- Short code
- 70085
- Type
- Text short code
- Operated by
- Donr, on behalf of UK registered charities
- Cost
- The donation you choose, plus one standard-rate message
- Category
- Charity text donations
- Verified
- 13 August 2026
What 70085 is for
Text giving works keyword-first: you text a charity's keyword and an amount to a shared short code, and the donation goes onto your phone bill or comes off your credit.
On 70085 you can donate any whole amount between £1 and £20 by putting the number after the keyword - for example CHARITY 3 for £3. Some charities set a default amount so the keyword alone works.
70085 is also used for recurring monthly donations by some charities, so read the wording on the appeal before you send.
Because the code is shared, the keyword is what identifies the charity. Get the keyword wrong and you may still be charged while your donation goes nowhere.
What it costs
The donation you choose, plus one standard-rate message. You choose any whole pound amount from £1 to £20 per text. You are charged that amount plus one text at your standard network rate. Donr takes a fee of 5% of each donation from the charity.
Text 70085 — how it works
- Take the keyword from the charity's own website or material - not from an unsolicited text.
- Text the keyword and the amount to 70085.
- Check whether the appeal is a one-off or a monthly donation before sending.
- Tick Gift Aid when the charity asks - it costs you nothing.
Is 70085 safe, and is it spoofed?
Fake charity appeals by text spike after disasters. The short code is legitimate; the appeal quoting it may not be. Always find the keyword on the charity's own website, and check the charity number on the Charity Commission register.
If a text or call is trying to rush you, threaten you, or get a password, one-time code or payment out of you, it is a scam whatever number it shows. Read our guide to the UK number ranges scammers use and how to spot a smishing text, and forward anything suspicious free to 7726.
Where this came from
We do not guess short codes. Every entry in this directory was checked against the organisation that runs the code, or against gov.uk or the regulator:
Checked against these sources on 13 August 2026. Short codes and their charges do change — if the operator’s page now says something different, believe the operator.
Checking an ordinary number instead
Short codes are not in Ofcom’s numbering data — only full UK numbers are. If it is a normal 01, 02, 03, 07, 08 or 09 number you want to identify, put it into the phone number checker and you will get its type, its area and the provider Ofcom allocated the range to.
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