In 2026, a UK independent coffee shop subscription costs the customer roughly £25 to £35 per month for a daily-coffee plan. The shop pays a platform fee — typically £59 to £199 per month — plus a per-transaction Stripe cost of 1.5% + 20p on the monthly billing.

Customer-side pricing

For an independent coffee shop in the UK, the most common subscription price band is £25 to £35 per month, redeemable for one hot drink per day with a daily cap. Shops with higher-end specialty pricing, or with two-drink-per-day plans, sit in the £35-£45 range. Shops in central London sometimes price slightly higher to reflect the underlying drink cost.

For comparison, the major UK chains: Pret’s Club Pret sits at £30 per month for up to five barista-made drinks per day; Costa Coffee Club uses a points-based model with a free drink every nine purchases rather than a flat subscription. Independents tend to win on price-per-drink and on the relationship the customer has with the shop, which is why a flat-fee daily-coffee plan tends to outperform points for small operators. The detailed comparison is in our pillar guide on membership vs loyalty.

Shop-side pricing

For the shop running the subscription, the cost has two components: a platform subscription and per-transaction processing.

  • Platform fee. PerkClub’s plans run from £59/month (Starter) to £99/month (Pro) to £199/month (Max). See the pricing page for the inclusions of each tier.
  • Per-transaction fee. Stripe charges 1.5% + 20p on each successful monthly recurring charge. On a £30 membership, that is roughly £0.65 per customer, per month.

Worked example: 50 active members on a £30/month plan generates £1,500 of monthly recurring revenue. After £99 platform fee and £32.50 in Stripe fees, the shop nets £1,368.50 per month before perk-redemption cost of goods. The maths breakdown — and how usage caps protect margin — is covered in pricing a membership.

What is and isn’t included

A modern UK coffee subscription platform should include the wallet pass (Apple + Google), the QR sign-up flow, the kiosk for staff redemption, weekly Stripe payouts, email notifications, and a member dashboard — at no extra cost. There should be no setup fee, no contract, and no hardware purchase. PerkClub bundles all of this into the monthly platform fee.

Want to model your own numbers?

The pricing page has a live calculator: input your expected member count and average monthly fee, and it returns net monthly revenue after platform and Stripe fees. For more context on running a subscription at an independent UK coffee shop, see PerkClub for coffee shops and the seven-step launch guide in how to build a coffee subscription.