Partner with London Egg Bank

London Egg Bank is one of the world’s largest dedicated donor egg bank, established in 2013. We support patients and clinics with access to donor eggs from UK-recruited, altruistic, identity-release donors, who give with a clear understanding of the long-term significance of donation.

WHY PARTNER WITH LONDON EGG BANK?

We’re the UK’s first and largest frozen egg bank, with over 30 years’ experience in donor egg IVF. There are many benefits for your patients in joining us:

Wide range of UK recruited donors

Our donors are recruited in our UK centres and come from a broad range of backgrounds. Their eggs are cryopreserved, in storage, and available for immediate use. London Egg Bank offers one of the largest donor databases available, with genuine diversity across ethnic backgrounds and phenotypes, giving your patients real choice and the confidence of finding the right match. Browse our donor database

Proven Results

As a dedicated egg bank, we manage the entire donation process end to end, from recruitment through freezing and storage, to protect the quality of every egg. That control shows in the outcomes: our partner clinics see consistent thaw survival rates above 92% wherever our donors’ eggs are used. See our success rates.

Secured UK Legislation

The HFEA sets rigorous standards for quality and safety, giving your patients real security. It is one of the strongest regulatory frameworks in the world, with transparent success rates, transparent pricing, and high-quality care built in. In the UK, a maximum of ten families can be created from a single donor, a safeguard many other countries do not impose.

Identity-Release Donations

Growing numbers of patients are seeking identity-release donation, which is not widely available in clinics abroad. In the UK, any donor-conceived person can request identifying information about their donor once they turn 18. This is held on the HFEA’s national donor register and will be provided even if the original treating clinic is no longer operating by then.

Dedicated Clinic Support

A dedicated team manages every step, from first enquiry through matching, logistics, and delivery to your clinic. You have a single point of contact throughout, so ordering is straightforward and your patients’ treatment stays on schedule.

Trusted by clinics

Egg thawing survival rate

Cumulative pregnancy rate after one embryo transfer from a single cohort of donated eggs

Cumulative pregnancy rate after two embryo transfers from a single cohort of donated eggs

Success Rates

We manage the egg donation process from start to finish to ensure the highest quality of eggs. As a result of our consistent and reliable approach, many healthy babies have been born through frozen eggs. Our success rates show you our focused approach really works.

Understand our success rates

HOW TO PARTNER WITH US

There are four options

Your patient purchases eggs at LEB for treatment in your centre

Step 1 – You sign our Third-Party Agreement

Step 2 – Your patient contacts us

Your patient gets in touch to purchase eggs. Our coordinator provides all the information they need and access is granted to the donor database.

Step 3 – Access to the donor database

Access to the donor database is granted, so your patient can browse available donors.

Step 4 – Donor matching

Our matching team assists your patient in selecting their donor eggs.

Step 5 – You confirm acceptance of your patient’s chosen donor eggs

Step 6 – Transportation of eggs to your clinic is arranged

Donor egg supply direct to your clinic

Build or supplement your own donor egg inventory with eggs from our UK-recruited donor programme. Ideal for clinics wanting immediate access to a diverse, identity-release donor bank without the cost and lead time of recruiting donors themselves.

Step 1 – Discuss your requirements

We start with a conversation about your clinic’s needs: the donor characteristics your patients are looking for, the phenotypes and backgrounds in demand, and the volumes you want to order. Our team will talk you through availability and pricing.

Step 2 – You sign our Third-Party Agreement

We put the supply agreement in place, covering quality standards, HFEA traceability, and the terms of the supply arrangement.

Step 3 – Donor selection and reservation

Based on your requirements, donors’ eggs are reserved for your clinic and confirmed against availability.

Step 4 – Quality confirmation and documentation

Every batch comes with full HFEA-compliant documentation and traceability. We confirm the egg counts, storage details, and donor records before dispatch.

Step 5 – Transportation to your clinic

We arrange safe, temperature-controlled transport of your order directly to your clinic, coordinated with your team so it arrives when you are ready to receive and store it.

We create embryos for patient transfer in your own clinic

We can create, store and transport embryos for you to use with your patient at your own clinic, so you stay in full control of the IVF process throughout.

Step 1 – Patient introduction

Before proceeding with treatment, one of our fertility consultants will review your patient’s medical history, completed HFEA forms and semen analysis results.

Step 2 – Initial consultation & egg donor selection

Our dedicated egg donation coordinator will meet with your patient to discuss our programme. They will then be introduced to our online donor database and work with an expert to find their ideal egg donor match.

Step 3 – Sperm sample collection

Once a suitable egg donor has been chosen, we will get in touch with you to arrange the delivery of the sperm sample. If your patient is using partner sperm, they can either send us a frozen sample or produce a fresh sample at our London Harley Street clinic on the same day as the eggs are thawed.

At this point, we will need to see your patient’s recent infectious screening results.

Step 4 – Embryo creation

Our expert team will culture embryos in a state-of-the-art laboratory. When they reach the blastocyst stage at around day five or six, any suitable embryos will be frozen and safely stored.

Step 5 – Shipment to your clinic

When you are ready to receive the viable embryos, we will transport them safely to your clinic. Our senior embryologist will keep in regular contact with both you and your patient throughout this process, keeping you up to date on the progress of the embryos while they’re in transit.

Full donor treatment pathway for your patients

For patients you are unable to treat in-house, or who would prefer treatment at a specialist donor centre, our team of fertility specialists can support them through their full donor egg journey.

Step 1 – Patient introduction

Once your patients are referred, we will book them in for a consultation with one of our fertility consultants.

Step 2 – Initial consultation & egg donor selection

At this point, we will review factors like their age, medical history and fertility background, before performing specific scans, taking blood tests and, if a male partner is involved, analysing their semen sample.

Using this information, we can then advise them on the best type of fertility treatment plan, setting them up with our dedicated egg donation coordinator, who will introduce them to our online donor database and personalised matching service.

We also ask all patients who are considering using donor eggs to conceive to see an independent counsellor at this point, to explore all the implications involved.

Step 3 – Treatment cycle

After an egg donor has been chosen, they will meet with one of our nurses to complete their screening tests and provide their consent. Using sperm from either the involved male partner or a sperm donor, we fertilise the eggs in our state-of-the-art lab, before assessing their suitability to timing the embryo transfer.

Once ready, most women will only have one embryo transferred to avoid the risk of multiple pregnancies. We will store any remaining embryos for future use, in case another cycle is needed or your patient would like a sibling pregnancy later on.

WHY UK-SOURCED DONOR EGGS?

Why choosing local donors can offer significant advantages for your patients

What our patients say

Who are our donors?

Our egg donors are recruited from within the UK, and they have all donated eggs after passing our rigorous screening process in line with HFEA standards

Donor Screening

Our screening process ensures that they meet the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) requirements. Our donors must also pass extensive medical, genetic and psychological assessments.

We treat all our donors as individuals and offer a high level of care in recognition of their remarkable kindness. But if we look collectively at the wonderful group of women who have donated eggs to our database, we can tell you some of their common characteristics.

Donor Statistics

79% of our donors are educated to degree level or above, come from a wide range of backgrounds and ethnicities. Their main motivation for donating their eggs is a wish to help others, for a variety of different reasons.