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Gift Aid
In order to maximise giving from your taxpayers you should take full advantage of the Gift Aid Scheme. This allows you to reclaim from HM Revenue and Customs Charities (formerly Inland Revenue) 28p for each £1.00 a donor gives, providing their donations are correctly recorded.
Gift Aid is ……
- Flexible – it can cover one or more donations
- Easy to operate
- Is suitable for all taxpayers
- Can be cancelled at any time
- Has a time limit of 6 years from receiving donation to making a claim
To find out more, follow the links on the left. If you're new to Gift Aid, try the Getting Started link first!
For downloadable forms, leaflets, posters and advice, click here.
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What is Gift Aid?
Gift Aid provides a great opportunity for your givers to increase the value of their donations to your church. Provided they are UK taxpayers, you can reclaim from HMRC Charities (formerly Inland Revenue) the basic rate tax paid on their gifts, boosting the donation by 28%. So, at the time of writing, a gift of £10 from a donor is worth £12.80 to your church.
Subject to a few simple rules, your donors can give any amount of money, large or small, regular or one-off, and the church can reclaim the tax.
All you need from your donor is a simple Declaration saying that they want to use Gift Aid. A declaration can cover one or more donations, and it can be made in writing, by email or orally (however, the Resources Department does not recommend oral Declarations as they are difficult to prove retrospectively). It can also be backdated to cover all donations received in the prior 6 years.
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