UK-based data quality firm, DQ Global, has announced it is to offer its Excel deduplication software for free to all registered charities and not-for-profit organisations.

Martin Doyle, DQ Global CEO, said: “We understand the difficulties facing charities at the moment and our intention is to help them at a time of time of reduced giving but increased need.

“We know these types of organisations need to make every penny count, so by eliminating duplicate and invalid records, we can help to ensure all donations are utilised in the most effective way by not wasting money mailing duplicates or incorrect contacts.”

If it costs £1 to process a simple operation when all data is perfect, this cost will rise to £10 if the data is of poor quality (duplicate, misaligned, incomplete etc). Through using data quality products, charities can ensure their data is valid and formatted correctly ensuring the best possible return on investment.

The free licence of Dedupe4Excel can be downloaded from: http://www.dqglobal.com/charity_offer.html

More information regarding the software is available from: http://www.dqglobal.com/deduplication_software_excel.html