pta events / charity hub / clubs hub

What pta events / charity hub / clubs hub does

PTA Events Ltd is a privately held, bootstrapped UK SaaS company founded in 2013 by David Cooke to solve the operational burden faced by school Parent Teacher Association (PTA) volunteers juggling events, payments, and communications across multiple disconnected systems. The company is headquartered in Farnborough, Hampshire, with a secondary office in Bedford, and operates with a 1-10 person team. It is incorporated as PTA Events Ltd in England and Wales, and has remained independent without disclosed external investment.

The company's core offering is a cloud-based, all-in-one fundraising platform that provides event management and online ticketing (with QR-code-based scanning at venue entry), prize draws and raffles with automated winner selection, auctions (standard and blind), donation collection with optional Gift Aid, volunteer recruitment and scheduling with automated reminders, an online uniform/merchandise shop, built-in email/newsletter/messaging communications, and extensive financial and sales reporting. All payments are processed through Stripe, and each PTA receives a dedicated white-label website on the platform. Sister brands Charity Hub and Clubs Hub extend the same underlying technology stack to registered charities and sports/community clubs respectively. The platform has facilitated £54 million in cumulative funds raised, 135,000 events, 7.3 million tickets sold, and 225,000 volunteers coordinated.

PTA Events generates revenue through a freemium-plus-transaction-fee model: a free Starter plan with a 3.95% platform fee, a Premium plan at £299.99 per year with a reduced 1.50% fee plus QR scanning app and advertising/directory features, and a Plus plan offering an ad-free experience with a single all-inclusive fee. Distribution is entirely self-serve via the company website, supplemented by organic word-of-mouth across PTA networks, content marketing (blog, YouTube, newsletter), paid digital advertising (Google, Facebook), and referral partnerships with organizations such as Parentkind and PTA+. Marketing is also driven by founder-led webinars hosted via Calendly.

Name

pta events / charity hub / clubs hub

Legal name

PTA Events Ltd

Website

https://pta-events.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

PTA Events Ltd provides a cloud-based fundraising SaaS platform for PTAs, charities, and clubs, offering ticketing, auctions, raffles, volunteer management, donations, and communications. It serves thousands of UK-based nonprofits via PTA Events, Charity Hub, and Clubs Hub.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Farnborough

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Platform Transaction Fees (Starter Plan): 3.95% platform fee on transactions processed through the platform. Organizations can choose to pass this fee on to customers or absorb it themselves.
2. Premium Subscription: Annual subscription at £299.99 providing reduced platform fee of 1.50%, QR scanning application included, sponsored advertising spaces, and business directory on dedicated PTA site
3. Plus Annual Plan: Ad-free annual plan with streamlined experience and single all-inclusive platform fee for enhanced fundraising
4. Local Advertising: PTAs using Premium plan can sell advertising spaces on their websites to local businesses, generating sponsorship revenue that can offset platform costs

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

PTA Events operates an all-in-one cloud-based SaaS platform that enables Parent Teacher Associations, charities, and clubs to create dedicated fundraising websites, sell event tickets online, run auctions and prize draws, accept donations, recruit and schedule volunteers, sell uniforms and merchandise, and communicate with their community through built-in email and messaging tools. Payments are processed through Stripe integration, and the company operates three branded platforms: PTA Events, Charity Hub, and Clubs Hub.

