Charities, non-profits & relief organisations

Charity website design that turns visitors into donors

We have rebuilt websites for World Appeal, National Care Trust and Dar Al-Amanah. The brief is always the same underneath: look trustworthy in the first scroll, take a donation first time on a phone, and let the team launch an appeal themselves when a crisis breaks.

From £499 Gift Aid built in Muslim-owned since 2014
World Appeal charity website designed by Ummah Design, with the Qurbani 2026 appeal on the homepage
Where charity websites lose money

The gift was there. The website dropped it.

The mobile donation

Designed on a laptop, used on a phone

Most of your donors arrive on a phone, late, wanting to give in the next thirty seconds. A form that asks them to create an account, type a card number and scroll past three fields they do not understand loses a share of them at every step.

The emergency appeal

Live a week after the news broke

A crisis opens, the community wants to give that night, and the appeal page is a ticket in an agency’s queue. By the time it is live the moment has passed and the money went to whoever had a page up.

Donor data

Stripe, then a spreadsheet, then a thank-you by hand

The gift lands in the payment provider, someone copies the donor into a spreadsheet, the thank-you is sent when there is time, and the Gift Aid claim is assembled at quarter end from whatever was captured. Donors who were never thanked do not give twice.

Trust

A site the trustees would rather not share

Donors compare you with the large charities whether you like it or not. A dated site with a broken page or two quietly tells them the organisation might be run the same way.

What we build

A charity website that does the fundraising team’s job with them

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Donation forms built for a phone

One-off and monthly gifts, Apple Pay and Google Pay, no account to create. Designed for the donor giving at 11pm during the last ten nights, not for a laptop in the office.

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Gift Aid captured with the gift

The declaration is taken at the point of giving and stored against the donor, so finance claims the extra 25% on eligible donations without a spreadsheet exercise every quarter.

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Appeal pages in an afternoon

Templates for emergency, Ramadan, Qurbani and winter appeals that your own staff publish, with target, form and imagery ready. Built this way for World Appeal.

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Donations straight into your CRM

Donor name, contact, amount and campaign become a CRM record automatically, with the thank-you sent. No re-typing, no missed follow-ups.

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Zakat, sadaqah and Qurbani pages

Fund pages that explain what the money does, take the gift for that fund specifically, and stay live year after year so they keep ranking on Google.

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Membership and volunteers

A clear “Become a Member” or volunteer path with its own form and follow-up, the way we built it for National Care Trust.

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Arabic and community languages

Right-to-left layouts done properly and copy written by people who speak the language, so international donors and beneficiaries are served, not just tolerated.

Fast on 4G

Sub-two-second loads on a mobile connection, because a donation page that stalls is a donation lost. Performance is part of the build, not an add-on.

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Trust in the first scroll

Registered charity number, trustees, partners and impact figures placed where a new donor looks for them. Credibility is the first conversion.

Donations & campaigns

Built around your calendar, not the agency’s

A Muslim charity’s year has a shape: Ramadan and the last ten nights, Qurbani in Dhul Hijjah, the winter appeal, and the emergencies nobody can schedule. The website should be ready for each before it arrives.

  • Ramadan: zakat and sadaqah pages, a nightly giving option, and a donation form that takes a gift in under thirty seconds on a phone
  • Qurbani: per-share pricing by country, family and share counts, confirmation emails with what was ordered
  • Winter and orphan sponsorship: monthly giving with a clear picture of what each amount provides
  • Emergencies: a template your own staff publish within the hour, with target and progress bar
  • Every gift: Gift Aid captured, fund recorded, donor written to the CRM, thank-you sent automatically
World Appeal's Qurbani appeal on a phone, with the donate button and campaign content
From charity clients

In their words

National Care Trust

“Ummah Design has been absolutely excellent to work with. The team delivered a fantastic website for us, and the entire process was handled professionally from start to finish. Their attention to detail, communication, and willingness to help throughout the project really stood out.”

Aftab Shabir

World Appeal

“Excellent to work with. Handled professionally from start to finish.”

Adnan Hanif

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Pricing

A fixed price, so the money stays with the cause

Charity websites from

£499

For a small charity with a clear message, a donation page and a handful of content pages. Multiple appeals, CRM integration, membership and several languages are scoped individually. The quote is fixed before we begin.

  • Design, build, donation and Gift Aid setup, content help and staff training
  • Domain, hosting and donor data in the charity’s name, never ours
  • Campaign templates your team can publish without us
  • Optional care plan and ongoing social media, SEO or automation from the same team
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How it works

From discovery call to launch

Discovery call

Thirty minutes with the people who run fundraising and the website. We agree what it must do, what it must connect to, and give you a fixed price.

Design and content

We design around your real appeals, programmes and photographs, and help write the pages so trust is earned in the first scroll.

Build, donations, CRM

We build the site, connect donations and Gift Aid, wire donor records to your CRM, and set up the campaign templates.

Training and launch

Your team learns to publish an appeal and edit a page without us. We launch, hand over every login, and stay available.

FAQ

Questions charities ask before they start

How much does a charity website cost?

Charity website design starts at £499 for a small organisation with a clear message, a donation page and a handful of content pages. Larger charities with multiple appeals, CRM integration, membership or several languages are scoped individually. We give a fixed price after a free discovery call, and that is the price you pay.

Can you build donation forms with Gift Aid?

Yes. One-off and monthly giving by card, Apple Pay and Google Pay, with the Gift Aid declaration captured at the point of donation so your finance team can claim the extra 25% on eligible gifts without chasing donors afterwards. Donors can choose the fund or appeal their gift goes to.

Can our team launch our own appeal pages?

Yes. We build campaign page templates so an emergency appeal, a Qurbani page or a winter campaign can be published by your own staff in an afternoon, with the donation form, target and imagery already in place. Nobody should wait a week for an agency when a crisis breaks.

Can you connect donations to our CRM or mailing list?

Yes. For World Appeal we wired the donation forms so that donor name, contact details, gift amount and campaign land in the CRM as a record automatically, with the thank-you sent without anyone typing. The same approach works with HubSpot, Mailchimp, Salesforce and most donor CRMs, and it is where the biggest time saving usually is.

Do you only work with Muslim charities?

No. Most of our charity clients are Muslim-led because that is who finds us, and we understand the Ramadan, Qurbani and zakat calendar without being briefed. National Care Trust, a mental health and care charity, is a good example of work outside that. We welcome every charity.

Can you also run our social media, SEO or donor automation?

Yes, and many charity clients start with the website and add the rest. We run social media for charities, do SEO for cause and appeal searches, and build automations for donor thank-yous, Gift Aid claims and lapsed-donor follow-up. One team, not three agencies.

Who owns the website, the domain and the donor data?

The charity does. Domain and hosting are in your name, you hold every login, and donor data sits in your own payment and CRM accounts, never ours. You can move to another agency at any time and take everything with you.

How long does a charity website take?

Most charity sites launch within four to six weeks of the discovery call. Larger builds with CRM integration or several languages usually take eight to twelve. The main variable is how quickly content and photos arrive, and we help with both.

Get a quote

Tell us about your charity

A fixed quote within one business day. Say what the site needs to do, what it needs to connect to, and when your next big appeal is.

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