Profit with a purpose.
After all costs are covered, half of our remaining profits go to three community causes. Year 1 (October 2026 to December 2027) the founder picks the three with published rationale; from then on, members vote each year (first member vote: December 2027, to select charities for 2028). The other half goes to the team building Stamp. Every charity transfer is published on the public ledger as it happens, alongside tree-planting receipts and any reports the receiving charities choose to share.
Why this is different
Most companies that claim to give back either (a) quietly donate a tiny fraction or (b) use charity as marketing. Stamp's commitment is structural. After costs, half of remaining profits go to three UK-registered charities, equal split, paid quarterly. Each payment is an outright unconditional donation by Stamp Social Ltd; receiving charities are selected, not partners, and are under no obligation to Stamp. The commitment is stated publicly in our Pledge. It is observable: the public quarterly ledger publishes each charity transfer.
Year 1: three charities picked to launch with
For the first year (October 2026 to December 2027), the founder selects three UK-registered charities directly so funds can flow from day one. From the December 2027 vote onward, charities self-submit and members vote in the first week of December each year. If the receiving charities share updates on what they have done with the funds, we publish those updates here.
Every paying joiner an existing member brings in adds £1 to that quarter's charity pool, on top of the standard after-costs share. The £1 triggers once, when the joiner completes their first full paid month, and goes out with the same quarter's distribution. The mechanism is universal: any paying user who refers another paying user adds £1 to the pool, reported at pool level only in each quarterly disbursement statement. Stamp does not attribute individual referrals to specific charities.
Stamp Social Ltd is a UK company. The 50% charity share is stated publicly in our Pledge. Each charity payment is an outright unconditional donation; receiving charities are selected, not partners, and are under no obligation to Stamp. Members are not parties to the donations and cannot direct or enforce them; the public quarterly ledger is the accountability surface.