Your company's community work, organised and proven
CorpHands runs your employee volunteering, charity partners, community budget and reporting in one place. It lists your qualifying charitable donations for Corporation Tax, sets out your community investment in the B4SI shape and gives you social value evidence for public contracts, by UK region. Employees join from their phones. Your report is ready in one click.
Community programmes are hard to run on WhatsApp and Excel
These are the issues HR and CSR teams tell us about most.
Scattered organisation
Sign-ups, reminders and attendance live in Teams chats, WhatsApp groups, emails and spreadsheets, and get lost.
Weeks lost at report time
Qualifying donations for the tax return, community investment figures and social value reports take weeks to collect, and nobody can trace where they came from.
Promises you can't evidence
Bids commit to social value, but nobody can show the volunteering behind each contract until the buyer asks.
Charity details hard to track
It is hard to keep each charity's register number, HMRC reference and documents up to date, and reviews are missed.
Donations mixed with sponsorship
Community spending sits in separate spreadsheets, so nobody can say what was a donation, what was sponsorship and which charities had a number on file.
Low participation
The same few people volunteer every time, and most staff never hear about activities.
Photos without consent
Pictures of beneficiaries get shared without permission. Under UK GDPR, consent should be on record first.
Untracked volunteer leave
Paid volunteering days are not recorded, so managers don't know who is away.
No proof of impact
Nobody measures whether activities helped anyone, or whether employees found them worthwhile.
No group-wide picture
Groups with many companies and sites can't see one combined view.
From plan to published report in four steps
Plan
Create activities and campaigns from ready templates, with your charity partners, dates, logistics and UK region.
Employees join
Staff sign up in one tap, get email and WhatsApp reminders, and check in with a QR code on the day.
Approve and manage
Confirm hours, handle sponsorship requests, mark each payment as a donation or sponsorship, and keep photo consent on record.
Report in one click
Download qualifying donations, B4SI inputs and social value evidence for the year or one campaign, and the UK report pack, with every number traceable.
Everything your community programme needs
38 features across five groups. Each plan includes the ones listed in the comparison below.
For employees
Phone-first. No app download needed.
Activity discovery
Browse activities, sign up in one tap and join waitlists.
Smart reminders
Automatic reminders the day before and on the day by email, and by WhatsApp for people who opt in, plus calendar invites. Microsoft Teams reminders are coming soon.
QR check-in
Scan at the venue and hours are recorded automatically, with an optional location check.
Volunteer leave
See your paid volunteering days and request them for manager approval.
My impact
Personal hours, badges and a certificate anyone can check online, ready to add to a CV.
Leaderboards and challenges
Opt-in rankings and team challenges, shown by name, alias or hidden.
Volunteer perks card
Discounts from partner businesses for active volunteers.
Feedback and photos
Rate each activity and send photos for CSR review, with consent recorded.
Suggest a cause
Nominate a charity or propose a new activity.
Skills profile
Offer professional skills for pro bono projects.
For the CSR and HR team
Run every activity, partner and request from one place.
Campaign planner
Ready-made templates for Volunteers' Week (1–7 June), Trustees' Week (November) and Christmas giving, plus Back to School, World Environment Day and more, with suggested activities.
Logistics checklist
Transport, T-shirts, safety briefing, waivers and food for each activity.
Hours approvals
Approve hours with evidence: QR scan, photo or charity letter.
Charity partner directory
Charity Commission, OSCR and CCNI numbers, HMRC charity reference and Companies House number for every charity, with review dates and documents.
Sponsorship request inbox
Charities apply through a form. Score requests against your CSR policy, approve and send decision letters.
Community budget
Budgets by programme, brand and country, with spend against budget. Each payment is marked as a donation or sponsorship.
Donation and in-kind register
Record company donations with official receipts from charities. Money goes directly to the charity.
Media library with consent
Every photo stored with its consent record.
Surveys and engagement
Build surveys, anonymous by default, and track satisfaction and participation.
Announcements and stories
Share news, and impact stories with consent-checked photos, with all staff. Announce activities by email and WhatsApp.
For leadership and reporting
Clear numbers for the board, auditors and investors.
Live dashboard
Results by brand, country and department.
ESG report builder
Mapped to GRI, B4SI, PPN 002 metrics and UN SDGs. Export to Excel or PDF.
AI report writer
Drafts report text and a board summary from your totals.
Tamper-evident audit trail
Every figure links back to its records, and every change sits in a log that shows if anything was altered.
Year-on-year targets
Compare years and track progress against targets.
Administration and security
Built for groups with many brands and strict IT teams.
