Charity Checkout

Charity Checkout is a social business that provides online fundraising tools for charities.^[1]^[2] The company was formed in 2009 and the company’s headquarters are situated in London.

Overview

CharityCheckout creates branded and personalised online fundraising products to help charities establish and strengthen relationships with their supporters.

It helps charities engage their supporters directly on their own fundraising platform, putting them in control of their online fundraising, data and supporter relationships.

Instead of visiting a third-party fundraising website, supporters can donate, fundraise and register for events directly from the charity’s own website.

Charity Checkout provides charities with credit/ debit card and Direct Debit payment processing facilities, as well as online fundraising tools, event registration & ticketing, websites and digital marketing services. The company is a registered HMRC Gift Aid agent and also processes Gift Aid on behalf of its charity clients.

History

The company was founded by Chester Mojay-Sinclare in 2009, and its flagship online fundraising service Charity Checkout was launched in 2011.^[3] Mojay-Sinclare was still a student when the company was launched.^[4]

In 2012, the company secured an undisclosed investment and began expansion across the UK.^[5]^[6] In 2014, Charity Checkout was selected for The Big Venture Challenge, a lottery funded programme offering up to £2m in investment for social enterprises in the UK.^[7]^[8]^[9]

In 2017,Charity Checkout announced it has raised over $1m investment to accelerate its growth and extend its services to national charities.^[10]

Clients

Charity Checkout reports to have raised over £50m for charity and has over 4,000 charity clients, including The Big Give, Macmillan Cancer Support, NSPCC, WWF, The Royal British Legion, MTV Staying Alive Foundation^[11] and The Royal Society of Arts.^[12]

Fees

Charity Checkout has 0% platform fees & payment processing fees of 0.5% + 20p. It offers automatic Gift Aid^[13] collection on charities' behalf for a 5% fee.

Awards

Winner, Most Committed Company to the Sector, National Fundraising Awards
Winner, The Big Venture Challenge^[14]
Winner, UnLtd Fast Growth Award
Winner, Innovation Central
Winner, UCL Bright Ideas Award^[15]
Winner, The London Entrepreneurship Challenge
NACUE National Varsity Pitch Finalist^[16]
GSEA Global Finalist^[17]

References

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[1] "Online fundraising platforms – what is the best option for small charities?". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2014/dec/12/online-fundraising-platforms-small-charities-justgiving-paypal.

[2] "Home Page". Charity Checkout. https://www.charitycheckout.co.uk/.

[3] "Introducing Charity Checkout – Payment provider for small charities". Your Hidden Potential. http://yhponline.com/2011/09/13/charity-checkout-chester-mojay-sinclare/.

[4] "Global Banking and Financial Review recently conversed with the youthful British entrepreneur, Chester Mojay-Sinclare, about his most recent and successful endeavor, Charity Checkout". Global Banking and Finance. http://www.globalbankingandfinance.com/global-banking-and-financial-review-recently-conversed-with-the-youthful-british-entrepreneur-chester-mojay-sinclare-about-his-most-recent-and-successful-endeavor-charity-checkout/.

[5] "Internet start-up CharityCheckout.co.uk finds its angels and rings in development capital". Growth Business. http://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/news-and-market-deals/fundraising-deals/2132208/internet-startup-charitycheckoutcouk-finds-its-angels-and-rings-in-development-capital.thtml.

[6] "Young Entrepreneur Bucks The Unemployment Trend". Yorkshiretimes.co.uk. 12 November 2012. http://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Young-Entrepreneur-Bucks-The-Unemployment-Trend.

[7] "Charity Checkout passes £2m mark in donations to small charities". UK Fundraising. http://www.fundraising.co.uk/2014/11/20/charity-checkout-handled-2m-donations-charities/.

[8] "Online payment processor Charity Checkout reaches £2m milestone". Charity Digital News. http://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2014/11/21/online-payment-processor-charity-checkout-reaches-2m-milestone/.

[9] "UnLtd announces 30 winners of the 2014 Big Venture Challenge". UnLtd. https://unltd.org.uk/2014/05/12/unltd-announces-30-winners-2014-big-venture-challenge/.

[10] "Charity Checkout secures over $1m investment". https://www.angelnews.co.uk/blog/venture-capital/charity-checkout-secures-over-1m-investment-/.

[11] "Donate direct". MTV Staying Alive Foundation. http://stayingalivefoundation.org/donate/donate-direct/.

[12] "Make a regular donation". The Royal Society of Arts. https://www.thersa.org/support-us/giving-to-the-rsa.

[13] "Terms and Conditions". Charity Checkout. https://www.charitycheckout.co.uk/Terms.aspx.

[14] "Big venture challenge – The winners 2014". UnLtd. https://unltd.org.uk/bvc/bvc-the-winners-2014-profile-11.

[15] "Global Banking and Financial Review recently conversed with the youthful British entrepreneur, Chester Mojay-Sinclare, about his most recent and successful endeavor, Charity Checkout". Global Banking and Finance. http://www.globalbankingandfinance.com/global-banking-and-financial-review-recently-conversed-with-the-youthful-british-entrepreneur-chester-mojay-sinclare-about-his-most-recent-and-successful-endeavor-charity-checkout.

[16] "NACUE Fellows participate in Global Student Entrepreneur Awards". Angel News. Archived from the original on 2015-01-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20150130173203/http://www.angelnews.co.uk/article.jsf?articleId=11854.

[17] "UCLB's Consultant Entrepreneur Finishes Top 30 in Global Entrepreneurship Competition". UCLB. http://www.uclb.com/news-and-events/news-post/uclbs-consultant-entrepreneur-finishes-top-30-in-global-entrepreneurship-competition?size=1.

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