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Cloud Migration Services in the UK for Charities & Non-Profits
Move your charitable organisation to Azure with a proven migration methodology that eliminates risk.
Structured Methodology
Every migration follows a proven framework — assess, plan, migrate, optimise — eliminating guesswork and reducing risk at every stage.
Minimal Downtime
We design migration waves and cutover plans that keep your business running, with most workloads migrated outside business hours.
Optimised from Day One
We do not just lift and shift. Every workload is right-sized and configured for Azure to ensure performance and cost efficiency from launch.
Many charities remain tied to ageing on-premise servers that increase operational risk and limit growth. Migrating donor records, gift aid claims, and beneficiary information to Azure requires careful planning to avoid disruption, data loss, and extended downtime. A structured migration approach is essential for any charitable organisation making the move to the cloud.
Cloudswitched provides cloud migration services for UK charities. We assess your existing infrastructure, map dependencies for Salesforce Nonprofit, Donorfy, and Raiser's Edge, and execute a phased migration that minimises risk. Our methodology ensures donor records, gift aid claims, and beneficiary information arrives in Azure intact, with rollback plans at every stage and full Charity Commission and GDPR documentation.
How it works for Charities businesses
A clear, structured process from consultation to ongoing support.
1
Discovery & Assessment
We map your entire on-premises estate — servers, dependencies, performance profiles, and compliance requirements — to build a complete picture before designing the migration plan.
2
Wave Planning
Workloads are grouped into migration waves based on complexity, dependencies, and business criticality. Each wave has its own timeline, testing plan, and rollback procedure.
3
Post-Migration Optimisation
After cutover, we monitor performance and costs closely, tuning configurations, right-sizing resources, and addressing any issues that emerge in the live environment.
Cloud Migration Services in the UK for Charities
Zero-Downtime Migration
Phased migration methodology ensures Salesforce Nonprofit, Donorfy, and Raiser's Edge and donor records, gift aid claims, and beneficiary information move to Azure without disrupting day-to-day operations across your charitable organisation.
Pre-Migration Assessment
Comprehensive discovery of your existing infrastructure, application dependencies, and Charity Commission and GDPR requirements ensures nothing is missed during planning.
Data Integrity Validation
Automated checksums and validation scripts confirm donor records, gift aid claims, and beneficiary information arrives in Azure complete and uncorrupted, with full audit trails for Charity Commission and GDPR purposes.
Rollback Protection
Every migration phase includes documented rollback procedures, ensuring your charitable organisation can revert to previous state if any unexpected issues arise.
Our Cloud Migration Service Includes
Full discovery and assessment of your current infrastructure
Migration architecture design and wave planning
Azure landing zone build with security and governance
Workload migration with testing and validation
Data migration with integrity verification
Post-migration support and optimisation period
Why Charities businesses choose us
Over 500 successful Azure migrations completed for UK businesses including charities
Structured methodology with pre-migration assessment, dependency mapping, and risk analysis
Charity Commission and GDPR compliance maintained throughout the migration process with full documentation
Dedicated migration project manager ensuring timelines and budgets are met
Expertise migrating Salesforce Nonprofit, Donorfy, and Raiser's Edge workloads with minimal disruption to daily operations
Post-migration hypercare period with enhanced monitoring and rapid issue resolution
Frequently Asked Questions
Timeline depends on the number of workloads and complexity of Salesforce Nonprofit, Donorfy, and Raiser's Edge integrations. Typical charitable organisation migrations run between four and twelve weeks. We provide a detailed timeline during the assessment phase before any commitment.
We design migrations specifically to minimise disruption to Salesforce Nonprofit, Donorfy, and Raiser's Edge. Critical charitable organisation systems are migrated during evenings or weekends, with rollback plans at every stage. Most clients experience zero perceptible downtime.
Donor records, gift aid claims, and beneficiary information is transferred using encrypted connections with integrity validation at every stage. We maintain parallel environments during cutover, ensuring data is verified in Azure before decommissioning source systems.
Charity Commission and GDPR compliance is maintained throughout the migration. We document the chain of custody for donor records, gift aid claims, and beneficiary information, configure Azure environments to meet regulatory standards before migration begins, and provide compliance evidence for auditors.
We provide a hypercare period of enhanced monitoring and rapid support following migration. This covers performance tuning, user issue resolution, and optimisation of your new Azure environment for charitable organisation workloads.
Free On Boarding worth up to £2,000!
Limited time offer - valid until 31/05/2026
Start Your Cloud Migration Journey
Tell us about your current infrastructure and we will outline a migration approach tailored to your business.
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