Best Workplace Giving Software UK 2026 — Compared

If you’re running a workplace-giving programme at a UK employer that’s gone past spreadsheet scale, you’ll need a platform to handle the matched donations, the volunteering hours, the charity directory, and the impact reporting. Three products dominate the UK market in 2026. None of them are obviously right for every firm.

This is a comparison based on each platform’s public pricing, employer documentation, and product-page material in May 2026. Disclosed sponsor: Workplace Giving is sponsored by Leavely, which is a leave-management product covering the leave half of giving (volunteer days), not the donation half. None of the three platforms below paid for placement, and we update pricing figures whenever published rates change. Confirm any quote with the vendor directly.

Three platforms, one decision

	Benevity	Percent	Onhand
Founded	2008 (Calgary, CA)	2017 (London, UK)	2018 (London, UK)
UK SMB pricing (2026)	Not publicly disclosed; enterprise contracts	Not publicly disclosed	£1,500/year for ≤50 employees (Starter)
Min seat count	Typically 100+	20+	10+
Matched giving	Yes (deep)	Yes	Yes (basic)
Donations to UK charities	Yes	Yes (UK-first)	Yes
Volunteering hours tracking	Yes	Yes	Yes
In-app volunteering opportunities	Yes (huge directory)	Yes	Yes (UK-curated)
Impact reporting	Best in class	Good	Basic but readable
Payroll Giving integration	Yes (via PGA)	Limited	No
Best for	Mid-market & enterprise	UK SMBs serious about CSR	Smaller UK firms wanting something modern

Benevity

Strengths: The category leader for enterprise CSR. Widely used at Fortune 500 scale. Deep matched-giving rules engine, very large global charity directory, mature impact reporting, and integration with the major UK PGAs.

Weaknesses: Priced for enterprise. UK SMBs under 100 staff will find both the platform fee and the implementation effort overkill. The interface, while improving, has a “built for the 2010s” feel. Customer support is layered — for a 50-person firm you’re not getting a named CSM.

Cost: Pricing is not publicly disclosed. Third-party industry estimates suggest enterprise contracts in the tens of thousands per year, with per-employee cost depending heavily on scale and feature requirements.

Verdict: The right pick when CSR is a board-level concern at a 250+ staff firm and you need rich impact data for B-Corp / ESG reporting. Overkill below that.

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Percent

Strengths: UK-first, modern UX, transparent pricing (rare in this space). Built by a London team that knows UK charity infrastructure — solid integration with the Charity Commission’s register, CAF, and major UK Payroll Giving Agencies. Strong on the in-app donation experience for employees, which lifts participation. The pricing flatlines around £2/employee/month, which is bearable at SMB scale.

Weaknesses: Smaller charity directory than Benevity globally — though their UK charity coverage is excellent. The matched-giving rules engine is good but less granular than Benevity. Reporting is solid but not the platform’s strongest suit.

Cost: Pricing is not publicly disclosed; quote-driven.

Verdict: A strong mid-market UK pick in 2026 — UK-first design with real Charity Commission integration. For a 30–250 staff UK firm taking CSR seriously, Percent is worth a quote alongside Onhand.

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Onhand

Strengths: Cheapest of the three with surprisingly good UX. UK-curated volunteering opportunities are genuinely useful — actual local opportunities your team can do, not just a charity directory. Matched giving works. Their team is responsive and the platform iterates fast. Strong on the volunteering side, particularly skills-based volunteering matching.

Weaknesses: The newest platform, so the impact reporting is the least mature of the three. Matched-giving rules are basic — you get one cap, one match ratio, no segment-by-team rules. No native Payroll Giving integration; assume you’ll run the PGA scheme separately.

Cost: Onhand publishes a Starter package at £1,500/year for up to 50 employees (~£30 per employee per year, or ~£2.50/employee/month at the cap). Larger organisations are custom-quoted.

Verdict: The right pick for a 10–60 staff UK firm wanting a modern, simple workplace-giving and volunteering platform without the enterprise tax. Pair it with one of the main UK Payroll Giving Agencies for the donation-deduction half.

