Support & billing summary
Quick reference: what the monthly plan includes and what costs extra.
Last updated 3 October 2026.
Faraday Keynes Ltd trading as Astronomy Host. Company no. 07914968. 7 Rock Farm Mews, Front Street, Wheatley Hill, Durham, DH6 3NG.
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Version: 3 October 2026 · This document forms part of the hosting agreement between Faraday Keynes Ltd trading as Astronomy Host (“we”, “us”) and the subscribing society (“you”, “Customer”, “society”).
Provider: Faraday Keynes Ltd trading as Astronomy Host (company no. 07914968), registered office 7 Rock Farm Mews, Front Street, Wheatley Hill, Durham, DH6 3NG. Registered in England and Wales. Billing: billing@astronomyhost.com · Support: support@astronomyhost.com · General: info@astronomyhost.com.
1. Standard hosting — £35 / month (or £385 / year prepay) (excl. VAT where VAT applies)
Included:
- Hosted society website + Administration
- 5 GB storage (site + uploads)
- HTTPS on our infrastructure
- Platform software and security updates (scheduled maintenance)
- Website mail using society-supplied SMTP (the society provides and pays for its own mailbox)
- Ticket support for hosting/platform faults via Administration → Hosting support (targets, not an SLA — see Hosting terms section 5)
- Self-serve User guide and page templates
- 14-day self-serve data export after termination when the account is in good standing
2. Add-ons (typical)
- Extra storage: £5 / month per +5 GB (excl. VAT where VAT applies)
- Bring your own domain: no additional monthly domain fee (hosting subscription still applies; you follow the DNS checklist we give you)
- Domain register + DNS through us: quoted when that checkout is live
- Webmaster / migration help: quoted
- Society shop Stripe/PayPal: the society’s own account and fees — not hosting add-ons
3. Billing
Prices in this summary match Hosting terms: sterling, excl. VAT where VAT applies.
Default: hosting and card-billed add-ons via Stripe Checkout. Invoice / bank transfer: by written agreement with billing@astronomyhost.com only — normally at a renewal boundary.
Invoice / bank transfer: by written agreement with billing@astronomyhost.com only — normally at a renewal boundary.
Hosting fees are never charged through Shop → Settings. Society shop cards use the society’s Stripe or PayPal.
Overdue 14+ days → we may suspend after notice. Suspended 30+ days without payment → we may terminate and delete data per Hosting terms section 7. Dispute invoices within 14 days of issue.
4. Support channel and hours
- Platform faults: Administration → Hosting support (preferred) or support@astronomyhost.com
- Billing / invoices: billing@astronomyhost.com
- Sales / general: info@astronomyhost.com
- Hours: UK business days (Monday–Friday, excluding public holidays)
- Included: outages, TLS failure on our side, whole-host platform recovery where we choose to perform it for operational reasons (not a per-society data restore), confirmed platform defects after valid SMTP
- Not included: restoring society data after a data disaster (use your Backup zips); content, training, Design
5. Public demo
Public demo sites are for evaluation only. No support SLA or customisation commitment applies to demo visitors. Paying societies receive the service described above.