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How to raise funds effectively and legally, protecting the public’s trust and confidence in your charity’s work.
Legal rules for trustees when deciding whether to accept, refuse or return a donation.
Find how to claim top-up payments on small donations up to £30 if you’re a charity or community amateur sports club (CASC).
What Gift Aid is, who can claim, what donations are eligible for Gift Aid, Gift Aid declarations for your charity or community amateur sports club (CASC), how to claim
Tax relief on donations, Gift Aid, payroll giving, leaving a gift in your will, keeping tax records; find a charity; donating land, property or shares
Find out how to submit a claim for tax repayments using online forms and databases.
Find out what a charity is, how VAT affects charities, how to treat a charity's income for VAT and what VAT reliefs a charity can get on what it buys.
Find out about the types of fundraising donations that charities and community amateur sports clubs (CASCs) can and cannot claim Gift Aid on.
How to identify partners to work with, draw up agreements and fundraise for other charities.
Find out when you can zero rate VAT for advertisements and goods used for the collection of donations.
Today (Monday 4 March 2024), the Charity Commission has published new guidance to help charities when deciding whether to accept, refuse or return a donation.
Set up a Payroll Giving scheme for your employees using PAYE - when to make deductions, costs of running the scheme, which charities are eligible and what they must do when they get the donation
Intermediaries that collect donations for charities can get authority from a donor to Gift Aid all their donations in a year.
How charities and CASCs can make written, verbal and online declarations and what information to include.
Apply for an authorisation to manufacture extemporaneous preparations, autogenous vaccines, stem cell products or blood products for non-food animals.
How to claim Corporation Tax relief when your limited company donates money, land, property or shares to charity
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