Software profile
Plinth
A UK charity-sector system for volunteer profiles, matching, rotas, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) tracking, messages and impact reports. It also has wider case and community-service modules.
30-second answer
What to know before you open the full record
- What it is
- A UK charity-sector system for volunteer profiles, matching, rotas, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) tracking, messages and impact reports. It also has wider case and community-service modules.
- Contexts worth testing
- Church charities, food banks and community projects coordinating volunteers across several activities, Church-linked organisations needing volunteer recruitment, matching, DBS-status tracking and impact reporting, Networks coordinating volunteers across multiple partner organisations
- Relevant UK checks
- Available more broadly · UK registered
- Shortlist when
- Church-run charities and community services with a substantial volunteer programme
- Check first
- Map one real volunteer journey from application through matching, DBS-status administration, rota, communication and exit; request a current module-level quote, DPA, sub-processor list, AI terms and representative export before importing people or case data
- 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
Plinth is a broad UK charity-sector platform rather than church-management software. Its volunteer module is potentially relevant to church charities and sizeable community projects because it joins recruitment, matching, rota coordination, DBS-status tracking, communications and reporting. Its breadth and data sensitivity mean a church should treat it as a formal procurement exercise, especially where case-management, sensitive volunteer information or supplier AI features are in scope.
Decision framing
Shortlist when, then check first
- Shortlist when
- Running a large, evidence-rich volunteer programme across charity, community and partner-organisation activities
- Test in a real workflow
- A UK charity-sector platform that combines volunteer management with matching, reporting and wider community-service workflows
- Settle before buying
- Map one real volunteer journey from application through matching, DBS-status administration, rota, communication and exit; request a current module-level quote, DPA, sub-processor list, AI terms and representative export before importing people or case data
Best suited to
- Church-run charities and community services with a substantial volunteer programme
- Networks or umbrella bodies coordinating volunteers across multiple organisations
- Teams needing structured volunteer records, matching, reporting and compliance-status reminders rather than a simple Sunday rota
Evidence-backed strengths
- Identified UK operator and current UK charity-sector focus
- Volunteer recruitment, profiles, matching, rotas and reporting in one platform
- Published DBS-status and expiry-alert workflow
- Multi-organisation coordination and geographic matching
- Public privacy information includes processing region, encryption and cancellation-deletion statement
Limitations and questions
- Not a church-specific member-management product
- No public standard pricing or module-by-module cost
- Do not interpret DBS-status tracking as proof that a church's safeguarding process is sufficient
- Broader case-management and AI features require careful lawful-basis, access, retention and data-processing review
- Confirm integrations, exports, service levels and user roles against the specific module set purchased
What the supplier publishes
- Volunteer profiles with skills, interests, availability and compliance status
- DBS status tracking and expiry alerts
- Volunteer role matching and shortlisting
- Rota and shift scheduling
- Volunteer-hour logging
- Volunteer communications
- Geographic mapping
- Multi-organisation coordination
- Reports and impact reporting
- Wider case-management, surveys and room-booking modules according to supplier
What does the supplier currently publish?
Pricing and trial
Plinth publishes tailored pricing based on organisation size and needs rather than a standard price card. Request a written quote covering enabled modules, active volunteer or organisation limits, implementation, training, AI features, data migration, support, renewal and exit terms.
| Tier or starting point | Published price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Tailored subscription | Contact supplier | Supplier states that pricing is tailored to an organisation's size and needs. |
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
- Plinth's public privacy policy says data is processed in the UK and EU, encrypted in transit and at rest, and deleted from servers within 30 days after cancellation; it also identifies a sub-processor listing. Supplier material says a DPA is available and AI features process within European infrastructure, but that material is not a substitute for reviewing the live contract, sub-processor list, retention configuration, access roles, audit trail, export and AI-data terms for the church's intended use.
- Integrations
- Supplier describes wider modules in one platform; confirm any external accounting, payment, identity, DBS or communication integrations needed for the church
- Import and export
- Supplier public material describes data portability rights; confirm current export formats, full-record scope, attachments, audit history, timing and assistance in writing
- Support
- Supplier invites organisations to contact its team or book a demo in relevant current product guidance, Support contact is published at [email protected]
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.
- Plinth volunteer-management guide
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Volunteer profiles, DBS tracking, Matching, Multi-organisation coordination, Reporting - Plinth faith-based charity software guide
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Faith-charity relevance, Volunteering, Room bookings, Impact reporting - Plinth volunteer software comparison
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Tailored pricing statement, Volunteer platform scope - Plinth privacy policy
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Processing region, Encryption, Deletion and recovery retention, Sub-processor listing - Plinth trading identity
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Time To Spare Ltd trading identity, London address - Companies House: Time To Spare Ltd
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: UK company registration, Company number, Registered office
