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TicketPal Ltd

“Can a micro-SaaS win the long tail of UK community-event ticketing by pricing below incumbents and staying deliberately small?”

Founded2015
HQClarkston, Scotland, United Kingdom
FoundersJames Gordon
IndustryVertical SaaS / Event Ticketing
The story

TicketPal started in 2015 as an internal tool built by founder James Gordon to solve his own local theatre company's ticketing pain — high fees on incumbent platforms crushing community-organisation budgets. It has since evolved into a Scotland-based ticketing SaaS aimed squarely at the underserved long tail: charities, community theatres, dance schools, festivals, and grassroots organisers. The company positions itself as a small, UK-support-led alternative to Eventbrite/Ticketmaster, with transparent fee tiers (4%/6% pass-through, plus discounted charity rates) and Stripe as its payment rail. There is no signal of external funding or embedded-finance ambition beyond payment processing.

Last 12 months
2026-05
Product timeline
2015
James Gordon builds first version of TicketPal to help a local Scottish theatre company manage ticket sales· pivot
2026
TicketPal Ltd operates ticketing platform for hundreds of Scottish community theatres, charities, dance schools, colleges, and festivals; sub-branded microsites for organisers (e.g. pantheon.ticketpal.co.uk, pmos.ticketpal.co.uk)· banking
The stack
1 layer disclosed in TicketPal Ltd’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
Stripe
Accounting gap: significant

TicketPal Ltd — frequently asked

Who is TicketPal Ltd's payment processor?

TicketPal Ltd processes payments through Stripe.

Who founded TicketPal Ltd?

TicketPal Ltd was founded by James Gordon and is founded in 2015, headquartered in Clarkston, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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