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Raise money for the charities you love
The easiest, most flexible way for your company to fundraise for its favourite charities. Choose your charities, set the split, and run any of our solutions while we handle the payouts and paperwork.
Raffles
Auctions
Campaigns
Teams
Text giving
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Fundraising that's good for business
A gala dinner, a golf day, a raffle at the summer party, a percentage of December sales: whatever suits your company, fundraising is one of the best things a business can do for its community and its team.
A corporate account gives you the same professional platform thousands of UK charities use, with the flexibility to run it your way. Pick the charities you want to support, decide how to share the proceeds, and launch whichever solutions fit the occasion. We collect the donations, add the Gift Aid and pay every charity its share automatically. Clear reporting for everyone.
Your team focuses on the fun part: running a brilliant event.
Fundraise for any charity
Pick any UK charity and our automated connection workflow does the rest: they approve with a simple online signature, and the written agreement the law asks for is in place in minutes.
One charity or several
Nominate as many beneficiaries as you like. Set a default percentage split, change it per campaign, raffle or auction whenever you need, and we apply it automatically.
Nothing for you to hold
You manage the fundraising, we'll look after the compliance and money flow. Donations go straight to DONATE, a UK registered charity, never through your business account.
Gift Aid added automatically
Because donations are made to a charity, eligible gifts keep their Gift Aid. We collect the declarations and manage the claim, adding up to 25p to every £1.
Charity rates
All donations are processed at our charity fee rates, the same as every charity on DONATE. No setup fee, no subscription, and nothing for your company to pay.
The full fundraising toolkit
Licensed raffles, live and silent auctions, campaign pages, text giving and contactless terminals, all on one platform.
How it works
- Register your company. It takes minutes, and there are no bank details to set up because you never receive funds.
- Nominate your charities. Search the register, pick one or several, and choose how much each receives.
- They approve online. Each charity confirms your fundraising with an online signature, and our team gives everything a final check.
- Run your fundraising. Raffles, auctions, campaigns, text and contactless giving, all under your company's branding.
- We pay the charities. Donations reach DONATE, Gift Aid is added to eligible gifts, and each charity receives its share with a full audit trail on both sides.
Compliance, quietly taken care of
Business fundraising comes with a few legal duties: a written agreement with each charity, a clear statement on your promotions about who benefits, and prompt payment of everything raised. Sensible rules, but a lot of paperwork to get right on your own.
A corporate account meets them by design:
- The agreements are built in. Every charity signs its permission contract online before your fundraising goes live, so the written agreement the Charities Act asks for is always in place.
- No money to pass on. Donations go to a registered charity the moment they're made, so there's nothing for your company to hold, bank or pay over.
- Gift Aid is protected. Donations made to a charity keep their Gift Aid, which is usually lost when money is routed through a company account.
If you'd like the full detail, the Fundraising Regulator's guidance covers what's expected of businesses that fundraise, and our team is always happy to talk it through.
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Frequently asked questions
Can a company raise money for a charity? ＋
Yes, and thousands do. A business that promotes goods, services or events on the basis that money goes to a charity is a commercial participator under Part II of the Charities Act 1992, which asks for a written agreement with the charity, a clear statement on the promotion, and prompt payment of funds. A DONATE corporate account puts all three in place for you.
Does my company need a written agreement with the charity? ＋
Yes, the Charities Act requires one before you tell people their money will benefit a charity. On a DONATE corporate account every nominated charity signs its agreement online before your fundraising goes live, so this is handled for you.
How long can a business hold money raised for charity? ＋
Under the Charitable Institutions (Fund-Raising) Regulations 1994, funds must be held securely and paid to the charity as soon as reasonably practicable, and within 28 days at the latest. With a corporate account the question never arises, because donations go straight to a registered charity rather than through your company.
Can a company claim Gift Aid on money it collects for charity? ＋
No. Gift Aid belongs to the individual donor's gift and is claimed by the charity that receives it, so donations routed through a company account generally lose it. On a corporate account donations are made to a charity directly, so eligible gifts keep their Gift Aid, worth up to 25p per £1.
Can we support more than one charity? ＋
Yes. Nominate as many beneficiary charities as you like and set the percentage split per campaign, raffle or auction. Each one signs its own agreement, and each receives its share automatically.
What does a corporate account cost? ＋
Nothing for your company: no setup fee and no subscription. Donations are processed at our standard charity rates, deducted from the funds raised. See the pricing page for the full breakdown.
Coming soon
Corporate accounts are nearly here. If your company fundraises for charity, or is planning to this year, register your interest and we'll get you set up the moment they open: banking, agreements and Gift Aid all taken care of.