Everything your church needs. In one place.
Gift Aid, member records, safeguarding, rotas, governance and more — built specifically for UK churches and CIOs.
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Trusted by churches across the UK
Everything in one platform
Stop juggling spreadsheets, paper records and separate tools. AltarDesk brings it all together.
UK Gift Aid & GASDS
Claim what you're owed from HMRC. Manage declarations, log donations, import bank statements and export HMRC-ready CSVs.
Unique to AltarDeskMember directory
Full congregation records with attendance history, ministry involvement, baptism records and giving history in one place.
Safeguarding & DBS
Track DBS checks, log incidents, manage training records and maintain your safeguarding policy.
Governance & records
Store policies, minutes, baptism records, birth records and generate your Trustees Annual Report with pre-filled data.
Service rotas
Build your annual service rota, assign conductors, preachers and lesson readers. Import from Excel in seconds.
Events & attendance
Manage your church calendar, track attendance at services, and see average Sunday attendance trends over time.
Everything your church needs, working together
AltarDesk connects your people, records and finances in one place — so your team spends less time on admin and more time on ministry.
Set up in minutes
Add your organisation details, invite your team and import your existing member records. Most churches are up and running the same day.
Manage everything centrally
Members, rotas, Gift Aid, safeguarding, attendance, governance documents — all in one place, accessible to your whole team.
Reclaim what's yours
Build and export HMRC-ready Gift Aid claims in minutes. The average UK church leaves over £1,200 in unclaimed Gift Aid every year.
Your congregation, always up to date
Complete member records with contact details, ministry involvement, attendance history and giving records. Members can update their own details through the self-service portal.
Take safeguarding seriously
A dedicated safeguarding module built for the way UK churches actually handle DBS checks, incident recording and training. Access restricted to authorised administrators only.
Everything the Charity Commission expects
Keep your legal obligations organised. Store governance documents, record meeting minutes, track review dates and generate your Trustees' Annual Report with pre-filled data.
Plan your whole year in one view
Build your full annual rota with conductors, preachers and lesson readers. Import from Excel, share with the team and print ready copies — all from one screen.
Stop leaving money on the table
£560 million in Gift Aid goes unclaimed by UK charities every year. AltarDesk makes it simple to track eligible donations, match them to bank records, and generate HMRC-ready claims in minutes instead of days.
Simple, transparent pricing
Start free. Upgrade when you need more.
Standard
£19 / month
Pro
£39 / month
All prices ex. VAT. Cancel anytime.
View full pricingBuilt for churches like yours
From small independent chapels to larger multi-site congregations — AltarDesk works for UK churches of every size and denomination.
Independent & Pentecostal churches
Perfect for churches managing their own administration without denominational support.
CIOs & registered charities
Built around UK charity law — Gift Aid, Charity Commission reporting and trustee governance all included.
African & diaspora congregations
Supports the specific administrative needs of diaspora churches including Celestial, RCCG, Winners Chapel and similar.
Built for UK churches. Not adapted for them.
Most church management software is built for the US market and bolted onto UK requirements as an afterthought. AltarDesk is designed from the ground up for UK charity law, HMRC Gift Aid, Charity Commission reporting and UK data protection.
Your data. Your control.
All data is encrypted at rest with AES-256 and in transit with TLS. Row-level security ensures every user only sees what they are authorised to access. AltarDesk is fully UK GDPR compliant — members can request a data export or exercise their right to erasure at any time. Every change is recorded in an append-only audit trail that cannot be modified or deleted.
Compliant by design
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