About AltarDesk

AltarDesk was built by a church trustee who grew frustrated with the tools available to help his local church run efficiently.

Managing the members' database, coordinating rotas, tracking attendance, maintaining policy records, chasing paper Gift Aid declarations and manually processing HMRC claims — these are the painstaking tasks that fall on church administrators week after week, often without adequate support.

Most church management software is built for the American market and adapted for the UK as an afterthought. AltarDesk is different. Every feature — from HMRC-compliant Gift Aid exports to Charity Commission governance tools — was designed for the way UK churches actually work.

UK-first

Built from the ground up for UK Gift Aid rules, the Charity Commission, UK GDPR and CIO governance. Not a US product with a UK skin.

Trustworthy

Your data is hosted in the UK, protected by row-level security, and backed by an immutable audit trail. We take data stewardship seriously.

Purposeful

We exist to help churches spend less time on admin and more time on mission. Every feature is built to serve that purpose.