Electoral Commission guidance on non-party campaigners is clear that donation reporting requirements apply only to donations given specifically "for the purpose of meeting spending on regulated campaign activity" — i.e., campaign spending during the regulated period before an election. Money received for an organisation's general or charitable purposes is not covered by these rules. The reporting threshold for donations/spending is £20,000 in England, and only donations over £7,500 from a single source need to be itemised; smaller donations are reported only as an aggregate. The available evidence indicates that the grants from HUCT to Hope Not Hate Limited (totalling roughly £788,000 in 2024) were explicitly ringfenced for charitable and non-political work. Both organisations stated the grants were not used to fund electoral campaigning. The Charity Commission assessed this matter and concluded there was no basis for regulatory action, confirming that the charity's funds were not used to produce or circulate the political leaflets distributed during the Makerfield by-election. Farage's earlier, related complaint to the Charity Commission was dismissed on these grounds. Because the grants were not given for regulated campaign activity, they would not fall within the Electoral Commission's donation-registration requirements. The best available evidence therefore contradicts the assertion that "those payments should have been registered under current guidance." No regulator has found a breach, and the guidance itself does not require registration of general/charitable grants unrelated to regulated campaign spending. Sources: - Electoral Commission, "Overview of the non-party campaigner requirements" — https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/non-party-campaigners-uk-parliamentary-general-elections/overview-non-party-campaigner-requirements - Electoral Commission, "Non-party campaigner Code of Practice" — https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/non-party-campaigner-code-practice - Electoral Commission, "Understanding if your campaign activity is regulated" — https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/resources/democratic-engagement-resources/understanding-if-your-campaign-activity-regulated - Civil Society, "Farage files second Hope Not Hate complaint after charity cleared" — https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/farage-files-second-hope-not-hate-complaint-after-charity-cleared.html - Third Sector, "Charity cleared by commission after Farage complaint" — https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/charity-cleared-commission-farage-complaint/governance/article/1962712 - GOV.UK / Charity Commission, "Hope Not Hate Charitable Trust addresses concerns following intervention by regulator" — https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hope-not-hate-charitable-trust-addresses-concerns-following-intervention-by-regulator - Wigan Today, "Farage accuses Hope Not Hate of 'conflict of interest' over Makerfield leaflets" — https://www.wigantoday.net/news/people/farage-accuses-hope-not-hate-of-conflict-of-interest-over-makerfield-leaflets-8643934