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A simple decision framework

For a UK SMB picking workplace giving software:

• Under 25 staff → spreadsheet + a PGA. No software needed yet.
• 25–60 staff, modern UX matters, CSR is “important but not critical” → Onhand
• 60–250 staff, CSR is a real strategic priority, you want UK charity depth → Percent
• 250+ staff, B-Corp / ESG / public reporting drives requirements → Benevity

The cost differences are real — Onhand’s published £1,500/year Starter is meaningfully cheaper than Benevity’s enterprise pricing — but for firms operating in workplace giving seriously, neither sum is the deciding factor. Pick on operational fit and donor experience, then negotiate.

Where Leavely fits (full disclosure)

Workplace Giving is sponsored by Leavely, which runs the leave-tracking half of workplace giving. It is not a workplace giving platform — it doesn’t handle donations, charity matching, or impact reporting.

What it does handle is the operational pain that none of the three platforms above solve well: tracking paid volunteer leave as a distinct leave type alongside annual leave, sickness, and parental leave. That sounds minor, but in audit terms it’s the difference between a CSR report you can defend and a CSR report that’s a guess.

In practice, most UK SMBs running a workplace giving programme run both — a workplace giving platform (Onhand / Percent / Benevity) for donations and matched giving, and a leave tool (Leavely or similar) for the volunteer-leave operations. They cost together what Benevity alone costs and they cover both halves of giving.

Things the platforms don’t solve well

Worth knowing before you buy:

1. Payroll integration in the UK. The three platforms talk to UK payroll systems with varying enthusiasm. Benevity has the deepest integrations; Onhand has none. Plan for some manual reconciliation between your matched-giving outflow and payroll/finance.

2. Donor anonymity. Some staff want to donate anonymously without HR knowing how much they give or to whom. All three platforms support this; few firms remember to enable it. Worth checking the default at setup.

3. Reporting compatibility. If your CSR/impact report templates are built around B-Corp or ISO 26000 categories, check the export formats during demo. All three can export, but the structures differ — and a £30 report-cleanup task done weekly adds up.

4. Charity coverage of niche causes. All three include the major UK registered charities. Smaller community groups and CICs (Community Interest Companies) coverage is patchier. If your staff want to support specific local causes, sample the directories before committing.

Sources

• Onhand Starter Package — published pricing
• HMRC: List of approved Payroll Giving Agencies (Intelligent Foundation listed — Percent’s PGA)

Related reading

• What is matched giving? A 2026 UK employer’s guide
• Best UK Payroll Giving Agencies 2026 compared — the donation-deduction layer that runs alongside any of these platforms
• Tracking volunteer leave — the operational half that workplace-giving platforms don’t do well

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FAQs — JSON-LD enabled

Questions HR keeps asking.

Do I need software for matched giving at a small UK firm?+

Under 25 staff, no — a shared spreadsheet works fine. Above 50 staff, software pays back quickly through admin time saved and the participation lift that comes from a tidy donor experience. Between 25 and 50, it depends on how much HR/finance time you can spare.

What does workplace giving software cost in 2026?+

Per-employee-per-month pricing dominates. Onhand starts around £1.50/employee/month, Percent around £2/employee/month, Benevity is enterprise-priced (effectively £4-8/employee/month at SMB volumes). Most charge a setup fee of £500–2,000.

Can workplace giving software handle Payroll Giving too?+

Mostly no. The four UK Payroll Giving Agencies (Charities Trust, CAF GAYE, Charitable Giving, StC) handle the payroll-deduction half. Workplace giving platforms like Benevity and Percent layer on top — matched giving, volunteering hours, impact reporting, charity directory. Most run alongside a PGA, not instead of one.

Where does Leavely fit in?+

Leavely is leave-management software, not workplace-giving software. It doesn't handle donations or charity matching. It does, however, track paid volunteer leave as a distinct leave type — which is the operational glue that workplace giving software typically doesn't do well. Most firms run a workplace giving platform AND a leave tool side-by-side.

Should I pick the cheapest one?+

Not necessarily. The fee delta between cheapest (Onhand at ~£1.50/employee/month) and Benevity (~£4-8) is meaningful at scale, but at under 50 staff the absolute pounds are small. The bigger choice driver is the donor experience — staff actually using the platform. A cheaper tool with worse UX leaves participation on the table, which can dwarf the fee difference.