Software profile
Free Gift Aid eClaim
A UK browser-based service from eFile Ready for charities and community amateur sports clubs (CASCs) to submit one or more Gift Aid claims to HMRC's Charities Online service.
30-second answer
What to know before you open the full record
- What it is
- A UK browser-based service from eFile Ready for charities and community amateur sports clubs (CASCs) to submit one or more Gift Aid claims to HMRC's Charities Online service.
- Contexts worth testing
- Church charities needing a separate browser-based HMRC Gift Aid filing route, Treasurers preparing a single church claim, Diocesan, agent or shared-service teams needing multiple charity claims
- Relevant UK checks
- UK-specific evidence · UK registered · Gift Aid: Yes
- Shortlist when
- Church charities with a separate giving or accounting system and a clear Gift Aid file to submit
- Check first
- Use the supplier's test route with a non-sensitive representative claim file, reconcile the output and receipt to the church's source records, then obtain written price, DPA, hosting, retention, access and export details before live submission.
- 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
Free Gift Aid eClaim is a UK e-filing service for Gift Aid, not a donor CRM, online donation form, payment processor or church-management platform. It may be relevant where a church has its donor and donation records elsewhere but needs a browser-based route for an HMRC claim. Its narrow scope can be a virtue, but it means that import, reconciliation, access, data retention and audit evidence need to be tested against the church's existing records and accounting process.
Decision framing
Shortlist when, then check first
- Shortlist when
- Submitting a Gift Aid claim from records held in a separate church system
- Test in a real workflow
- A UK browser-based Charities Online filing service that includes both single- and multiple-charity claims
- Settle before buying
- Use the supplier's test route with a non-sensitive representative claim file, reconcile the output and receipt to the church's source records, then obtain written price, DPA, hosting, retention, access and export details before live submission.
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: eFile Ready Charities Online · checked 25 July 2026
Best suited to
- Church charities with a separate giving or accounting system and a clear Gift Aid file to submit
- Treasurers seeking a browser-based claim-filing route
- Shared-service teams with multiple charitable entities
Evidence-backed strengths
- Active UK software operator and current HMRC Charities Online listing
- Explicit single- and multiple-claim scope
- Published live and test account paths
- Published ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate for cloud eReturn-service scope
Limitations and questions
- Not a complete online giving, CRM, safeguarding or church-management system
- No current public product price or contract terms found
- Certificate scope does not answer the church's DPA, hosting or retention questions
- Obtain the accepted input format, data-export specification and reconciliation process in writing for each church workflow
What the supplier publishes
- Browser-based e-filing
- HMRC Charities Online service
- Single charity claims
- Multiple charity claims
- Gift Aid repayment management
- Live and test account routes
- CSV-based e-filing approach
What does the supplier currently publish?
Pricing and trial
The public product pages describe the Charities Online filing service but do not publish a current price, licence basis, VAT, user limit, implementation, support or cancellation terms. Request a written quote and test the full claim workflow before committing donor data.
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
- eFile Ready publishes a current ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate whose scope includes cloud eReturn services. That certificate and the public site do not replace a church's product data-processing review. Obtain the Charities Online service terms, DPA, controller-processor allocation, hosting location, sub-processors, retention, access-control, incident, audit-record and full data-export arrangements before uploading donor and declaration information.
- Integrations
- Supplier describes open-standard data interchange and integration with client systems, Confirm approved input format, APIs, field mapping and any agent or multi-charity permissions
- Import and export
- Supplier describes downloading relevant spreadsheets and e-filing them to HMRC, Request accepted input templates and complete donor, declaration, claim, receipt, audit-trail and configuration export specifications
- Support
- Supplier publishes telephone and email support, Supplier advertises live demonstration support and FAQ support, Confirm service hours, response commitments and onboarding 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.
- eFile Ready Charities Online
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Gift Aid scope, Single claims, Multiple claims - eFile Ready product range
Reviewed 30 July 2026 · Supports: Charities Online product, Live and test service routes - eFile Ready contact and support
Reviewed 30 July 2026 · Supports: Support, Live demo, UK office - eFile Ready ISO certificate
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate, Cloud-service scope - HMRC commercial Charities Online suppliers
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Supplier and product listing, Charities Online evidence context - Companies House: EFILE READY LIMITED
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: UK company record, Active status
