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Good causes: charities, CICs, clubs and community groups

Websites for good causes, with the price you actually pay

Half of UK voluntary organisations have an income under £10,000 and most cannot recover VAT, so a website is often the last thing the budget reaches. We build three to five free each year, and offer the same build at a fixed, VAT-inclusive price to every other good cause.

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Who can apply

"Good cause" is deliberate: you do not need to be a registered charity.

  • Any organisation doing good without a budget for it: a registered charity, a CIC, a constituted community group, a club, a PTA, a mutual-aid group. Charity registration is not required.
  • A clear need: no site, or one that is costing you donations, volunteers or time
  • No budget for a site, or a budget that a grant has not yet covered
  • Someone on your side who can supply content and make decisions

How we choose the free sites

3–5 a year, reviewed quarterly. Every applicant gets a reply, and the fixed-price package is open to everyone who qualifies.

  • Impact: what changes for the people you serve if the site works
  • Need: income, existing presence and what you have tried
  • Readiness: content, photos and a decision-maker available over four to six weeks
  • Sustainability: the organisation will still be here in two years

The package

The sites are the same quality as our commercial work: accessible to WCAG 2.2 AA, fast on a phone, with donations and Gift Aid, and, for registered charities, set up to qualify for Google Ad Grants. Good-cause prices include VAT at 20%.

Good-cause prices
ServicePriceWhat it includes
Good-cause website Five to seven pages, accessible, with donations and Gift Aid, ready for Google Ad Grants.£2,250 including VATIncluding VAT
  • Five to seven pages, WCAG 2.2 AA
  • Donations with Gift Aid declarations
  • Registered charities: set up to qualify for Google Ad Grants (up to $10,000 a month of search advertising)
  • Training for your volunteers and a written guide

About 58% off the equivalent business website. Quoted including VAT because most good causes cannot recover it.

UK price-guide range: £800–£3,000 from charity web specialists (Goodside; Brambla; Made by Katie)

Good-cause care plan Updates, backups, monitoring and support for good-cause sites.£45 a month including VATIncluding VAT
  • Security updates and patches
  • Weekly backups and uptime monitoring
  • Email support within 48 hours

UK price-guide range: £49–£99 a month from charity web specialists (Goodside)

How it works

  1. Apply

    Tell us about the organisation, what the site has to do and why now. Ten minutes on the contact form, good-cause mode.

    Typically Any time

  2. Review

    We review applications each quarter against the published criteria and reply to every one.

    Typically Quarterly

  3. Build

    The same process as a business website: a call, a design round, a build with a staging link, a launch.

    Typically 4–6 weeks

  4. Case study

    With your agreement we write up the result, which is how the next good cause finds the programme.

    Typically Day 30

Paying for it

Small unrestricted grants often cover a website when it is framed as service delivery. These are the routes we point applicants to.

  • National Lottery Awards for All

    £300–£20,000

    Decision in about 16 weeks; frame the site as service delivery, not "a new website".

  • Marsh Charitable Trust

    £300–£2,000

    Small unrestricted grants.

  • Grants for Good

    £2,000–£5,000

    Small charities and community groups.

  • Leathersellers' Foundation

    Up to £5,000

    Small grants programme.

  • Google Ad Grants

    Up to $10,000 a month of search advertising

    Registered charities only. Needs an owned domain, HTTPS and substantial original content, which the good-cause website delivers.

Questions people ask

Do we have to be a registered charity?
No. Registered charities, CICs, constituted community groups, clubs, PTAs and mutual-aid groups all qualify, for the free sites and for the fixed-price package. What matters is a clear need, no budget for a site and someone who can make decisions.
Who gets the free websites?
Good causes with a clear need and no budget for a site. We choose three to five a year against the published criteria and publish the results.
Why are your good-cause prices shown including VAT?
Because most charities, CICs and community groups are not VAT-registered and cannot recover it, so a price without VAT is 20% more than it looks. Ours are the price you pay.
Can a new site really get us Google Ad Grants?
If you are a registered charity, yes: Google Ad Grants gives eligible charities up to $10,000 a month of search advertising. It requires an owned domain, HTTPS and substantial original content, which is exactly what the good-cause website delivers.
Are there grants that pay for a website?
Small unrestricted grants often can, framed as service delivery rather than "a new website": National Lottery Awards for All (£300–£20,000), Marsh Charitable Trust, Grants for Good, the Leathersellers Foundation and others. We can point you to the funding finders we use.

Apply, or just ask

Ten minutes on the contact form in good-cause mode is enough to start. Every application gets a reply.

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