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GoCardless and EMDUK

Chase personal bests, not payments

Everything your gym needs to take the admin out of collecting memberships, trusted by over 100,000 businesses with a 97.3% first-time success rate* for recurring payments, and 99% success rate* for one-off payments.

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Get £250 towards your next CPD course on us

We want to invest in your personal development. So, when you sign up and use GoCardless as an EMD UK member, we’ll give you £250 towards your next accredited Continuing Professional Development (CPD) training course. Ts&Cs apply.

Claim your CPD bonus

How to claim your £250

Sign up

Click on the “Get started” button on this page to register for GoCardless as an EMD member (this ensures you’re eligible for the funding).

Set up your GoCardless account

Complete your profile verification and add your business’s bank details to your GoCardless account. Once your profile’s verified, you can start using GoCardless in your dashboard.

Complete six payment actions

A payment action can be creating a Direct Debit or Instant Bank Pay mandate, or collecting a Direct Debit or Instant Bank Pay payment in your GoCardless account. Six of those qualify you for funding.

Claim your £250

EMD UK will notify you once you’ve qualified for your £250 funding. This  will be held in your EMD UK account until you allocate it to your chosen course and provider. See Ts&Cs here.

  • Collect 97.3% of recurring membership payments on the first try.*

  • Time saved on manual admin and chasing payments for businesses using GoCardless**.

  • Improve your cash flow and get paid 47%** faster with automated payments.

  • Connect to platforms you already use like Teamup, Glofox, ClubRight, and more.

*GoCardless Payment Success Rates, 2025, **IDC, 2020

Direct Debit that works the way your gym does

End late payments

Direct Debit is simple to set up and easy to manage. A huge time-saver for your team and your members.

No more chasing

Automate payment recovery on the day your members are most likely to have funds with Success+. Avoid the awkward conversations and get hours back.

Flexibility for cash flow

Pause or edit a membership at any time and offer instalments for blocks of classes or PT sessions.

Skip expensive card fees

GoCardless collects payments directly from your customers' bank accounts, meaning no more card fees.

Lifestyle Fitness reduced failed payments

Lifestyle Fitness digitised their recurring payment collection to reduce monthly reporting from three weeks to five days. Here’s how.

How much could GoCardless save you?

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56% lower average cost per transaction*

  • Core features

    Standard

    1% + £/€0.20 per transaction

    Max. price cap £/€4 per transaction

    +0.3% added to transactions over £2,000

    2% +£0.20 for international

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    Prices exclude VAT

    Benefits

    • Collect one-off and recurring payments seamlessly

    • Collect international payments from 30+ countries with the real exchange rate (powered by Wise)

    • Use GoCardless with an API, our dashboard or integrate with 350+ partner softwares, such as Xero, Sage or QuickBooks

    • Include your branding on the customer sign-up form

  • Enhanced payment protection

    Advanced

    Popular

    1.25% + £/€0.20 per transaction

    Max. price cap £/€5 per transaction

    +0.3% added to transactions over £2,000

    2.25% +£0.20 for international

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    Prices exclude VAT

    Benefits

    • All Standard benefits plus

    • Reduce failed payments through intelligent retries

    • Verify new customers' bank account details instantly at checkout

    • Design a tailored customer experience, from your own payment pages to email notifications (additional fees apply)

  • End-to-end fraud protection

    Pro

    1.4% + £/€0.20 per transaction

    Max. price cap £/€5.60 per transaction

    +0.3% added to transactions over £2,000

    2.4% +£0.20 for international

    Get started

    Prices exclude VAT

    Benefits

    • All Standard and Advanced benefits plus

    • Prevent fraud by intelligently identifying and verifying risky payers

    • Resolve fraud by monitoring and challenging chargebacks

  • Fully customised package

    Custom

    For businesses with large payment volumes or requiring a bespoke solution with dedicated support

    Volume discounts

    Premium white labelling

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    Benefits

    • All Standard, Advanced and Pro benefits plus:

    • Dedicated end-to-end customer success

    • Unlock discounts as you scale transaction volume

    • Option to commit volume or pay as you go

*IDC White Paper

How gyms collect new memberships

Connecting your gym software is easy

Six reasons to integrate GC with your gym software

Pause memberships, edit prices, split packages into instalments, and cut admin. See why gyms connect GoCardless to their software.

Use Glofox or Teamup?

Integrate with the tools you already use to manage your business and remove the stress.

How to set up GoCardless for your gym or fitness studio

Set up your account, connect your software, and start collecting memberships and joining fees together.

Your payments training plan

Less admin, more training. These short videos show you exactly how to set up and use GoCardless, so you can get back to the gym sooner.

How to create a subscription template

Set up recurring memberships and different levels or tiers, including upfront payments and joining fees.

How to add a one-off payment to a subscription

Add a joining fee to your membership subscriptions for a simpler customer experience.

How to pause a subscription

Injury, holiday or a break? Pause a member's subscription and resume it when they're back.

Get your payments in shape - and even gain a few pounds in the process

Claim your £250 CPD funding

Automate your payment collection with GoCardless and get £250 funding towards an accredited CPD training course of your choice with EMD UK when you sign up via this page. T&Cs apply. 

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GoCardless Ltd, Sutton Yard, 65 Goswell Road, London, EC1V 7EN, United Kingdom

GoCardless Ltd (company registration number 07495895) is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority under the Payment Services Regulations 2017, registration number 597190, for the provision of payment services.