Current bid£120
Reserve met
Four-ball golf voucher
£120£210
For development offices, foundations and alumni teams
Online auctions for independent schools
Add mobile-friendly online bidding to bursary appeals, golf days, gala dinners and alumni events, with no Aucly commission on winning bids.
- No Aucly commission
- Mobile-friendly bidding
- Built for alumni and events
The Lingfield Foundation raised £2,500 with an online auction alongside its Golf Day. Read the case study.
A practical fit for independent school fundraising
Extend your fundraising event beyond the room
Add an online auction to a Golf Day, gala dinner, alumni gathering, arts festival or development appeal. Parents, alumni, staff and invited supporters can browse lots and bid whether or not they attend in person.
- Open bidding to parents, alumni, staff and invited supporters
- Put donated prizes and experiences in one easy-to-share auction
- Keep bids, prize details and winner follow-up together
- Use proxy bidding so supporters do not have to watch every bid
Independent school fundraising use cases
Built for foundation, alumni and development fundraising
Turn donated prizes into a simple online auction and raise money for access, facilities, enrichment and long-term school projects. If you are planning a state school or academy fundraiser, visit online auctions for schools.
Bursary fundraising
Help widen access through bursaries, scholarships and hardship funds.
Capital and facility projects
Support libraries, STEM spaces, performing arts venues or sports facilities.
Development appeals
Add an online auction to annual campaigns, anniversary appeals or foundation events.
Arts, music and sport
Raise funds for music programmes, theatre productions, team sport and enrichment.
Alumni fundraising
Give alumni and friends of the school a clear way to support a focused appeal.
Events and auctions of promises
Pair online bidding with gala dinners, sports dinners, arts festivals or promise auctions.
Private and invitation-only auctions
Keep your auction for the right audience
Keep an auction restricted to invited bidders when an event is intended for parents, alumni or a particular school community. You can also keep it out of Aucly’s public auction search.
Built for development teams and volunteer organisers
Simple tools for independent school fundraising auctions
Build and preview your auction before launch, manage lots and bids in one place, and give supporters a straightforward mobile-friendly bidding experience.
Build first
Set up safely before launch
Build for free, add prizes and preview your auction before choosing a plan.
Preview before paying
Choose a plan when ready
Share one link
Send one auction page to parents, alumni and invited guests.
Bid from any device
Parents, alumni and guests can browse lots and bid from a phone, tablet or computer.
Keep supporters engaged
Proxy bidding and outbid emails help interested bidders stay involved.
Spend less time chasing bids
Keep bids, winners and follow-up in one place instead of juggling spreadsheets and messages.
Stay in control of payments
Keep payment arrangements clear for winners and manage collection in the way that suits your organisation.
Auction lot examples
Independent school prize ideas
Starting At
£5
Lessons
Four-ball golf voucher
Donated by a local club
Starting At
£10
Dining
Dining experience
Dinner for two
Starting At
£15
Wellness
Luxury weekend stay
Two-night break
Other popular prizes include hospitality, artwork, theatre tickets, special experiences and items donated by parents, alumni and local businesses.
How Aucly works
A simple five-step auction flow
Create the auction, add prizes, invite supporters, let people bid online, then follow up winners.
- Create your auctionSet up the page and add the basic details.
- Add your prizesGive each donated item its own listing, photos and description.
- Invite supportersSend it to parents, alumni, staff and invited guests.
- Let people bid onlineSupporters can bid from their phone, with proxy bidding and outbid emails.
- Follow up winnersSee who won, track payments and arrange collection or delivery.
Case study: The Lingfield Foundation raised £2,500 with an online auction alongside its Golf Day
The Lingfield Foundation ran approximately one month of online bidding alongside its Golf Day, opening the auction to the wider school community rather than limiting it to people at the event.
The campaign raised £2,500. The organiser said Aucly was very easy to use and that the Foundation intended to use the platform again.
Read the Lingfield case study
FAQ
Independent school auction questions
Answers for foundations, development offices and volunteers planning an online auction around donated prizes and independent school fundraising.
Yes. Aucly works well alongside bursary appeals, golf days, gala dinners, alumni events, arts festivals, sports dinners, foundation events and anniversary celebrations.
Organisers choose how widely to share the auction link and can restrict access to invited bidders such as parents, alumni or invited guests.
Donated prizes that are easy to browse, bid on and fulfil work well, including experiences and items from the school community.
Yes. Independent schools can use Aucly for auctions supporting bursaries, scholarships, hardship funds, capital projects, arts, music, sport, libraries and development appeals.
No. Aucly is auction software rather than a fundraising intermediary, so organisers can start creating an auction immediately.
Ready to run your independent school auction online?
Start building your auction for free. Add prizes, preview the page and send it to parents, alumni and invited supporters. Smaller auctions with up to 15 items may remain free; paid auctions use a flat platform fee.