What a donation is worth

Donating online is one of the most efficient ways of supporting your charity. All donations are processed by Justgiving and the true value of a donation is clearly explained below.

Justgiving charges a 5% transaction fee (+VAT) on gross donations (ie your donation plus 25% Gift Aid and 3% transitional relief from the government on all eligible donations). Our processing partner Barclays charges a 1.34% - 1.4% fee for credit cards and 22p or 23p for debit cards.

Justgiving automatically reclaims Gift Aid on every eligible donation, so a typical £10 donation is worth £11.93 or £11.84 to the charity (for credit and debit cards respectively).


  Credit Card Debit Card
Donation £10 £10
Tax Reclaim £2.82 £2.82
Transaction fee 5% £0.64 £0.64
VAT @ 17.5% £0.11 £0.11
Credit Card fee
@ 1.34% for Visa
@ 1.4 % for MasterCard 		£0.14 -
Debit card fee:
22p for Switch/Maestro/Solo
23p for Visa Delta/Visa Electron 		- £0.23
Total cost to charity £0.89 £0.98
Net donation £11.93 £11.84

Justgiving not only helps charities reduce fundraising costs, but also cuts collection delays by sending donations into charities' bank accounts every week.

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