The income of UK charity Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) has increased more than fivefold since the October 7 massacre, financial filings show.
The Jerusalem Post began exploring the finances of PSC after The Sunday Times published an article named ‘The well-funded activists driving your council’s Gaza obsession.’
PSC is incorporated as a private company limited by guarantee, rather than a company with shareholders. It describes its main purpose as building a mass solidarity movement in support of the Palestinian people, their right to self-determination, and the end of "Israeli occupation."
PSC income surges following October 7 massacre
Before October 7, 2023, PSC registered yearly incomes of around £600,000 to £700,000.
According to its incoming statement for the year ending 31 August 2023, it had a yearly income of £773,886. It listed the direct costs of campaigning at £789,528, putting it in a deficit. The year before, 2022, PSC listed an income of £691,736.
However, for the financial year ending 31 August 2024, PSC registered an income of £3,675,576 with a total cost of campaigning of £1,941,615. This represents a 375% increase in just one year.
This increased again for the 2025 financial year, with a registered income of £3,838,259 and a registered campaigning cost total of £2,386,923.
According to an internal report cited by The Times, PSC outlined its strategy as “maximizing pressure on MPs and holding them accountable” through online actions, lobbying, leafleting and protests at MPs’ constituency offices.
Palestine Solidarity Campaign's influence on UK local councils
PSC has in fact had significant influence over local councils in the UK.
It claims that it has successfully pressured at least 34 councils into proposing motions to divest from Israeli-linked companies since June 2024.
Additionally, PSC reports that a total of 1468 councilors have signed its pledge to take all appropriate steps to uphold the rights of the Palestinian people, stand up to Israel for its crimes of genocide and apartheid, and ensure their councils are not complicit, including through divestment of pension funds from complicit companies.
Its lobbying has had a tangible impact on local government policy.
For example, Hackney’s recent decision to de-twin with Haifa in Israel and its move to divest its pension fund from companies “complicit in territorial human rights violations” came after significant lobbying from the PSC.
There are also other ways that PSC and its ideology influence local government. Kamel Hawwash, who in May 2026 became the first councillor of Palestinian origin in Birmingham, formerly served as PSC director.
Sheila Guhadasan, who was appointed as director on 24 February 2024, stood as a local candidate for the Arise political movement representing the Marlborough ward in the London Borough of Harrow during the May 2026 elections.
Lewisham’s new mayor is Liam Shrivastava, who previously spoke at a PSC rally pledging “Palestine is firmly on the ballot this Thursday.”