Multi-brand structure
Brands, countries, roles and permissions.
Single sign-on
Microsoft Entra ID, Google or Okta sign-in, plus daily sync from your HR system.
Hosting choice
Secure CorpHands cloud, with the hosting country of your choice on request, or private hosting on your own servers.
Data export and API
Download all your data at any time, or connect your own systems through the REST API.
Privacy controls
Consent records, opt-in leaderboards and WhatsApp consent.
Partners, standards and integrations
Connect charities, your HR system and the reporting standards your board follows.
Charity partner portal
Charities sign in with an emailed link to confirm activities, report results and add photos.
Custom impact metrics
Track meals served, trees planted or families helped, in units you define, confirmed by partners.
Location-verified check-in
Optionally confirm people checked in at the venue, with their consent, plus photo location records.
Regional coordinators and auditors
Give country or brand coordinators their own scope, and auditors read-only access.
Standards mapping
Community data mapped to GRI, IFRS S1 and CSRD (ESRS S1 and S3) topics, plus B4SI inputs and PPN 002 social value metrics.
UK report pack
Qualifying donations, B4SI inputs, social value by UK region and the GRI and B4SI indicator rows in one spreadsheet, prepared from your records.
HR system sync
Daily sync of joiners and leavers from BambooHR or a scheduled file. Other systems connect through the API.
Your brand and domain
Your logo and colours on every plan; your own sign-in address on Enterprise.
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 register number, HMRC charity reference and Companies House number, and get alerts before a review 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 social value reports 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.
What matters in the UK
No law requires CSR spending
UK companies are not required to spend a share of profit on CSR. What they deal with is tax relief on charitable giving, social value in public contracts, and what they tell the board and investors about their impact on communities.
Corporation Tax relief on charitable donations
Cash donations to charities are qualifying charitable donations: deducted from total profits in the accounting period they are paid, up to the amount that reduces profits to nil, with no carry-forward. Sponsorship and staff volunteering in work time are business expenses, and donations to a community interest company are not charitable donations. CorpHands lists the qualifying donations for the period and the payments to check.
Social value in public contracts
The Procurement Act 2023 has applied to new procurements since 24 February 2025. Under PPN 002 and its Social Value Model, central government buyers give social value at least 10% of the total score, and suppliers report delivery with standard metrics, by UK region. CorpHands gives you evidence for metrics such as 3bi (community engagement activities), for the year or for one campaign.
Community investment in the B4SI shape
Many UK companies 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.
Section 172 and UK SRS
Large companies explain in a section 172 statement how directors had regard to matters including the company's impact on the community. UK SRS S1 and S2 were published on 25 February 2026 for voluntary use; the FCA's final rules (PS26/19, September 2026) ask UK-listed companies to report against UK SRS on a comply-or-explain basis for financial years starting on or after 1 January 2027. CorpHands supplies community figures, not climate disclosures.
Charities, and data protection
CorpHands records each charity's number with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR in Scotland or the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, its HMRC charity reference and Companies House number. Nothing is required and nothing is blocked. Employee details and photos of beneficiaries are personal data under UK 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.
One system, four teams
HR
Lift engagement, track volunteer leave and recognise employees.
CSR team
Run activities, partners, requests and budget without spreadsheets.
Sustainability and IR
Get traceable figures for the ESG report and investor questions.
Leadership
See participation, impact and spend across the group at a glance.
Simple yearly plans
Start with a 30-day free trial. Upgrade when you grow.
Starter
Small companies getting started
- Every feature in Business
- Up to 100 employees
- Up to 2 CSR admins
- 10 charity partners and 5 perks partners
- 50 sponsorship requests a year
- Email support
Business
Most companies with an active CSR programme
- Every feature, same as Starter
- Up to 1,000 employees
- Up to 10 CSR admins
- Unlimited charity and perks partners
- Unlimited sponsorship requests
- Priority support
Enterprise
Groups with many brands and countries
- Unlimited employees
- Everything in Business
- Multiple brands and countries
- Single sign-on, REST API and HR system sync
- Dedicated onboarding
- Service-level agreement
Prices in pounds sterling, billed yearly. Optional onboarding and training workshop for Starter and Business: £750. Prices exclude VAT. We invoice from abroad, and your company accounts for the VAT itself under the reverse charge.
Where your account runs
Two optional add-ons, for two different needs. Most companies need neither.
