Omaze Alternatives: UK Prize Draws That Give to Charity

Why look for an Omaze alternative?

There are several legitimate reasons to consider alternatives to Omaze:

• You want a different prize. Omaze specialises in houses. If you want to enter for a car, holiday or cash, you need a different operator.
• You want a higher charity contribution. Omaze guarantees a minimum of £1 million per house draw; on a very large draw that can work out to a low single-digit share of ticket revenue, well below the 17% figure sometimes quoted historically. Licensed society lotteries such as People’s Postcode Lottery give a minimum of 30% of subscription revenue to good causes — a higher guaranteed share, though the prize format is completely different.
• You want better odds. Omaze draws attract large entry volumes. Smaller-scale draws with a fixed maximum entry count may give better individual odds.
• No Omaze draw is currently active. Omaze does not run draws continuously — there are gaps between draws.
• You want to support a specific charity directly. Entering a draw is not the same as donating. If the charity matters more than the prize, donating directly or entering that charity’s own lottery may be more effective.

The verified alternatives

Raffle House

Raffle House is the most direct alternative to Omaze — a UK property prize competition with a charitable giving model. Raffle House’s own Charity FAQ states that 10% of net proceeds, after its costs, goes to a charity the entrant chooses from more than 20 partners, rather than Omaze’s model of one named charity per draw with a guaranteed £1 million floor. Like Omaze, it runs draws for residential properties, offers a free postal entry route, and selects at least one winner per draw at random.

See our full Omaze vs Raffle House comparison for a direct head-to-head, including what each operator covers for the winner beyond the prize itself.

People’s Postcode Lottery

People’s Postcode Lottery is a licensed society lottery, not a prize competition — a fundamentally different legal structure, entry mechanism and prize format from Omaze:

• Charity giving: a minimum of 30% of subscription revenue goes to good causes, with the current figure closer to 31%
• Prize type: cash and occasional properties, drawn by postcode rather than individual ticket
• Cost: £12.50 per month subscription — there is no free-entry route, because the free-entry requirement applies to prize competitions, not licensed lotteries
• Gambling Commission licence: yes — People’s Postcode Lottery is a licensed society lottery

The 30% minimum is notably higher than the effective share Omaze’s £1 million guarantee represents on its largest draws. The prize structure is very different, though: Postcode Lottery prizes are drawn by postcode area, so a payout depends on which postcode is drawn, not simply on how many entries you hold. Check postcodelottery.co.uk for the current prize structure before joining.

Daymade

Daymade is a prize draw company whose stated charitable element is environmental rather than a cash percentage: for every entry, a tree is planted through its partner, Eden Reforestation Projects. Because Daymade does not publish a stated cash percentage of ticket revenue going to a named charity in the way Omaze, Raffle House or Postcode Lottery do, it sits outside a direct percentage comparison. Prizes include holidays, cars and experiences rather than properties. See our full Daymade review for more detail on how it works.

Hospice and charity lotteries

Many individual hospices run their own licensed lotteries, giving a fixed share of players’ subscriptions to a single named cause rather than splitting revenue across a wider pool of prize winners. Local Hospice Lottery, for example, states it returns between 60% and 80% of the profit generated by players to the specific hospice they’re supporting (Local Hospice Lottery, via Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, as of July 2026). Every UK society lottery must return at least 20% of proceeds to good causes under the Gambling Act 2005 — hospice lotteries typically sit well above that statutory floor. These are lotteries, not prize competitions, so there is no free-entry route.

Comparison table: Omaze vs the alternatives

Operator	Type	Charity giving	Prize type	Free entry?	Notes
Omaze UK	Prize competition	Minimum £1m per house draw (historically framed as 17% of revenue)	UK house	Yes — postal	Effective % falls on very large draws
Raffle House	Prize competition	10% of net proceeds; entrant chooses the charity	UK house	Yes — postal	No stated minimum guarantee
People’s Postcode Lottery	Licensed lottery	Minimum 30% of subscription revenue	Cash + occasional prizes	No	£12.50/month subscription
Daymade	Prize draw	Tree planted per entry (no stated cash %)	Lifestyle prizes	Yes — postal	See our Daymade review
Hospice/charity lotteries	Licensed lottery	Typically 60–80% of profit to the named hospice	Cash	No	Statutory minimum 20% (Gambling Act 2005)

What about operators that don’t publish a charity percentage?

Several UK competition companies run prize draws without any stated charitable element at all. That is a legitimate business model, and it does not make them illegitimate as prize competitions — it simply means they fall outside Give2Charity’s “giving that gives back” focus, since we cover operators where a specific, checkable charity contribution exists. If an operator’s own terms do not name a percentage, a named charity, or a verifiable minimum, treat any general “we support charity” marketing claim with caution until you can check it directly against the operator’s own published terms.

How to assess any alternative yourself

Before entering any prize competition or lottery as an Omaze alternative, check:

1. Charity percentage or guarantee: Is a specific figure stated and published, ideally with a minimum guarantee? “We give to charity” without a number is not a verifiable claim.
2. Named charities: Is the beneficiary a registered charity you can look up at register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk?
3. Verified donations: Does the charity’s own accounts, or independent press coverage, confirm receiving the donation?
4. Free-entry route: For prize competitions, is a genuine free-entry route disclosed in the terms?
5. Company registration: Is the operator registered at Companies House with up-to-date accounts?

For the full comparison of charity giving across UK prize draws and lotteries, see our how much goes to charity comparison.