Better for the Country

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Better for the Country Ltd is the second largest individual donor to any EU referendum campaign, having given £1.95 million to umbrella 'leave' group, Grassroots Out. The company is owned by Arron Banks, an insurance millionaire with strong links to UKIP. [1]

Donations

  • Grassroots Out - donated a total of £1,952,374.76 to the anti-EU campaign group, in advance of the membership referendum scheduled for June 2016 [2]

Notes

  1. Sarah Gordon, Harriet Agnew 'Brexit campaigners out-fundraise their Remain rivals', May 11 2016, Financial Times, accessed 18 May 2016
  2. Electoral Commission, Grassroots Out Donor Search, accessed 12 May 2016