Where the money goes

The other half

The other 50% goes mainly towards reinvestment, to help The Good Retreat grow — marketing and awareness, app development, hosting, safety and moderation, accessibility work, and building the features members ask for.

Eventually I will start taking a minimal amount from that half to support myself through university, so I can leave my current job and put that extra time into developing The Good Retreat and looking after the people who use it. Anything I take will be recorded in the business accounts and will never come out of the 50% pledged to charity.

How the 50% is worked out

• “Profit” means income from The Good Retreat after running costs and tax, calculated from the business accounts for each financial year.
• Donations are made annually, after the accounts for that year are finalised.
• If a year makes no profit, there is nothing to give and nothing is implied to have been given. We would rather say that plainly than exaggerate.
• The split is worked out automatically from the ledger of income and costs, and the figures for each year are published in the table above. Once a financial year closes, that year's donations are scheduled automatically and marked as paid with a reference.

What this is not

This is a pledge by the business about its own profits. It is not a fundraising appeal, and we never ask members for donations or run prize draws. We are not acting as a fundraiser on behalf of the charities named here, and naming them does not imply they endorse The Good Retreat. Members must not use deeds, comments or projects to solicit money — see the community guidelines.