Registered charities pay 20p a ticket

Half our standard fee, because more of every ticket should go to your cause.

By Mark Hinds LinkedIn · 12 November 2026

Registered charities pay 20p a ticket

TicketOtter started after a charity comedy night, when we looked at what ticketing had cost us and thought: that money should have gone to the cause.

So we’re making it simple for charities. Registered charities now pay just 20p + VAT per ticket, half our standard fee.

So what does TicketOtter charge?

It’s a really easy one. We charge 40p plus VAT. That’s it. If you’re a charity, it’s 20p plus VAT. If it’s a free event, it’s free. That’s our price structure.

Go to ticketotter.com, sign up, get your events online, put your Stripe account in, press publish. That’s it. You get your QR codes, your links, everything. You’re ready to sell tickets.

How to get the charity rate

  • When you sign up, tick We’re a registered charity.

  • Choose your register (the Charity Commission for England and Wales, or OSCR in Scotland) and enter your charity number.

  • We check it against the register automatically. Once it’s confirmed, your tickets are charged at 20p + VAT.

If we can’t match your number straight away, our team looks into it and gets in touch.

Free events are still free

Running a free event for your charity? It costs nothing at all: no fee, and £0 tickets skip Stripe’s fees too.

What happens with free events?

Like I said, they’re free.

Go to ticketotter.com, sign up, get your events online, put your Stripe account in, press publish. That’s it. You get your QR codes, your links, everything. You’re ready to sell tickets.

Everything included

Charities get every feature: event pages, ticket types, discount codes, gift cards, check-in on the door, and your own Buy tickets button on your website. The money goes straight to your own Stripe or PayPal account, and there are no percentages, plans or monthly fees.

Sign up free at ticketotter.com and add your charity number as you go.

About the author

Mark Hinds

Mark is the third of the TicketOtter trio, and comfortably the hardest to summarise. He's the only person you'll meet who can explain financial derivatives, name every street and building in London (plus the fastest route between them), and write, perform and teach comedy to just about anyone. That range is exactly what TicketOtter needed: someone who sees the numbers, knows the audience, and has the instincts to make fair ticketing feel like the obvious idea it always was.

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