Among the initial supporters of Charity Technology Trust (CTT) were Charles Dunstone, Peter Wheeler, Lord Joel Joffe, Tessa Baring and Michael Young, Baron Young of Dartington.

It launched in May 2001 with the support of Oxfam, Guide Dogs for the Blind, Barnardo's, PDSA and the National Trust.

[2] In 2008, they partnered with dotmailer to offer a new, low-cost email marketing system to charities and not-for-profits.

The scheme is open to all UK registered charities, who pay an administration fee, usually of between 4 and 8 per cent of retail price.

CTT was already providing Cisco donated products through an online shop on its CTXchange website[3] (now tt-exchange).