Bounty Competitions Review: Does It Give to Charity?

What is Bounty Competitions and is it legitimate?

Bounty Competitions is a family-run prize competition business, run by Bounty Competitions Ltd, a Scottish private limited company incorporated on 23 April 2020 under Companies House number SC659814 (find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk, checked July 2026). Company status is active, and its shareholders on record are Calvin Davidson and Leanne Davidson. Founders Calvin and Leanne Davidson started the business in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, investing their £30,000 life savings after both lost their jobs in lockdown; the couple has since moved the operation from a home office in Bucksburn to dedicated premises in Turriff, and by early 2024 reported over £60 million in prizes given away and more than 26,000 winners from 250,000 registered customers (Press and Journal, checked July 2026).

It runs a high volume of draws across a wide range of prizes — cars, cash, campervans, Lego, vouchers and occasional houses — at low entry prices, typically from around 29p up to £9.99, with most competitions priced at 99p. Like other UK competition sites, it uses a skill question or a free-entry route so that its paid draws operate legally as prize competitions rather than lotteries.

The owners have a visible social-media presence, which reviewers frequently cite as a reason they trust the brand. As of July 2026, Bounty Competitions is rated “Excellent” on Trustpilot, at around 4.9 out of 5 from more than 21,000 reviews (uk.trustpilot.com/review/bountycompetitions.co.uk, checked July 2026). We found no published Advertising Standards Authority ruling against Bounty Competitions on asa.org.uk as of July 2026.

What does Bounty Competitions give to charity?

Of the mid-size competition operators, Bounty has one of the more visible charity records. The company’s own charity page and multiple independent reports state total donations of £1,015,300 to charities and good causes across the UK and locally in Aberdeenshire, including named local causes such as Abernecessities (a baby bank), the Archie Foundation and Charlie House (bountycompetitions.co.uk/charities, checked July 2026). In a 2024 interview, co-founder Leanne Davidson said breaking the £1 million mark in cumulative donations was the couple’s “biggest goal”, having donated £502,000 to local charities in the preceding year alone — a meaningful, publicised total and a genuine point in Bounty’s favour.

The honest caveat is the same one we apply to every operator here: Bounty does not publish a fixed percentage of each entry that goes to charity, nor a guaranteed minimum per draw. The headline total is cumulative and self-reported, so while it points to a real commitment, you cannot know from any single entry how much reaches a cause. If a specific draw is flagged as raising money for a named charity, check the detail; otherwise treat charity as a welcome by-product, not the point of your purchase.

Because several of Bounty’s named recipients are small, local causes rather than large national charities with public Charity Commission accounts, cross-checking each individual sum is harder than it is for an operator like Omaze, which names a single major charity partner per draw. That does not make Bounty’s figure untrue — it is consistent across the operator’s own site and independent local press coverage — but it is a lower standard of independent verification than a Charity Commission filing provides.

How do entries and prices work?

Entries range from around 29p to £9.99, with most competitions priced at 99p, and prizes span everyday items up to cars, campervans and houses. Bounty’s terms and conditions set a maximum of 200 entries per person per competition and, unusually, specify that if a competition is closed early, a cash alternative of 70% of entry fees received may be offered at the promoter’s discretion — a detail worth knowing, since it shows the operator, not a charity, keeps the other 30% for administration and marketing in that scenario. The free postal entry route is set out in the same terms: a first-class postcard with your answer and personal details, processed weekly on the same basis as paid entries. Because entries are so cheap, the real risk is spending small amounts often across many draws; set yourself a limit.

How do the odds/value compare?

Bounty compares well against most of its direct peers on charitable giving, because it at least publicises a substantial cumulative total and names local causes. It still isn’t a charity-first model like Omaze’s guaranteed £1 million per house draw, or a licensed society lottery such as People’s Postcode Lottery, which commits a minimum 30% of ticket revenue to good causes by rule — and Bounty doesn’t publish a per-entry percentage, so for pure charitable efficiency, a licensed lottery or a direct donation beats it. But among low-cost car-and-cash competition sites, its giving record is a genuine differentiator.

See our how much goes to charity comparison, our Omaze alternatives guide, and our Rev Comps review for another operator with a dated, itemised charity total.

The Give2Charity verdict on Bounty Competitions

• Is it legitimate? Yes — a registered, well-reviewed Scottish operator with published winners.
• Does it give to charity? Yes — a publicised cumulative total over £1m, though no fixed per-entry percentage.
• Is it transparent about it? Reasonably — the owners are visible and name causes, but the per-draw share is not published.
• How does it compare? Among the stronger mid-size operators on giving; still behind a licensed lottery or direct donation for charitable efficiency.

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