llandaff North Independents Great Britain A High 1 Low 652 Llantwit First Independents Great Britain A High 1 Low 2036 Local Voice Great Britain A High 1 Low 491 Magna Carta Conservation Party Great Britain Great Britain A High 1 Low 492 Mainstream Great Britain A High 1 Low 504 Mansfield Independent Forum Great Britain A High 2 Low 2049 Marylebone Residents Great Britain A High 1 Low 876 Matriarchal Party United Kingdom Great Britain Great Britain A High 2 Low 58 Mebyon Kernow - The Party for Cornwall Great Britain A High 2 Low 556 Medway Independent Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 659 Mercian Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 543 Merthyr Independents Great Britain A High 1 Low 202 Merton Park Ward Independent Residents Great Britain A High 1 Low 306 Middlewich First Great Britain A High 1 Low 513 Money Reform Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 514 Money Reform Party Northern Ireland A High 1 Low 737 Moorlands Democratic Alliance Great Britain A Medium 1 Low 23 Morecambe Bay Independents Great Britain A High 1 Low 356 Morley Borough Independents Great Britain A High 1 Low 1861 Motorcycle Alliance Great Britain A High 1 Low 403 Motorists, Equity & Unity Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 481 Movement for Active Democracy (M.A.D.) Great Britain A High 2 Low 193 Nantwich Independent Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 1713 National Flood Prevention Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 117 National Front Great Britain A Medium 2 Low 118 National Front Northern Ireland A High 1 Low 1931 National Health Action Great Britain A High 1 Low 32 National Liberal Party, The Third Way Great Britain A High 2 Low 446 National Republican And Democratic Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 670 Nationwide Reform Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 2141 New Deal Great Britain A High 1 Low 295 New England Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 821 New Independent Conservative Chelsea and Fulham Great Britain A Medium 2 Low 905 Newcastle upon Tyne Community First Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 867 Newclear Order - The NO Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 2090 NI21 Northern Ireland A High 1 Low 1954 nine eleven was an inside job Great Britain A High 1 Low 2143 No Bedroom Tax - No Welfare Cuts Great Britain A High 1 Low 138 Nork Residents' Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 756 Northampton - Save Our Public Services Great Britain A High 2 Low 1960 Nottinghamshire Independent Forum Great Britain A High 1 Low 890 Nottinghamshire Independents Great Britain A High 1 Low 66 Official Monster Raving Loony Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 319 Old Windsor Residents Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 1804 OneUs Great Britain A High 1 Low 2037 Orkney Manifesto Group Great Britain A High 1 Low 1969 Patria Great Britain A High 1 Low 332 Peace and Progress Great Britain A High 1 Low 2054 Pensioners Peoples Party (PPP) Great Britain A High 1 Low 2 People Against Bureaucracy Group Great Britain A Low 1 Low 773 People Before Profit Alliance Northern Ireland A Low 2 Low 1732 People First - Gwerin Gyntaf Great Britain A Medium 2 Low 437 People First Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 846 People's Administration Great Britain A High 1 Low 1934 People's Democratic Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 813 People's Front of Liberation Tigers Great Britain A Medium 1 Low 897 Peterborough Independents Great Britain A High 1 Low 770 Pirate Party UK Great Britain A High 2 Low 77 Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales Great Britain B High 4 Moderate 525 Populist Alliance Great Britain A High 2 Low 196 Populist Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 140 Port Talbot Residents Association Great Britain A High 2 Low 1963 Pro Liberty Great Britain A High 1 Low 101 Progressive Unionist Party of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland A High 2 Low 712 Proletarian Great Britain A High 1 Low 2071 Protestant Coalition Northern Ireland A High 1 Low 185 Putting Croydon First! Great Britain A High 1 Low 238 Rainham Resident's Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 267 Real Democracy Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 268 Real Democracy Party Northern Ireland A High 1 Low 2012 Reform Great Britain A High 1 Low 86 Reform 2000 Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 819 REPRESENT Great Britain A High 1 Low 814 Representative Democracy Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 158 Residents and Motorists of Great Britain Great Britain A High 1 Low 61 Residents' Association of Cuddington Great Britain A High 1 Low 361 Residents' Association of London Great Britain A High 2 Low 74 Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell Great Britain A High 1 Low 837 Restoration Party Northern Ireland A Medium 1 Low 836 Restoration Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 89 Revolutionary Communist Party Britain (Marxist-Leninist Great Britain A High 2 Low 265 Richmondshire Independents Great Britain A High 1 Low 341 Rochford District Residents Great Britain A High 1 Low 1783 Royalist Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 205 Runnymede Independent Residents' Group Great Britain A High 2 Low 2042 Sandown Independents Great Britain A High 1 Low 531 Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers Great Britain A High 2 Low 768 Scottish Democratic Alliance Great Britain A High 1 Low 130 Scottish Green Party Great Britain B High 4 Moderate 102 Scottish National Party (SNP) Great Britain B High 4 Moderate 46 Scottish Socialist Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 809 Scottish Unionist Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 617 Scottish Voice Great Britain A High 1 Low 55 SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party) Northern Ireland B High 4 Moderate 587 Selston Area Independents Great Britain A High 1 Low 1695 Shavington First Great Britain A Medium 1 Low 39 Sinn Féin Northern Ireland B High 4 Moderate 243 Social Democratic Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 559 Socialist Alliance Great Britain A High 1 Low 108 Socialist Alternative Great Britain A High 2 Low 633 Socialist Equality Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 73 Socialist Labour Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 28 Socialist Party (Northern Ireland) Northern Ireland A Medium 2 Low 57 Socialist People's Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 604 Solidarity - Scotland's Socialist Movement Great Britain A Low 2 Low 840 Solihull and Meriden Residents Association Great Britain A High 2 Low 1958 Something New Great Britain A High 1 Low 1987 South Tyneside Independent Group/People First Great Britain A High 1 Low 203 South Tyneside Progressives Great Britain A High 1 Low 896 South Woodham Ferrers Independents Great Britain A High 1 Low 650 Southampton First Great Britain A Medium 1 Low 549 Space