About us - Enthuse: Branded fundraising for charities

What we do

Digital donation, fundraising and event reg technology, all under your cause’s brand.

Our platform helps organisations strengthen supporter relationships and gain financial predictability through a personalised and consistent experience.

Our products are super charged by a positive team of experts who strive to optimise the donation journey for the charity and make sure you’re always in control of your data.

What we’re about

Why we do it

To enable good causes to make maximum impact

Our mission

To transform digital fundraising by putting charities first

Our vision

To give charities full ownership of their supporter relationships, helping millions of beneficiaries worldwide

Our purpose

To do more for your cause

The story of Enthuse

2012

CharityCheckout (the original name for Enthuse) is born as a simple tool to enable small charities to take online donations.

2016

Chester, our Founder & CEO, advocates in the House of Lords for charities to appoint digital experts as trustees – a key recommendation in the ‘Stronger charities’ report.

2017

CharityCheckout secures £1m in pre-seed funding from Chris Hulatt & Simon Rogerson, Co-Founders of Octopus Group, among others. Chris later becomes Chairman of CharityCheckout.

2018

Chester is listed among Forbes’ 30 under 30 Top Social Entrepreneurs.

2019

CharityCheckout secures £2.75m investment from investors passionate about social good.

22 people join the team in a year, doubling our size!

CharityCheckout acquires Primo Events to provide an all-in-one fundraising and events platform.

2020

CharityCheckout proudly surpasses the milestone of 1 million donations processed for over 4,000 charities, including 1 in 5 of the UK’s largest 100.

CharityCheckout and Primo Events come together as one team under the new brand of Enthuse!

2021

Enthuse launches market-leading Virtual Events and Virtual Journeys innovations during the pandemic.

Enthuse raises £3.5m in Series A investment from Praetura Ventures and a consortium of existing investors.

Enthuse opens sales presence in Ireland.

2022

Enthuse launches multi charity platforms for specific mass events events, corporates and other multi-charity scenarios.

Enthuse becomes the undisputed leader in B2B digital fundraising in Europe.

Enthuse is chosen as the official online fundraising partner of London Marathon Events, which include the 2022 TCS London Marathon.

Enthuse is chosen to be the official online fundraising partner of Great Run Company, which includes the Great North Run.

Our founder

As a young fundraiser, Chester developed a passion for the sector in 2008. He learned first hand that a personalised approach was the key to successful street fundraising. It helped people connect with the cause, raise awareness, and sow the seed for new supporter relationships to blossom.

By contrast, Chester felt that online fundraising was transactional. Supporters gave via fundraising websites that felt removed from the cause and put their own brand before the charity’s. The giving experience was generic and uninspiring.

That’s why he founded Enthuse, with a mission to transform digital fundraising by putting charities first.

Chester has been recognised for his work in the sector and was named among the 2018 cohort of Forbes’ 30 under 30 Social Entrepreneurs. He can always be found with his enthusiastic sidekick Capi, our office dog, or occasionally paragliding among the clouds on a day off.