Charities receive 93% of donations

Our fees are very competitive

We make no profit and only take enough to keep things running efficiently. 2% goes to our Community Foundation partner as a donation. 3% is retained by Localgiving.com to cover the cost of maintaining a secure online donations service.

Processing fee

Paypal charges a processing fee of 1.4% + 20p per one-off donation. Donations made with international credit or debit cards may incur a larger PayPal fee (usually 1.9% + 20p).

If you set up a monthly direct debit, your donation will be processed by Nat West which charges 1% + 10p per transaction.

Subscription fee

To be honest, we’d rather not charge a fee at all! But we’re not-for-profit ourselves and, realistically, we need to cover our running costs while providing the best service we can to our charities. So, we charge £72 a year (a fiver a month plus VAT) which goes towards:

• Enhancements and new features to make online fundraising easier
• Validation of charities and community groups so donors can give with confidence
• Local training workshops so charities can learn how to fundraise online, use social media and promote themselves locally
• Local and national campaigns and promotions of the website
• And loads more……

We do our best to keep these fees as low as possible and regularly review them.