Hosting country of your choice
We run it for you, in the country you need
- Your account and all its data hosted in the country you choose
- Fully managed by CorpHands: updates, backups and monitoring included
- Same features, same sign-in, same company address
- Available on Starter, Business and Enterprise
Private hosting
Your IT team runs it, on your own servers
- CorpHands installed on your own servers or your company's cloud account
- Your IT team controls the servers, network and access
- We provide the software, updates and security review support
- For organisations whose policy doesn't allow external cloud services
Which add-on do I need?
| Hosting country of your choice | Private hosting | |
|---|---|---|
| Who runs the servers | CorpHands | Your IT team |
| Where your data lives | In the country you choose, on CorpHands' cloud | On your own servers or cloud account |
| Plans | Starter, Business, Enterprise | Enterprise |
| Updates and backups | Included, done by us | Updates from us; backups and servers by your team |
| Price | Quote per country, yearly | £24,000 setup + £12,000 / year |
| Feature | Starter | Business | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plan limits | |||
| Employees | 100 | 1,000 | Unlimited |
| CSR admins | 2 | 10 | Unlimited |
| Charity partners | 10 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Perks partners | 5 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Sponsorship requests per year | 50 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Support | Priority | Dedicated + SLA | |
| Employees | |||
| Activity discovery | |||
| Smart reminders | |||
| QR check-in | |||
| Volunteer leave | |||
| My impact | |||
| Leaderboards and challenges | |||
| Volunteer perks card | |||
| Feedback and photos | |||
| Suggest a cause | |||
| Skills profile | |||
| CSR and HR team | |||
| Campaign planner | |||
| Logistics checklist | |||
| Hours approvals | |||
| Charity partner directory | |||
| Sponsorship request inbox | |||
| Community budget | |||
| Donation and in-kind register | |||
| Media library with consent | |||
| Surveys and engagement | |||
| Announcements and stories | |||
| Leadership and reporting | |||
| Live dashboard | |||
| ESG report builder | |||
| AI report writer | |||
| Tamper-evident audit trail | |||
| Year-on-year targets | |||
| Administration | |||
| Multi-brand structure | – | – | |
| Single sign-on | – | – | |
| Data export and API | – | – | |
| Privacy controls | – | – | |
| Partners, standards and integrations | |||
| Charity partner portal | |||
| Custom impact metrics | |||
| Location-verified check-in | |||
| Regional coordinators and auditors | |||
| Standards mapping | |||
| UK report pack | |||
| HR system sync | – | – | |
| Your brand and domain | |||
| Add-ons (optional, on request) | |||
| Hosting country of your choice | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Private hosting on your own servers | – | – | Add-on |
Starter and Business include exactly the same features. The only differences are these limits.
Questions companies ask
Does donation money go through CorpHands?
No. Your company pays charities directly from its own bank account. CorpHands only records the donation and stores the charity's receipt.
Does CorpHands run Payroll Giving or claim Gift Aid?
No. CorpHands does not process donations, Payroll Giving or Gift Aid. It records your company's volunteering and the payments your company makes to charities, each marked as a donation or sponsorship.
Where is our data stored?
On the secure CorpHands cloud. If your policy requires a specific hosting country, we can host your account there on request. Or choose private hosting on your own servers.
How does private hosting work?
We install CorpHands on your servers or your company's cloud account and maintain it for you. It costs £24,000 one-time setup plus £12,000 per year, on top of an Enterprise plan.
What does the free trial include?
30 days with every feature included, so you can try the full product. No payment card is needed.
How long is the contract?
One year, paid yearly. You can change plans at renewal.
How fast can we start?
Most companies are running within a day: upload your employee list, add your charity partners and publish your first activity.
Do charities pay?
No. Charities apply for sponsorship through your company's public request form, free of charge, and never pay CorpHands anything.
We have many companies and sites. Will it work?
Yes. Enterprise supports separate brands and companies, with their own admins, plus one combined group view.
What happens to our data if we leave?
You can export all your data to Excel at any time. After cancellation we delete it within 30 days, or sooner if you ask.
Does CorpHands work out our Corporation Tax relief?
It lists the cash donations paid in the accounting period to charities with a register number or HMRC charity reference recorded, gives the total for the Qualifying donations box and flags payments to check. Sponsorship and gifts of equipment or stock are shown separately. Your tax adviser confirms the figure.
Does CorpHands file our social value reports?
No. CorpHands gives you the evidence: community engagement activities, volunteering hours, volunteers, people helped and hours by UK region, for the year or for one campaign, with a CSV. Your company reports to the buyer in the format the contract asks for.
Is CSR spending required by law in the UK?
No. There is no general legal requirement for companies to spend on CSR. Tax relief on charitable donations, social value in public contracts, the section 172 statement and sustainability reporting are where the records matter.
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