Software profile
Enthuse
A UK fundraising service for charities. It supports branded donation and appeal pages, event registration, fundraising by supporters and Gift Aid capture and processing.
30-second answer
What to know before you open the full record
- What it is
- A UK fundraising service for charities. It supports branded donation and appeal pages, event registration, fundraising by supporters and Gift Aid capture and processing.
- Contexts worth testing
- Churches and charities wanting branded online donation pages, Fundraising appeals, memorial giving or participant-led campaigns, Church events requiring paid registration rather than a full church database
- Published starting price
- £24.99 / month
- Relevant UK checks
- Available more broadly · UK registered · Gift Aid: Yes
- Shortlist when
- Church charities running branded fundraising appeals or memorial giving
- Check first
- Model one normal donation, one Gift Aid donation and one paid event sale from checkout through refund and payout; then obtain the current data-processing and export terms
- 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
Enthuse is a UK charity fundraising platform, not church-management, accounting or safeguarding software. It may fit a church or Christian charity that needs a branded donation, campaign or paid-event journey and wants Gift Aid collected within that process. Its pricing is clearer than many fundraising services, but the different product subscriptions and percentage fees mean a church should model an ordinary donation, a Gift Aid donation and an event sale through to the actual payout before choosing it.
Decision framing
Shortlist when, then check first
- Shortlist when
- Running branded charitable donations, appeals and event registrations while collecting Gift Aid
- Test in a real workflow
- A UK fundraising platform with separate donation, fundraising and event products and published fee components
- Settle before buying
- Model one normal donation, one Gift Aid donation and one paid event sale from checkout through refund and payout; then obtain the current data-processing and export terms
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.
- Gift Aid
- Supplier sourceYesSource: Enthuse pricing · checked 25 July 2026
Best suited to
- Church charities running branded fundraising appeals or memorial giving
- Churches collecting online donations and Gift Aid without adopting a church database
- Event teams needing participant registration or ticketing alongside fundraising
Evidence-backed strengths
- Identified active UK operator with public customer terms
- Published monthly subscription and fee information
- Gift Aid capture and processing are documented
- Donation, fundraising and event-registration products are separately described
Limitations and questions
- It is a general charity platform, not church-specific administration software
- Subscription, payment, ticketing and Gift Aid charges differ by product and need total-cost modelling
- Confirm current controller/processor roles, DPA, sub-processors, export, retention and payout arrangements
- Do not use a fundraising platform as a substitute for pastoral, safeguarding or core membership records
What the supplier publishes
- Branded one-off and regular donation pages
- Gift Aid capture and processing
- Appeal, in-memory and peer-fundraising pages
- Event registration and ticketing
- Real-time fundraising and donation data
- Charity-branded payment journeys
- Fundraiser and supporter pages
What does the supplier currently publish?
Pricing and trial
Enthuse publishes Donations at £39.99 per month, Fundraising at £24.99 per month and Event Registration at £39.99 per month, all before VAT where applicable. The published price table also gives transaction, Gift Aid and ticketing fees for the relevant products. Churches should model the exact plan, payment route, Gift Aid and payout charges before adopting it.
| Tier or starting point | Published price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Fundraising | £24.99/month plus published transaction fees | Branded fundraising, appeal and in-memory pages; the published table lists 1.9% + 30p payment processing and a 5% Gift Aid fee. |
| Donations | £39.99/month | Branded one-off and regular donation pages; supplier states no platform or payment-provider fee, while its published table lists a 5% Gift Aid fee. |
| Event Registration | £39.99/month plus published ticketing fees | Event registration and ticketing; supplier's price table lists 3.5% + 75p ticketing, 1.9% + 30p payment-processing and a 5% Gift Aid fee. |
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
- Enthuse publishes customer terms and a privacy notice. Its customer terms describe the service as facilitating donations, events and fundraising, and include UK GDPR-related definitions and international-transfer provisions. The public privacy notice identifies Online Giving Ltd as controller in the stated circumstances. Churches should obtain the current data-processing documentation, confirm controller/processor responsibilities for their chosen service, and check donor-data export, retention, sub-processors and payment/payout terms.
- Integrations
- Payment acquirers and Stripe client accounts described in customer terms, Event-partner app integrations on the Mass Participation product
- Import and export
- Supplier states that charity data belongs to the charity on the Fundraising plan, Obtain current data-export, access, retention and deletion workflow in writing before onboarding donor records
- Support
- Supplier offers a free demo request, Customer terms provide a UK contact route; confirm support hours and event-day escalation arrangements for the selected product
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.
- Enthuse pricing
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Monthly subscriptions, Transaction fees, Gift Aid fee, Donation, fundraising and event products - Enthuse customer terms
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Fundraising and payment workflow, Operating company, Data-processing provisions - Enthuse website terms
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Operating company, UK company number, Payment-services registration statement - Enthuse privacy notice
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Privacy scope, Controller statement, Data-protection contact - Companies House: Online Giving Ltd
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: UK company identity, Active status
