More for your cause
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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
Luke Dixon
Country Lead – Ireland
Luke has been working with Irish charities on their fundraising strategies since 2011. Starting off helping charities to recruit monthly donors and implement successful donor retention programs. Then as the sector transitioned and adapted to online giving, Luke moved into Digital Fundraising. Since then, he has worked with organisations of all sizes across Ireland and the UK, directly impacting some of the largest fundraising events and campaigns through his experience and skilled approach.
Luke joined the Enthuse team in June 2021 as Country Lead and is excited to introduce Irish charities to a platform that helps organisations strengthen their supporter relationships and gain financial predictability through a personalised and consistent experience.
The story of Enthuse
Our story
- 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 €1.2m 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 €3.2m investment from investors passionate about social good.
- 22 people join the team in a year, doubling our size!
- CharityCheckout acquires Primo Events, founded in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, to provide an all in one fundraising and events platform.
- 2020
- CharityCheckout has now supported 4,000 charities and processed over 1 million donations.
- CharityCheckout and Primo Events come together as one team under the new brand of Enthuse!
- 2021
- Enthuse has helped raise over €115m for charities and has powered over 320 virtual events and hundreds of appeals throughout the crisis.
- Enthuse raises €4m in Series A investment from Praetura Ventures and a consortium of existing investors.
- 2022
- Enthuse is chosen as the official online fundraising partner of London Marathon Events, which include the 2022 TCS London Marathon.
- Enthuse becomes the undisputed leader in B2B digital fundraising in Europe.
- Enthuse is chosen to be the official online fundraising partner of Great Run Company, which includes the Great North Run.
- 2023
- Enthuse is named the official online fundraising partner for Brighton Marathon Weekend, building on our existing partnership with London Marathon Events.
- 2024
- Enthuse named as one of the UK’s top 25 Startups, by joining Tech Nation’s 2024 Upscale cohort.
- Enthuse announced a record-breaking decade long partnership extension as the official online fundraising partner of London Marathon Events.
- Enthuse processes its highest ever volume of donations through the platform in a calendar year.
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.
Our board
Chris Hulatt
Chairman
Justin Mighell
Non-Executive Director
Martin Bysh
Non-Executive Director
Ben Wardle
Non-Executive Director
Sim Singh-Landa
Non-Executive Director
Our leadership team
Bill McIntyre
Marketing Director
Luke Dixon
Country Lead – Ireland
Why Enthuse?
Enthuse describes the feeling a donor experiences the moment they donate. It celebrates the spirit of fundraising. It encapsulates a proactive and supportive team having an impact.
A brand new chapter
Enthuse was born from the fusion of CharityCheckout and Primo Events to move beyond our payments product to fundraising and events technology. We are a challenger brand with dogged determination and a fighting spirit to transform digital fundraising for the better.
Enthuse was branded orange in memory of Heike Mojay-Sinclare, our founder’s wife, who was the spirit of the enthusiasm and support that helped him set up the company.
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