How is this different from raising money for charity elsewhere?

Your company never handles the money raised on DONATE. DONATE takes every payment and pays each charity directly, and gets and checks each charity's agreement and bank account for you. You can raise for several charities with a split you set, and use campaigns, team challenges, raffles, auctions and voting.

Does DONATE have to approve my company before I can start?

No. Your account opens as soon as you agree to the Fundraising Partner Terms with the rest of your registration done. What DONATE checks is each charity's agreement and bank account. When you can publish is in Publish your campaign.

Does my company need to give bank details?

No. Your company is never paid. Everything you raise is paid to the charities you add.

Can a company raise money for more than one charity?

Yes. Add each charity under Beneficiary Charities and set each one's share. The shares must total 100. A campaign, raffle or auction lot can also have its own split.

What if the charity is already on DONATE?

Search for it in Add a charity and click Connect. It approves or declines, and signs nothing. See Add your charities.

The charity did not receive its link. What can I do?

On Beneficiary Charities, click Resend link, or Copy link and send it from your own address. A link lasts 30 days. Use the pencil button if the contact email is wrong.

Can I set up a campaign before a charity has signed?

Yes. You can build it and try its page with Preview. See Publish your campaign for when it can go live.

Who claims the Gift Aid?

DONATE claims it for your charities, and only on donors' own money. Neither you nor they should claim it as well. See Fees and refunds.

When do the charities receive the money?

About three months after the month it was given, once at least £100 is due. Each charity receives one payment for its share.

A donor wants a refund. What happens?

Text donations never are. Until a one-off donation is in a payout, the donor refunds it at easydonate.org/login, under Donations. For a monthly or PayPal donation not yet in a payout, email hello@nationalfundingscheme.org. After that the money is the charity's, and the charity refunds them. See Fees and refunds.

A company has asked to raise money for us. What are we agreeing to?

That you know the company is raising money for your charity, and that you agree to receive the funds into the bank account you give. The full contract is on the signing page, to read before signing.

Do we need a DONATE account to receive funds from a company?

No. You sign online from the link in the email and DONATE pays the bank account you give. If you already have a DONATE account, you only approve the request, and DONATE pays the account it already holds.

Yes. If you are already on DONATE, click Decline on the page the link opens. Otherwise, do not sign and tell hello@nationalfundingscheme.org. Nothing is paid to you.

DONATE Corporate fundraising

Sign up as a company and fundraise for charities

Open a DONATE account for your company, add the charities you raise for, and publish your first campaign. DONATE pays what you raise straight to the charities.

Your company never holds the money raised
DONATE pays each charity its share directly
Find charities on DONATE and the charity register
Split what you raise across several charities
Give any campaign, raffle or auction lot its own split
Charity agreements and bank checks handled by DONATE
Charity rates on every donation

Updated 15 October 2026About this solution

How it works

A corporate account is for a company that raises money for charities, not for itself. Your company runs the fundraising. DONATE takes the payments and pays what you raise straight to the charities you choose, so your company never gives DONATE bank details.

A corporate account in six steps

Sign up: choose Corporate and give your company and your own details.
Finish your registration: your logo, description, website and address.
Add each charity you raise for. DONATE emails it a link to sign.
Agree to the Fundraising Partner Terms. Your account opens straight away.
Each charity signs and gives its bank account, and DONATE checks it.
Once one charity is confirmed, set your split and publish.

What to have to hand

Your company name and Companies House number.
Your company address, phone number, email and website.
A logo and a short description for your company's DONATE page.
For each charity, its name, charity number and the email of someone who can sign for it.

What your charities see

Each charity you add gets an email from DONATE naming your company. The person who signs needs no DONATE account and no password.

The charity's part

The link is unique to the charity and lasts 30 days. Sending it again makes a new one and the old one stops working.
The charity reads the contract to the end, gives the bank account its funds are paid to, and signs.
The bank account must be the charity's own. Signing records the signer's name, email, the time and the IP address.
DONATE then checks the agreement and the bank account before anything is paid.
A charity already on DONATE does not sign. See Add your charities.

The charity's invitation email: The email names your company and asks the charity to read the contract, confirm its bank account and sign online. — The charity's invitation email
The email names your company and asks the charity to read the contract, confirm its bank account and sign online.

The charity reads the contract: The page names your company and the charity. The bank and signature fields open once the contract is read to the end. — The charity reads the contract
The page names your company and the charity. The bank and signature fields open once the contract is read to the end.

Bank account and signature: The charity gives the bank account its funds are paid to, then signs with a name, email and role. — Bank account and signature
The charity gives the bank account its funds are paid to, then signs with a name, email and role.

Sign up your company

Signing up takes a minute.

