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Legacy vs Pocket Giving

Pocket Giving is a UK app for giving to appeals and running fundraiser pages, with tools for Zakat and many Ramadan and Qurbani appeals from its partner charities. Legacy is a non-profit giving app for steady monthly giving to any UK charity, with one budget split across as many as you like.

They solve different problems. Pocket Giving is built for giving to an appeal in the moment. Legacy is built for the giving you keep up all year. Here's an honest side by side.

Which one suits you

Choose Pocket Giving if

Built for appeals and fundraising

  • You give one-off or recurring gifts to specific appeals, such as Ramadan, Qurbani and masjid projects.
  • You want to start a fundraiser page and share it with friends.
  • You'd like a Zakat calculator and a Zakat fund that spreads your gift across charities.
  • The charities, schools or madrasahs you back are among its partners.

Choose Legacy if

Built for steady monthly giving

  • You want to back any registered UK charity, not just a partner list.
  • You'd rather set one monthly budget and have it split automatically.
  • You want your name and contact details kept from charities unless you choose to share them.
  • You want to see your giving add up, with an impact tracker, a news feed and a yearly tax summary.

Side by side

What each one offers individual donors in the UK, from their own websites.

Who runs it
Legacy
UK non-profit, Social Enterprise UK accredited
Pocket Giving
Private company, Pocket Giving Ltd, founded 2022
Focus
Legacy
Any UK cause
Pocket Giving
Appeals and fundraising, with Zakat tools
Who you can give to
Legacy
13,000+ UK charities
Pocket Giving
Around 40 partner charities, schools and community groups
How it works
Legacy
One monthly budget, split automatically
Pocket Giving
A basket of one-off or recurring gifts, plus pooled funds
Ways to pay
Legacy
Direct Debit
Pocket Giving
Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay
Cost
Legacy
3.75% third-party costs on the donation, optional tip
Pocket Giving
No fee schedule published
Tip
Legacy
Optional, max 5%, no default
Pocket Giving
Optional, max 100%, 15% default
Gift Aid
Legacy
Claimed by Charities Trust, less a 4% fee
Pocket Giving
Opt in at checkout
Minimum
Legacy
£10 a month
Pocket Giving
£1 a gift
Fundraiser pages
Legacy
Share to Care pages for creators
Pocket Giving
Yes, for anyone
Zakat tools
Legacy
No
Pocket Giving
Zakat calculator and fund
Impact and news
Legacy
Positive news feed and impact tracker
Pocket Giving
Charity updates in the app
Your contact details
Legacy
Kept from charities unless you opt in
Pocket Giving
Anonymous option; supporters can appear on partner pages
Tax summary
Legacy
HMRC-friendly PDF in the app
Pocket Giving
Donation history and Gift Aid total in the app
Apps
Legacy
iOS and Android
Pocket Giving
iOS, Android and web

Pocket Giving details from pocketgiving.co.uk, its app store listings and Companies House, checked October 2026. Pocket Giving doesn't publish a fee schedule, so we haven't compared costs.

What you get with Legacy

Every cause

Any registered UK charity

Back national names and local causes side by side. If a charity is registered in England and Wales and with Charities Trust, you can add it to your portfolio.

Set and forget

Giving that runs itself

One monthly budget, one Direct Debit, split across as many charities as you like. Change the split, skip a month or pause the lot in the app.

Clear costs

Every penny accounted for

The 3.75% third-party costs are shown before you confirm, Legacy takes no platform fee, and any tip is optional and comes out of your budget, never on top.

So, what is Legacy?

The UK's first non-profit giving app. Pick the causes you care about, set one monthly budget, and Legacy splits it between them. One Direct Debit covers the lot.

Change the split, add a cause, or pause the whole thing from your phone. Gift Aid is handled for you, and your yearly tax summary is ready when Self Assessment comes round.

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Legacy mobile app interface