Product overview

PTA Events is an all-in-one SaaS fundraising platform delivered as a unified platform-plus-templates architecture. The core PTA Events Platform provides event management, ticketing, auctions, prize draws, donations, volunteer coordination, communications, and financial reporting. Individual PTAs receive their own dedicated white-label websites with customizable templates. Related platforms include Charity Hub (for charitable organizations) and Clubs Hub (for sports and community clubs), all sharing the same underlying technology. Pricing tiers include the free Starter plan (3.95% platform fee), Premium plan at £299.99/year (1.50% fee, plus advertising and QR scanning features), and Plus plan (ad-free annual option with single inclusive fee). Recent product launches added fully integrated raffle functionality, auto-generated QR codes for event promotion, and local advertising/sponsorship features. The platform processes payments exclusively through Stripe integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PTA Events Platform An all-in-one SaaS fundraising platform specifically designed for Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) at primary and secondary schools to manage events, sell tickets, run auctions and prize draws, coordinate volunteers, sell uniforms/merchandise, and communicate with their school community. Each PTA receives a dedicated white-label website with Stripe-integrated payments.
• Charity Hub A dedicated fundraising and event management platform for registered charities, offering donation collection, Gift Aid support, event management, volunteer management, and communications tools tailored for charitable organizations.
• Clubs Hub A SaaS platform designed for sports clubs and community clubs to manage membership activities, run fundraising events, host auctions and raffles, recruit and coordinate volunteers, and communicate with club members. Shares the underlying technology stack with PTA Events.

Quantifiable outcome

• £54 million in funds raised by PTAs using the platform
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationStripe is the payment processing partner for PTA Events, handling all payment transactions on the platform. Users connect their Stripe account to receive payments for tickets, donations, auctions, and product sales. Stripe processes payments securely and handles PCI compliance.
• ParentkindminorGTM or Marketing PartnerParentkind is referenced as a channel for how users discover PTA Events, indicating a marketing or referral partnership to reach PTA communities.
• PTA+minorGTM or Marketing PartnerPTA+ is listed as a discovery channel for PTA Events, suggesting a marketing or referral partnership within the PTA ecosystem.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Eventbrite: Global self-serve event ticketing and management platform. Highly comparable to PTA Events' core ticketing, event management, and payment-processing functionality, but serves a much broader consumer/professional event audience rather than specializing in PTAs and small nonprofits.
• Classy (by Bonterra): Leading nonprofit fundraising and donor management platform within the Bonterra software suite. Overlaps with PTA Events on event ticketing and donation features, but targets larger nonprofits with a more comprehensive CRM and supporter-engagement stack.
• Network for Good: US-based fundraising and donor management platform for small nonprofits, offering event ticketing, donation pages, and email tools. Comparable to PTA Events' nonprofit target segment and self-serve event/donation feature set.

Direct peers

• TicketSource: UK-focused online ticketing platform widely used by schools, community groups, charities, and small venues. Directly comparable to PTA Events in terms of target customer (UK community/school events), ticketing-first product, and self-serve SaaS delivery.
• GiveButter: Free-to-use fundraising platform offering ticketing, donations, auctions, raffles, and peer-to-peer campaigns for nonprofits, schools, and community organizations. Closely mirrors PTA Events' all-in-one fundraising feature set, though primarily serving US-based organizations.
• Funraise: Nonprofit fundraising software providing event management, peer-to-peer campaigns, donation forms, and donor CRM. Comparable to PTA Events' fundraising-event workflow and nonprofit target market, with a more enterprise-oriented go-to-market.
• Snap! Raise: School-focused fundraising platform used widely by US PTAs, booster clubs, and athletic programs for online fundraising, event ticketing, and donation campaigns. Direct vertical peer to PTA Events' school-PTA focus, with overlapping product capabilities.
• RallyUp: Online fundraising platform offering auctions, raffles, ticketing, donations, and peer-to-peer campaigns for schools, nonprofits, and community groups. Functionally similar to PTA Events' all-in-one fundraising platform approach for small volunteer-led organizations.

Regional players

• Donorfy: UK-based cloud CRM and fundraising platform for small to mid-sized charities, offering donor management, event tools, and Gift Aid handling. Regional peer sharing PTA Events' UK charity market but with a CRM-first rather than event-first product.

Others

• Stripe: Global payment infrastructure provider that processes all payments on PTA Events' platform. Not a direct competitor but a key infrastructure enabler — and a potential threat if Stripe expands its own event/donation tooling to compete vertically.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@PTAEventsPlatform
• Facebookfacebook.com/ptaevents
• Xx.com/PTA_Events
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pta-events-limited

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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