Finish your registration

The first time you log in, open Account Details. It has four parts, Web page, Details, Charities and Agreement, and ticks show what is done.

What a company is not asked for

No bank details. Your company is never paid, so there is nowhere to pay.
No verification documents.
You can set up campaigns, raffles and auctions at any time, before or after your account opens. When you can publish is in Publish your campaign.

Your logo and description

Upload your logo, describe your company and give your website. All three are needed, and they appear on your company's DONATE page.

Add your charities

Add every charity your fundraising pays to, from Beneficiary Charities in the menu. You need at least one before your account can open. You can add more at any time.

Finding a charity

Search by name or charity number. Results come from charities Already on DONATE and the Charity register.
Charities that welcome company fundraising carry an Open to corporate partners badge.
A charity Already on DONATE has Connect. DONATE alerts it, and it approves or declines your request. It signs nothing, gives no bank details, and is paid into the account DONATE already holds.
Not listed? Click Add manually and give the charity's name, number and a contact who can sign.

While you wait

Resend link emails the charity a new link. Copy link lets you send it from your own address, in case the email was filtered.
The pencil button changes the contact name or email.
What each label on the list means is in the table at the end of this guide.

Search for the charity: In Add a charity, search by name or number. If the charity is not found, click Add manually. — Search for the charity
In Add a charity, search by name or number. If the charity is not found, click Add manually.

Give a contact at the charity: Check the name and number, and give someone who can sign for the charity. Save & send link emails them the signing link. — Give a contact at the charity
Check the name and number, and give someone who can sign for the charity. Save & send link emails them the signing link.

The charity is Awaiting charity: Until it signs, the charity shows Awaiting charity, with Resend link and Copy link. — The charity is Awaiting charity
Until it signs, the charity shows Awaiting charity, with Resend link and Copy link.

Open your account

The last part of Account Details is the Agreement. Your account opens the moment you agree, as long as the other parts are done. DONATE does not need to approve your company.

The agreement

Companies agree to the DONATE Fundraising Partner Terms. Open them before you can tick the box.
Agree yourself if you are responsible for the fundraising, or on behalf of that person with their name, email and job role.
DONATE records who agreed, when, and which version.
Once your account is open, DONATE emails you to say so.

Agree and open your account: Open Read the Fundraising Partner Terms, tick I agree to the DONATE Fundraising Partner Terms, then click Agree and open account. — Agree and open your account
Open Read the Fundraising Partner Terms, tick I agree to the DONATE Fundraising Partner Terms, then click Agree and open account.

Share what you raise

When a charity has signed, DONATE checks its agreement and bank account and emails you once it is confirmed. It then shows Approved, with a Split box.

How the split works

The default split is each Approved charity's share of everything you raise. It must total 100.
Everything you raise, ticket money included, goes to your charities, split as your campaigns are. Your company is never paid.
Your first Approved charity is given 100 per cent. When you add more, type each share and click Save split.
Only Approved charities can have a share.
A campaign, raffle or auction lot can have its own split. If it has none, it uses the default split.

Set your default split: Each Approved charity has a Split box. The shares must total 100. Click Save split. — Set your default split
Each Approved charity has a Split box. The shares must total 100. Click Save split.

Publish your campaign

You can build a campaign as soon as you sign up. For everything else a campaign can do, see the Campaigns guide.

Before you publish

One of your charities must be Approved, and your shares must total 100.
Until then the campaign stays Not live, and Preview still shows its page.
Anything promoting the campaign must carry the DONATE logo and the legal statement, under Promotion requirements on the campaign.

Publishing waits for a charity: Switch the campaign on before a charity is Approved and the portal says A charity has to confirm first. Nothing is published. — Publishing waits for a charity
Switch the campaign on before a charity is Approved and the portal says A charity has to confirm first. Nothing is published.

This campaign's charity split: Charity split shows Default split. Add a charity there to give this campaign its own shares, then click Save split. — This campaign's charity split
Charity split shows Default split. Add a charity there to give this campaign its own shares, then click Save split.

Fees and refunds

There is no set-up fee, and companies raising for charities pay charity rates. Your company is never paid.

Fees and Gift Aid

Each donation without Gift Aid: 4.5 per cent plus 22p. When the supporter adds Gift Aid there is no percentage fee: the charity keeps the whole donation less 22p, plus 60 per cent of the Gift Aid, and our fee is the other 40 per cent.
Gift Aid applies only to a UK taxpayer's own money given as a gift, never to a payment from a company card or company account.
DONATE claims the Gift Aid and pays it to your charities with their payments, less that 40 per cent. Your company and your charities should not claim it as well.
A small VAT amount on the fee is also deducted.
Charges on each payout: a usage fee of £3 for each week (Monday to Sunday) in which your organisation receives £10 or more (at most £12 a month), and a transfer charge of £7.50 plus 0.5 per cent of the payout for charities and companies raising for charities, or 1.5 per cent for other organisations (at least £3 either way).
Each charity's payment carries its own transfer charge, and the usage fee is shared between them in proportion to what each receives.

