Enthuse
UK and Irish registered charities that want fully branded donation pages, peer-to-peer fundraising, and event registration consolidated on one platform under their own identity.
A UK and Ireland fundraising platform, founded in 2012 as CharityCheckout, offering white-label donation pages, peer-to-peer fundraising, and event registration under each charity's own brand.
- Headquartered in i
- IE
- Funding model i
- Optional tip
- Platform fee i
- 5% + tip
- Payment processing fee i
- 0% + €0.00
- Recipient gets i
- €95.00 / €100
- Data residency i
- UK/EEA
- Registered entity i
- Online Giving Ltd, Company No. 06886190 (England & Wales)
- Refund policy i
- No voluntary donor refunds; refunds only on chargeback
- Payout speed i
- Slow
- Countries i
- 1
- Languages i
- 1
- Trustpilot i
- 4.5 / 5
- Domain Rating i
- 4.9 / 100
- Transparency i
- 4 / 5
- Last updated
- 2026-06-08
Our overall editorial assessment. Full weights are published in the methodology.
The review
Enthuse is a fundraising-technology platform serving charities across the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was founded in 2012 under the name CharityCheckout as a tool to help small charities take online donations, merged with the events business Primo Events in 2019, and rebranded to Enthuse in 2020. Its core proposition is white-label technology: donation pages, peer-to-peer fundraising, and event registration presented under each charity's own brand rather than a marketplace identity.
The company is registered with the UK Financial Conduct Authority as a Small Payment Institution and processes payments through established providers including Stripe, GoCardless, and PayPal. It operates on a monthly subscription model tiered by capability - donations only; donations plus peer-to-peer fundraising; or the full suite adding event registration - so charities pay a predictable subscription rather than a percentage cut taken from each gift.
Enthuse's strength is the fully branded supporter experience: donors interact with the charity's own identity throughout, and donations, fundraising, and ticketed events are consolidated on one platform. The trade-offs are that the subscription model and branded-page approach suit established, registered charities more than casual individual fundraisers, and transactions on cards issued outside the home country carry an additional surcharge.
The platform is hosted in the UK on Microsoft Azure and AWS, is PCI DSS compliant, and states it is built around GDPR compliance - relevant context for UK and Irish charities handling supporter data. Event registration and ticketing, peer-to-peer campaigns, and an Enthuse+ tier for larger charities round out a product aimed squarely at the charity sector rather than the broad consumer crowdfunding market.
What’s good, what’s not.
- ✓White-label donation, fundraising, and event-registration pages presented under the charity's own brand.
- ✓Combines online donations, peer-to-peer fundraising, and event ticketing in a single platform.
- ✓Registered with the UK Financial Conduct Authority as a Small Payment Institution (firm reference 797344).
- ✓Payments processed through established providers Stripe, GoCardless, and PayPal.
- ✓Hosted in the UK on Microsoft Azure and AWS, PCI DSS compliant and GDPR-oriented.
- ✓Tiered plans scale from donations only up to a full donations, fundraising, and events suite.
- −Subscription-based pricing suits established charities more than casual or one-off individual fundraisers.
- −Transactions on cards issued outside the home country incur an additional foreign-card surcharge.
- −Oriented to the UK and Irish markets, with limited relevance beyond English-speaking regions.
Where each €100 actually goes.
Fees vary by payment method. We default to Credit card because that’s the dominant method in the United Kingdom.
Enthuse doesn’t process payments in GBP. Pricing is shown in EUR, its native currency.
1 countries · 1 languages · 1 payment methods.
Better-fit alternatives to Enthuse.
Our curated shortlist — the platforms we’d actively recommend instead of Enthuse for fundraising in the United Kingdom, with the figures behind the call.
WhyDonate lets more of each donation through than Enthuse — £97.85 reaches the recipient per 100, against £95.00.
Zeffy lets more of each donation through than Enthuse — £100.00 reaches the recipient per 100, against £95.00.
JustGiving lets more of each donation through than Enthuse — £97.80 reaches the recipient per 100, against £95.00.
See how Enthuse stacks up head-to-head.
Frequently asked questions
What does Enthuse charge?
Enthuse charges a 5% platform fee with an optional voluntary donor tip on top, plus 0% + €0.00 in payment processing per donation.
Where is Enthuse based?
Enthuse was founded in — and is headquartered in Ireland. Data residency is UK/EEA.
Which countries does Enthuse operate in?
Enthuse operates in 1 countries, including Ireland.
Which payment methods does Enthuse support?
Enthuse accepts Card.
Is Enthuse suitable for nonprofits?
Enthuse’s primary audience is individual fundraisers and groups; nonprofits can use the platform but may find specialized alternatives better suited.
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