Nonprofit HR & Finance Software
Do good for the world and your workforce.
Keep up your good work while remaining accountable and serving your employees. With Workday, you can access real-time data to measure mission effectiveness, demonstrate how funds are used and create a culture of belonging.
Decreased onboarding time from half a day to 30 minutes.
Finance staff created custom reports by using data-driven decision-making and reporting.
Reduced administrative costs by 17% and increased donor confidence by maximising mission impact for spend.
Saved 220% of its goal and saw a 15% ROI by budgeting for mission achievement.
Realised 50% more efficiency in grants operations by focusing on enhanced financial stewardship.
SOLUTION USE CASES
A use for every aspect of your organisation.
To meet your unique demands as a non-profit organisation, you need a proven pathway to the cloud. With Workday, you benefit from the support you need to adapt, innovate and scale – all while fast-tracking your move to the cloud. |
Maximise Mission Impact for Spend
Data-Driven Decision-Making and Reporting
Continuous Planning for Resilience
Diverse and Engaged Workforce for Good
IDC on the state of non-profits.
What do you get with modern, more accurate and faster processes? Better financial decisions and planning. With modern enterprise software, organisations can excel and make an impact.
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FAQs.
What is nonprofit financial management software, and how does Workday's solution support UK charities and non-profits?
Nonprofit financial management software is a cloud-based finance system built to handle grant management, fund accounting, restricted and unrestricted income and mission reporting alongside standard accounting. For UK charities and non-profits, Workday goes further by unifying finance, HR, planning and spend on one platform, giving trustees and CFOs a real-time view of income, restricted and unrestricted funds and workforce costs. That single source of truth helps leaders make faster decisions and evidence how every pound is directed to the cause.
How can nonprofit finance software from Workday help UK organisations comply with Charity Commission reporting, SORP and HMRC Gift Aid requirements?
The Workday general ledger is multi-dimensional, multi-currency and multi-book, so UK charities can tag every transaction by fund, activity, project and restriction — the building blocks of Charities SORP (FRS 102) reporting on income, expenditure and funds. Continuous accounting keeps the ledger up to date and reduces the preparation burden for Charity Commission annual returns and trustees' reports, while configurable dimensions let finance teams tag Gift Aid–eligible donations so they can be reported and prepared for reclaim through HMRC. Because the ledger is multi-entity, charities running trading subsidiaries or federated structures can report each entity separately and consolidate at group level for the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA).
How does Workday handle grants management, fund accounting and restricted fund reporting for non-profits?
Workday Grants Management is a purpose-built module that covers the full grant lifecycle — proposal, award, spend, billing and close-out — on the same platform as the general ledger. Fund types can be configured as unrestricted, restricted or endowment in line with Charities SORP, so donations and grant income are automatically ring-fenced and reported correctly. A Grants Management Dashboard gives administrators live visibility of award balances, indirect cost recovery, sponsor billing and remaining spend against contract end dates.
Can Workday integrate with popular UK fundraising and CRM platforms and other third-party systems?
Yes. Workday connects to CRM, fundraising and donation platforms through open APIs, packaged connectors and integrations (including one for Salesforce) and Enterprise Interface Builder. UK charities commonly integrate fundraising CRMs, online donation platforms, direct debit providers, payroll bureaux and banking partners so donor, supporter and financial data stay in sync without manual re-keying.
Does Workday offer specific features for volunteer management, DBS/CRC checks or tracking pro-bono hours in the UK context?
Workday supports volunteer, DBS and pro-bono tracking through configuration rather than a packaged module. UK charities typically model volunteers as a distinct worker type in Workday HCM, use custom fields to record DBS status and renewal dates, and capture pro-bono and volunteer hours by programme with Workday Time Tracking or Projects. DBS providers and other third-party checking services are typically connected via Workday's open APIs.
Are there UK-focused case studies or customer stories showing Workday's nonprofit financial management software in action?
Yes. British Heart Foundation, one of the UK's largest charities, uses Workday to run HR and payroll across its research, retail and fundraising operations. BHF credits Workday with freeing retail employees from admin so they can focus on fundraising for cardiovascular research, and reports employee engagement rising from 67% to 82% and an increase in internal promotions since deployment. UK public body Innovate UK uses Workday HCM, Financial Management and UK Payroll as the bridge between HR and Finance; during the pandemic those efficiencies helped it more than triple grant support to UK businesses with little increase in cost or headcount.
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