Payments to your charities

Donations are paid out about three months after the month they were given, once at least £100 is due.
Each charity receives one payment for its share.
You get a statement each time your charities are paid. Each charity gets its own statement once its payment is sent.

Refunds

Donors refund their own donation by logging in at easydonate.org/login with the email they gave and opening Donations, while it is not yet in a payout. This works for a one-off donation by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or Direct Debit. The whole payment goes back, including any tip, and Gift Aid is not claimed on it.
DONATE emails them "Your refund of £10.00 to" followed by your company's name. You are not emailed.
Text donations are never refunded. For a monthly donation or a PayPal payment not yet in a payout, email hello@nationalfundingscheme.org and DONATE refunds it.
Once a donation is in a payout, the money is your charities'. The donor sees "This payment has been passed to" your company's name, "Ask them about a refund." Put them in touch with the charity, which refunds them.

Settings reference

What each charity label means

Every charity on Beneficiary Charities carries one of these labels.

Label	What it means	What happens next
Contract required	The charity is on your list, but no signing link has gone to it yet.	Click Send link on its card.
Awaiting charity	DONATE has emailed the charity its link and it has not answered yet.	It signs, or approves if it is already on DONATE. You can resend or copy the link.
Awaiting review	The charity has signed and given its bank account.	DONATE checks the agreement and the account, then emails you.
Approved	The charity is confirmed and can be paid.	Give it a share of your split. You can publish.
Rejected	The charity declined, or DONATE could not confirm it.	DONATE emails you. Contact hello@nationalfundingscheme.org if you think it is a mistake.

Questions

How is this different from raising money for charity elsewhere?: Your company never handles the money raised on DONATE. DONATE takes every payment and pays each charity directly, and gets and checks each charity's agreement and bank account for you. You can raise for several charities with a split you set, and use campaigns, team challenges, raffles, auctions and voting.
Does DONATE have to approve my company before I can start?: No. Your account opens as soon as you agree to the Fundraising Partner Terms with the rest of your registration done. What DONATE checks is each charity's agreement and bank account. When you can publish is in Publish your campaign.
Does my company need to give bank details?: No. Your company is never paid. Everything you raise is paid to the charities you add.
Can a company raise money for more than one charity?: Yes. Add each charity under Beneficiary Charities and set each one's share. The shares must total 100. A campaign, raffle or auction lot can also have its own split.
What if the charity is already on DONATE?: Search for it in Add a charity and click Connect. It approves or declines, and signs nothing. See Add your charities.
The charity did not receive its link. What can I do?: On Beneficiary Charities, click Resend link, or Copy link and send it from your own address. A link lasts 30 days. Use the pencil button if the contact email is wrong.
Can I set up a campaign before a charity has signed?: Yes. You can build it and try its page with Preview. See Publish your campaign for when it can go live.
What does it cost?: { "No set-up fee": { " Each donation without Gift Aid costs 4": { "5 per cent plus 22p": { " When the supporter adds Gift Aid there is no percentage fee": "the charity keeps the whole donation less 22p, plus 60 per cent of the Gift Aid, and our fee is the other 40 per cent. The payout charges are in Fees and refunds." } } } }
Who claims the Gift Aid?: DONATE claims it for your charities, and only on donors' own money. Neither you nor they should claim it as well. See Fees and refunds.
When do the charities receive the money?: About three months after the month it was given, once at least £100 is due. Each charity receives one payment for its share.
A donor wants a refund. What happens?: Text donations never are. Until a one-off donation is in a payout, the donor refunds it at easydonate.org/login, under Donations. For a monthly or PayPal donation not yet in a payout, email hello@nationalfundingscheme.org. After that the money is the charity's, and the charity refunds them. See Fees and refunds.
A company has asked to raise money for us. What are we agreeing to?: That you know the company is raising money for your charity, and that you agree to receive the funds into the bank account you give. The full contract is on the signing page, to read before signing.
Do we need a DONATE account to receive funds from a company?: No. You sign online from the link in the email and DONATE pays the bank account you give. If you already have a DONATE account, you only approve the request, and DONATE pays the account it already holds.
Can we say no?: Yes. If you are already on DONATE, click Decline on the page the link opens. Otherwise, do not sign and tell hello@nationalfundingscheme.org. Nothing is paid to you.

How it works

A corporate account in six steps

What to have to hand

What your charities see

The charity's part

The charity's invitation email

The charity reads the contract

Bank account and signature

Sign up your company

Choose Corporate to start

Your company and your details