Our history

1994 - 2000

In August 1994, a home-based Professional Fundraising Organisation called the Payroll Giving Group was founded in Sturry (near Canterbury), Kent.

In March 1996, the Payroll Giving Group was acquired by Help the Aged, to continue promoting payroll giving and the freedom to choose to donate to any charity registered in the UK. The acquisition resulted in the Payroll Giving Group being renamed as Payroll Giving Ltd t/a Sharing the Caring.

In July of the same year, Sharing the Caring helped found the Association of Payroll Giving Professional Fundraising Organisations (APGPFO).

In 1999 Sharing the Caring reached its first £1m raised for charities and opened an office in Bangor, Northern Ireland.

2000 - 2011

In September 2000 Sharing the Caring’s head office relocated to a larger office in Clarkson House, Canterbury, Kent.

Two years later Sharing the Caring launched its Payroll Giving Online product.

In January 2005, Sharing the Caring left Help the Aged and merged with the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF),becoming an integral department within the Company Services Division. This enabled CAF as an organisation to offer employers every aspect of Give As You Earn from setting it up, raising awareness of it, maximising its success and distributing donations to charities.

In 2006 Sharing the Caring became Payroll Giving Award Finalists for the Best Use of Payroll Giving and relocated to CAF’s head office in Kings Hill, Kent.

In September 2008, Sharing the Caring joined the Distribution and Business Development department within the Enterprise and Philanthropy Development division, becoming a wholly-immersed department within the organisation.

2011 onwards

On 1st March 2011, J and H Payroll Giving Ltd (JHPG) acquired Sharing the Caring (StC). The directors of JHPG successfully launched Bell Fundraising Ltd www.bellfundraising.co.uk in 2003. Along with a third director, they also launched Bell Donor Management Ltd, www.belldm.co.uk in 2009.

The directors of JHPG will use their many years of experience in payroll giving and will build on the excellent reputation that StC has gained during its time under CAF’s management and are firmly committed to taking StC forward into a further era of growth and stability. The organisation will continue to trade under the name “Sharing the Caring”.

Today, Sharing the Caring continues to be a market leader, responsible for generating income to charities in the region of £750,000 a month.