Plinth

Plinth: software for funding, service delivery and impact measurement

Plinth is a software platform aimed at organisations that fund, deliver or commission community services in the United Kingdom. Its stated purpose is to let charities, grantmakers and local authorities take control of their data in order to track outcomes and impact measures. The company presents a single platform organised around three audiences: charities, grantmakers and local authorities.

The site states that Plinth is trusted by more than 10,000 organisations and by over 75 funders managing more than £200 million in grantmaking. These figures are presented as the company's own summary of its user base.

Tools for charities

For charities, Plinth frames its value around reducing administrative workload. The platform includes functions to find funders and draft bids using the organisation's own material, and to produce case notes from a recorded conversation. It also covers bookings, room hire and card payments, and can draft funder reports from the registers held in the system.

Grant management for funders

For grantmakers, the platform is presented as a way to process funding faster while maintaining checks. Its due diligence tools flag areas to review and link sources for examination. Application forms can screen eligibility automatically, and documents and registers are checked before being read. Scorecards can be drafted with reasons and quotes, while agreements, payments and monitoring are kept on a single record.

Local authority services and community funds

For local authorities, Plinth offers a view of every service and ward. Community fund applications show the applicant's area, including deprivation decile data. The system supports community grants with each applicant's area displayed, family hub sessions, registers and case work, and hardship payments with evidence read by AI. Reporting can be produced across every provider, ward by ward.

Feature set and use cases

The platform's listed features include impact reporting, grant management, case management, bookings and events, room bookings, AI stock tracking, AI case notes, surveys, payments, fundraising and a partner CRM. Named use cases cover family hubs, holiday activity and food programmes, crisis and resilience funds, community centres, infrastructure organisations and housing associations.

Stated experience from partners

The site includes attributed comments from organisations using the platform. A director of Haringey Play Association describes time savings and compares the system to having another member of staff. A development director at Steve Morgan Foundation describes the onboarding experience as exceptional and among the most positive in over two decades in the sector. A family hubs manager at Westminster City Council refers to the system as intuitive and flexible for family hub needs.

UK operation and US counterpart

Plinth states that it operates in the United Kingdom and the United States. The UK site is distinct from Plinth US, which is described as providing funding portfolio intelligence and philanthropy data for US foundations, including a searchable US philanthropy database built from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF filings.

The company behind the platform is Time to Spare Ltd, registered in the United Kingdom under company number 11530023. Its registered address is Space 4, 113-115 Fonthill Road, N4 3HH. The team is based at the Runway East office in Shoreditch.