Good records, by default
No Irish law requires companies to spend on CSR. But only donations to approved bodies count for tax relief, the largest groups report community figures under the CSRD, and boards and staff want to see what the company gives back. CorpHands is designed so that the easy way to run your programme is also the well-documented way.
Designed to keep you on the right side of the rules
CorpHands is software. It organises and records your community work. It does not collect or hold donations.
CorpHands helps you keep good records. Your legal and compliance team remains responsible for meeting local rules.
- Donations never pass through CorpHandsYour company pays charities and community organisations directly. We only record the payment and the receipt.
- Records for every charityRecord each charity's Registered Charity Number, Revenue CHY number and CRO number, and get alerts before a review or expiry date passes.
- Consent for every photoBeneficiary and employee photos carry a consent record before they can be shared.
- An audit trail behind every numberEach figure in your donations, community investment and CSRD figures links to the activities, approvals and receipts behind it.
- Your data, where you need itChoose the country your data is hosted in, on request. Or keep it on your own servers.
Rules the software enforces
No money handling
There is no checkout and no wallet. Donation records describe payments your company made directly to a registered charity, with the receipt attached.
No approval without verification
A sponsorship request can only be approved when it is linked to a charity your team has marked verified, or to a public body.
No 'paid' without a receipt
A donation can only be marked paid with a receipt number or an uploaded receipt.
No public photo without consent
Photos showing beneficiaries stay blurred and internal until a consent note is recorded.
No anonymous records
Every hour, request decision and donation is linked to a named person in your company, which supports the record-keeping regulators increasingly expect.
Everything is traceable
The audit log records who approved, declined or changed what, and when.
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What matters in Ireland
No law requires CSR spending
Irish companies are not required to spend a share of profit on CSR. What they deal with is tax relief on donations to charities, sustainability reporting for the largest groups, and what they tell the board, staff and investors about their impact on communities.
Tax relief under the Charitable Donation Scheme
Under section 848A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, a company deducts a donation to an approved body, such as a charity authorised by Revenue (with a CHY number), as a trading expense in the accounting period in which it is paid. Donations to one body must total at least €250 in the period and must not benefit the company, so sponsorship doesn't count. CorpHands lists the deductible donations for the period and the charities to check.
CSRD, narrowed by the Omnibus
Ireland transposed the CSRD with the European Union (Corporate Sustainability Reporting) Regulations 2024. The EU's Omnibus I Directive, in force since 18 March 2026 and due to be transposed by 19 March 2027, narrows the scope to companies with more than 1,000 employees and more than €450 million net turnover; companies newly in scope report first in 2028, for financial years starting on or after 1 January 2027, under simplified ESRS. CorpHands supplies community figures (ESRS S3 and S1), not climate disclosures.
Community investment in the B4SI shape
Many companies in Ireland report community investment with the B4SI framework: inputs (cash, time, in-kind and management costs), outputs and impacts. CorpHands records cash, the cost of volunteering time and in-kind gifts in that shape; you add your management costs.
Charities, and data protection
Charities register with the Charities Regulator (Registered Charity Number, RCN), and Revenue authorises eligible charities for the scheme (CHY number, for up to five years). CorpHands records both, with the CHY expiry date, and the CRO number. Nothing is required and nothing is blocked. Employee details and photos of beneficiaries are personal data under the GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018; CorpHands acts as your data processor and keeps photo consent on record.
This is general information, not legal advice. Check the current rules with your legal team.
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