Navies Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 2056 Spelthorne Independent Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 2028 Spennymoor Independents Great Britain A High 1 Low 49 St. George's Hill Independents Great Britain A High 1 Low 638 Staffordshire Independent Group Great Britain A High 2 Low 591 Stoneleigh and Auriol Residents' Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 2140 Suffolk Together Great Britain A High 1 Low 907 Sutton on Sea First Great Britain A Medium 1 Low 290 Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 141 Tattenhams Residents' Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 894 TEA Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 544 Telford and Wrekin People's Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 661 Tendring First Great Britain A High 2 Low 48 Tewkesbury Independents Great Britain A High 1 Low 64 Thames Ditton / Weston Green Residents' Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 601 The Animal Protection Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 602 The Animal Protection Party Northern Ireland A High 1 Low 778 The Birthday Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 660 The Borders Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 1721 The Chase Independent Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 21 The Citizens Party of Halton Great Britain A High 1 Low 142 The Community (London Borough of Hounslow) Great Britain A High 1 Low 164 The Community Group Great Britain A High 1 Low 788 The Cornish Democrats Great Britain A High 2 Low 1813 The Democratic Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 2014 The Democratic Realist Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 2015 The Democratic Realist Party Northern Ireland A High 1 Low 17 The English Democrats Great Britain A Medium 2 Low 1983 The Entertainment Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 1716 The European Citizens Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 1892 The Fair Party Great Britain A Medium 1 Low 817 The Free Democratic Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 244 The Holland-on-Sea Residents' Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 902 The House Party - Homes For Londoners Great Britain A High 2 Low 273 The Idle Toad Great Britain A High 1 Low 1790 The Independent Political Alliance Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 2064 The Independent Socialist Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 865 The Justice & Anti-Corruption Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 54 The Liberal Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 348 The Ligali Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 708 The Liverpool Independent Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 863 The Magna Carta Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 20 The Molesey Residents Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 2144 The Money Free Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 2078 The Nationwide Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 373 The Ormskirk Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 886 The Party for Poole People Ltd. Great Britain A High 1 Low 133 The Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, Environment Great Britain A High 2 Low 378 The Peoples Party For Better Government Great Britain A High 1 Low 112 The People's Representative Great Britain A High 1 Low 1871 The Realists' Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 45 The Referendum Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 342 The Republican Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 1722 The Republican Socialist Party Great Britain A Low 1 Low 831 The Residents' Association of Barnet Great Britain A High 1 Low 362 The Respect Party Great Britain A Medium 2 Low 2058 The Say NO Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 1917 The Scottish Reformists' Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 110 The Socialist Party of Great Britain Great Britain A High 2 Low 235 The Southport Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 1915 The Taxpayers Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 574 The True English (Poetry) Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 860 The U(niversal) Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 2043 The United Democratic Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 75 The Walton Society Great Britain A Low 1 Low 127 The Workers Party Northern Ireland A High 2 Low 296 Thornaby Independent Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 2155 Tower Hamlets First Great Britain A High 1 Low 804 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Great Britain A High 2 Low 680 Traditional Unionist Voice - TUV Northern Ireland A High 4 Low 710 True Democracy Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 354 Truly Independent English Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 421 TUSP Great Britain A High 1 Low 340 UK Community Issues Party Great Britain A Medium 1 Low 1952 UK in Europe Party (UK EPP) Great Britain A High 1 Low 1953 UK in Europe Party (UK EPP) Northern Ireland A High 1 Low 85 UK Independence Party (UK I P) Great Britain A Medium 4 Moderate 84 UK Independence Party (UK I P) Northern Ireland A High 2 Low 1961 UK Yorkshire Socialist Alliance Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 83 Ulster Unionist Party Northern Ireland B High 4 Moderate 825 United Kingdom People Quality Life Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 777 United People's Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 798 United Voice Great Britain A High 2 Low 649 Unity For Peace And Socialism Great Britain A High 2 Low 30 Upminster and Cranham Residents Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 424 Veritas Great Britain A Medium 2 Low 426 Vivamus Great Britain A High 1 Low 2086 Vote Roehampton Great Britain A High 1 Low 1701 VOX POP Great Britain A High 1 Low 882 We Demand A Referendum Now Great Britain A Low 1 Low 2017 Wear Valley Independent Group Great Britain A High 1 Low 1995 Welwyn Garden City Party Great Britain A High 1 Low 95 Wessex Regionalists Great Britain A High 2 Low 163 West Ewell and Ruxley Residents Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 735 Weybridge Independents Great Britain A High 1 Low 129 Whitnash Residents Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 281 Whitwell Resident's Association Great Britain A Low 1 Low 1727 Wigan Borough Green Socialists Great Britain A High 1 Low 760 Wigan Independent Conservatives Great Britain A High 1 Low 1951 Wigan Independent Network Great Britain A High 1 Low 184 Workers Revolutionary Party Great Britain A High 2 Low 279 Wythall Residents' Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 440 Yarm Independent Association Great Britain A High 1 Low 730 Yes 2 Europe Great Britain A High 2 Low 1912 Young People's Party YPP Great Britain A High 1 Low 734 Your Decision Great Britain A High 2 Low 1949 Zero Tolerance Policing ex Chief Great Britain A High 2 Low