Software profile
Aedon.Charities
A UK charity accounting system built on Salesforce. It covers charity reports following the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP), fund and project accounts, partial VAT, Gift Aid claims and donor tax statements.
30-second answer
What to know before you open the full record
- What it is
- A UK charity accounting system built on Salesforce. It covers charity reports following the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP), fund and project accounts, partial VAT, Gift Aid claims and donor tax statements.
- Contexts worth testing
- Church charities with complex fund, project, donor or multi-entity finance needs, Finance teams that use or intend to use Salesforce, Charities with annual turnover above the supplier's stated £500,000 focus
- Published starting price
- £145 / month
- Relevant UK checks
- UK-specific evidence · UK registered · Gift Aid: Yes
- Shortlist when
- Larger church charities with complex restricted funds, projects or multiple legal entities
- Check first
- Run a supplier demonstration using representative restricted-fund, Gift Aid, partial-VAT and year-end reporting scenarios; model all full-user, reviewer, implementation and Salesforce costs, then review the product DPA, international-transfer safeguards and complete finance-data export before commitment.
- Evidence date
- Sources checked 25 July 2026
This is an evidence-led starting point, not a ranking or hands-on verdict. Supplier sources establish what they publish; your church should test material workflows and resolve the questions below.
Five-minute assessment
Assess the likely fit and trade-offs
Directory assessment
Aedon.Charities is a UK charity-accounting product built inside Salesforce, rather than a conventional church finance package or a general church-management system. Its stated SORP, fund, project, VAT, Gift Aid and donor-tax capability could suit a larger church charity already committed to Salesforce. Its published entry price, implementation shape and Salesforce operating model are likely excessive for most small congregations, so it belongs in a narrow enterprise-style accounting shortlist rather than as a default recommendation.
Decision framing
Shortlist when, then check first
- Shortlist when
- Producing controlled charity accounts and fund reports where existing finance and Salesforce charity data are fragmented
- Test in a real workflow
- A UK charity-accounting product built natively inside Salesforce with published SORP and Gift Aid capability
- Settle before buying
- Run a supplier demonstration using representative restricted-fund, Gift Aid, partial-VAT and year-end reporting scenarios; model all full-user, reviewer, implementation and Salesforce costs, then review the product DPA, international-transfer safeguards and complete finance-data export before commitment.
Decision evidence
Published details for a shortlist
These details are traced to the source shown. Supplier material establishes what the supplier publishes; it is not hands-on testing.
- GBP pricing
- Supplier sourcePublished GBP starting priceSource: Aedon pricing · checked 25 July 2026
- Gift Aid
- Supplier sourceYesSource: Aedon.Charities charity accounting · checked 25 July 2026
Best suited to
- Larger church charities with complex restricted funds, projects or multiple legal entities
- Finance teams wanting their accounting and Salesforce charity data in one platform
- Organisations with budget and capability for a structured Salesforce implementation
Evidence-backed strengths
- Active UK software supplier
- Published charity-specific price and functional scope
- Explicit SORP, fund accounting, partial-VAT and Gift Aid capabilities
- Native Salesforce and charity-CRM integration path
Limitations and questions
- Supplier positions the charity product for organisations turning over £500,000 or more
- Not a church-specific pastoral, membership, safeguarding or children’s system
- One-year minimum subscription is stated
- Product DPA, sub-processors, exact hosting and migration or export commitments require a current written pack
What the supplier publishes
- Salesforce-native accounting
- SORP chart of accounts
- SORP SoFA and balance sheet
- Fund accounting
- Project accounting
- Partial VAT
- Gift Aid submission
- Donor tax statements
- Multi-company accounting
- Bank feeds and reconciliation
- Audit trail
What does the supplier currently publish?
Pricing and trial
Aedon publishes £145 per month for a full Aedon.Charities user and £40 per month for a reviewer, plus £50 per additional company. The page says ten Salesforce Cloud licences are included and annual or longer commitments can reduce price. The supplier also states a one-year minimum subscription; obtain VAT treatment, implementation, migration, Salesforce configuration, payment, integration and termination costs in writing.
| Tier or starting point | Published price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Aedon.Charities full user | £145/month | Supplier's published per-full-user charity accounting price. |
| Aedon.Charities reviewer | £40/month | Supplier's published per-reviewer price. |
| Additional company | £50/month | Published per-additional-company price; the package states three companies are included. |
Full due diligence
Evidence, operations and source record
Use this full record to test practical details, retain source links and take specific gaps to the supplier.
Published operations and support details
- Data protection information
- Aedon.Co publishes a privacy policy for its website and says some personal data may be stored in the UK and India. That policy is not a product data-processing agreement. Because Aedon.Charities is Salesforce-native and handles charity financial and donor-related data, a church should obtain the product DPA, controller-processor allocation, Salesforce and Aedon sub-processor list, hosting and transfer safeguards, retention, role permissions, audit logging, backup, breach process and complete export arrangements before implementation.
- Integrations
- Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud, Salesforce Nonprofit Success Pack, Salesforce Sales Cloud, SmarterPay Direct Debits and bulk payments described as optional, Confirm the current implementation, licence and integration scope
- Import and export
- Supplier describes accounting, reporting and payment-file workflows within Salesforce, Request migration templates and full finance, fund, donor, Gift Aid, audit-trail, attachment and configuration export documentation
- Support
- Supplier lists Aedon.Academy, phone and Microsoft Teams support, remote support and an annual health check, Supplier describes implementation as typically within one VAT quarter, Confirm included implementation, support hours, response commitments and training scope
Sources reviewed
Sources support only the fields named beneath each link. Supplier material is not independent testing; external review material is included as a limited signal rather than a verdict.
- Aedon.Charities charity accounting
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Charity focus, Salesforce use, SORP, Fund accounting, Gift Aid - Aedon pricing
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: GBP prices, Included licences, Features, Support, Commitment discounts - Aedon FAQ
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: One-year minimum, Payment route, Account manager, Salesforce scope - Aedon privacy policy
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Operator identity, Website privacy, International-storage statement - Companies House: AEDON.CO LIMITED
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: UK company record, Active status
