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Restore Britain has received donations totalling £500,000 from technology entrepreneur Simon Galbraith, providing the party with its first major financial contribution. Party leader Rupert Lowe said the funding comprised two separate donations of £250,000 made through Galbraith’s company, Cade Hill Investments.
Galbraith co-founded the Cambridge-based database software company Redgate Software and has previously donated to the Liberal Democrats. He said he was supporting Restore Britain because of concerns about the performance of the state, the condition of British institutions and the representative nature of the country’s democracy.
Restore Britain was registered as a political party in February 2026 and is seeking to establish itself as a challenger to Reform UK on the political right. Although £500,000 is below the largest donations received by Reform, the funding will give Lowe’s party substantially greater resources for campaigning and contesting targeted elections.