Credit card for charity purposes

sonicshelly

Hi we have opened a charity account with Nationwide which is a book account.
However, because of what we will be doing within our charity - sending poorly children a gift which we may purchase on line and for paying deposits for events or buy things like wristbands we thought this would be the way to go, obviously paying the card balance immediately.
Can anyone recommend any good credit cards for charities ?

Many thanks

borders_dude

Have you considered just getting a pre-paid credit card and topping it up every week or whaever?

sonicshelly

Thank you, learn something new everyday, will look into that, sounds better

borders_dude

sonicshelly wrote: »

Thank you, learn something new everyday, will look into that, sounds better

Im most full of complete and utter s**t but every so often I come out with something useful!

JasX

borders_dude wrote: »

Have you considered just getting a pre-paid credit card and topping it up every week or whaever?

only slight issue there is fees will be higher for you (the charity) as you'll have a % taken when you top up. will nationwide not issue a debit card/flex account type thing? alternatively perhaps search for a card geared towards small businesses / charities? AMEX corporate card type thing even but less people accept that particular brand

Savvy_Sue

Thread about pre-paid credit cards here.

JasX wrote: »

only slight issue there is fees will be higher for you (the charity) as you'll have a % taken when you top up.

But there may be a monthly charge with a business credit card (you can call it a charity credit card, but it's likely to be the same product) - it does need a bit of research. I'm looking into getting pre-paid cards to supplement our business visa cards and think that at £2 per month for the business visa a pre-paid card may well work out cheaper, as long as we don't top up too frequently - I'm aiming for monthly!

JasX wrote: »

will nationwide not issue a debit card/flex account type thing?

It is always worth asking, or looking round for a suitable account which DOES have the facilities you need!

JasX wrote: »

alternatively perhaps search for a card geared towards small businesses / charities? AMEX corporate card type thing even but less people accept that particular brand

FWIW, we bank with Unity Trust, and get our credit cards through them, but they come from the Coop.