Gift Aid
Increase the value of your donations by 25% at no extra cost to you
Gift Aid your donation
Gift Aid is a means by which a charity can reclaim the basic rate tax that you have paid on your direct donations to it. This has the effect of increasing the value of your donations by 25% at no extra cost to you.
If you pay an amount of Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax for each tax year (6 April to 5 April) that is at least equal to the total amount of tax that all the charities or Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) that you donate to will reclaim on your gifts for that tax year. Other taxes such as VAT and Council Tax do not qualify. You don’t necessarily have to be working to be paying Income Tax. Apart from tax on income from a job or self-employment, the tax you’ve paid could include: tax deducted at source from savings interest, tax on State Pension and/or other pensions, tax on investment or rental income and tax credits on UK dividends.
In short, you have to pay sufficient tax to cover the total amount of tax that will be reclaimed. Clearly we shouldn’t reclaim more tax than you’ve actually paid.
If you would like to Gift Aid your donation:
- online - tick 'I want to Gift Aid my donation' when you make an online donation and we'll do the rest.
- by post - please download and complete our Gift Aid declaration form and send it to us at PSC Support, Unit 23056, PO Box 4336, Manchester, M61 0BW or email it to fundraising@pscsupport.org.uk