Card payments
Parents pay through Stripe Checkout and funds are routed to your connected account. Oakline does not hold your booking revenue.
Payments connected to every booking
Flexible forest school payments without a separate ledger
Take online payments directly through your connected Stripe account, record offline methods and keep balances attached to the families and sessions they belong to.
Guides and feature details
Continue with the exact workflow
Use the Help Centre for step-by-step guidance or check the feature matrix for current availability and conditions.
Designed around the work
Less reconciliation, more confidence in the day
Oakline keeps the customer journey and the provider workflow connected from the first booking through to session delivery and reporting.
Weekly or monthly plans
Eligible block sessions can offer recurring weekly or monthly payments when the provider enables payment plans.
Offline methods
Record cash, BACS, Tax-Free Childcare and voucher payments while keeping the outstanding balance visible.
One connected workflow
Built for the way outdoor providers actually operate
A payment record that follows the booking
Receipts, outstanding balances, refunds and credits remain connected to the relevant booking rather than living in an unrelated spreadsheet.
Choose flexibility session by session
Providers decide whether a session can use instalments. Parents can pay in full, weekly or monthly when those choices are available.
Funded places without a family checkout
For enabled GBP providers in the Funded Sessions pilot, a funder pays the provider directly. Families confirm child or adult places without paying Oakline. A separate Fee Bank entry records Oakline's fee for each confirmed place. Automatic monthly Stripe invoicing is currently switched off.
Handle changes fairly
Full and partial cancellation workflows support proportional refunds or account credits, including individual dates within a larger booking.
Included capabilities
Practical tools, kept in context
- Stripe Connect checkout
- Weekly and monthly payment plans
- Partial refunds and credits
- Cash and BACS records
- Tax-Free Childcare tracking
- Outstanding balance recovery
Questions, answered
What providers usually ask
Does Oakline hold our money?
No. Online booking payments are processed with Stripe Connect and routed to the provider connected to the booking.
Can payment plans be disabled?
Yes. Payment plans are disabled by default and can be enabled for the individual sessions where they make sense.
Can a funder pay our organisation for session places?
Enabled GBP providers can use pilot Funded Sessions for child or adult places. The funder pays the provider directly; families confirm without checkout. Oakline records a separate fee per confirmed place in Fee Bank. Automatic Stripe invoicing for these fees is currently off.
Can we record Tax-Free Childcare payments?
Yes. Offline payment records let you keep voucher and childcare payments alongside online transactions.
Can I refund only one cancelled day?
Yes. The cancellation workflow can calculate the portion associated with an individual occurrence rather than refunding the entire booking.
See how this fits your programme
Create an account without a card, or speak to us about your current booking workflow.