Nave
added to every £1 of Gift Aid giving, for a UK charity. The church files the claim.
For every church
Sunday, held together.
Nave is the app a church gives its people. Leaders pay £20 a month for attendance, households, giving, children, lifts, prayer, and the rota. Members pay nothing, and they only see the church that invited them.
01 — Sunday
Before the chairs are out
02 — People
The church is a set of households
03 — Giving
Money with a name on it
04 — Care
The jobs around the service
is what a member pays to use the app. The church holds the subscription.
church on a leader’s login. Their people and their giving stay with them.
releases a child at pickup. The release is written down.
A Sunday, in order
Before, during, and after.
Before
The rota is out, a driver has a seat free, and today’s reading is already open.
During
People mark themselves present, the offering is counted, and a child is checked in against a code.
After
Visitors are on a list, regulars who have gone quiet can be handed to someone, and eligible gifts are ready for a Gift Aid file.
Members
You join the church that invited you.
There is no open directory to browse. Ask your church for the app, then sign in.
DownloadChurches
£20 a month. Members are free.
We confirm the figure, including any tax, before a church starts. This site does not take a card.
Start your churchWho it is for
One subscription. Three jobs.
The pastor
Who was in the room, who was new, and which regular has missed three services. The follow-up can be handed to a named person, and the call is written down.
The administrator
Households, the rota, notices, and the code that releases a child. Where a team requires it, a current safeguarding clearance is on the register before someone is assigned.
The treasurer
Each gift is tied to a person and a fund. The people counting cash do not open the member directory. Card gifts are paid to the church’s own Stripe account.
Monday morning
The question already has an answer.
Who came?
While the service is on, a member marks themselves present in the app. A code on the wall opens the app. Scanning it does not, by itself, record attendance.
Who was new?
A first name is enough at the door. The list runs from new, to contacted, to returned, to settled. Without a yes to being contacted, the app hides the number.
Who has gone quiet?
A regular who has missed three or more services in a row appears for the leaders. Someone still at their midweek fellowship is left off that Sunday list.
What can we claim?
For a UK charity, a member declares Gift Aid once. Eligible gifts can be claimed at 25p on the pound. The church downloads the file and sends it to HMRC.
Who collected the child?
The household gets a pickup code at drop-off. The child is released against that code, and the release records who collected them, and when.
Starting
Three steps. No card on this page.
- 01
Tell us about the church
Name, town, roughly how many adults, and who is writing. The form prepares an email. This website does not store it.
- 02
We confirm the price and open it
£20 a month for the church, with any tax confirmed before you start. A church exists when we agree and set it up. Members are not billed.
- 03
You invite the households
People join the church that invited them. There is no public directory, and a leader of one church cannot open another.
Before you write
Questions a church asks first.
Is this only for one denomination?
Any church can use it. Each church has its own people and its own giving. A network can hold many churches. A local leader still sees only the church they lead.
Where does the money go?
Card gifts are paid to the church’s own Stripe account. Nave does not hold the offering. A standing order can stay at the bank, and the Gift Aid declaration can still live in the app.
What if we are outside the UK?
Giving records, people, and the rest of the app still work. The 25p and the HMRC file are for UK charities.
What will this not replace?
Room booking, a public church website, song and service planning, and bulk email or SMS. Nave also does not file the Gift Aid claim for you.
Can another church see our people?
A leader’s login opens one church. The people who operate Nave can open a church when they are setting it up or supporting it. That access is separate from a local leader’s login.
What if a bill goes unpaid?
Giving, children’s check-in, and accounts stay available. After a grace period, other features can pause and leader tools can become read-only. A member is told to speak to the church. They are not told about the bill.
The church pays. Members do not.
Open your church on Nave.
£20 a month. We confirm the figure, including any tax, before a church starts. This page does not take a card.