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Donating to Roundabout

If you would like to support us with a cash donation you can do so on our just Giving site using the link below 

JUST GIVING 

We are very pleased to accept your donations, however practicalities mean we cannot accept everything we are offered, below is a simple guide to donating with us. To submit a donation please select the donate button below or elsewhere on our website and complete the form. It is very important that you tell us as much as you can regarding  your donation so that we can be sure we are able to collect it and re-use it to support our community. 

We would be most grateful if you would add gift aid to your donation as this will add 25% to any donation we receive. This means we can help more people in our community. You can find out more on the following pages on our website. 

To donate an item please call us on  01386 833030 

Our call centre is open between 9 am – 3pm Monday to Thursday and Friday 9am to 1pm. 

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Gift Aid

Can you gift aid your donation and add 25% to the value of your donated items? If you pay income tax during the year you are eligible to add gift aid to your donation and the government will then give us an extra 25% without you doing anything further. This means we can do more to support the community each year without any extra work involved . 

If you would like to add gift aid to your donations please complete the section on the donation form or select the button below to complete a form and we will send you a gift aid card so that you can easily link future donations to your gift aid without recompleting the form. 

Gift Aid Form

Gift Aid FAQ

What is Gift Aid?

Gift Aid is a government scheme that allows charities to reclaim the tax that you have already paid on your donations through UK income tax or capital gains tax. Roundabout can reclaim 25p for every £1 that you donate. 

Most regular and single personal donations are eligible, for example Direct Debits, Standing Orders, cash and cheques. 

You are eligible for Gift Aid if you are a UK taxpayer. You are a UK taxpayer if you pay tax on your wages before you receive them, if you pay tax on self employment profits, if you have any taxable savings such as those in a building society, if you receive a private pension that you pay tax on, if you pay tax on investment income, or if you have paid any capital gains tax in the same tax year you made the donation(s).  

The amount of tax you pay in a tax year must be at least equal to the amount Roundabout (and any other charity you donate to) can reclaim on your donations in the same tax year. This is 25% of the amount(s) donated. 

The tax year runs from 6th April to 5th April the following year. 

The same eligibility rules apply to Scottish taxpayers, even if the tax rates are different to those in other parts of the UK. Roundabout will still be able to reclaim 25p for every £1 that you donate. 

Roundabout can only reclaim tax on your donation(s) at the basic rate. If you are a higher rate taxpayer, you can claim the difference between the rate you pay and the basic rate through your Self Assessment tax return or by asking HMRC to amend your tax code. This can be donated to Roundabout if you wish to do so. Scottish taxpayers can do the same using the Scottish tax bands to calculate the difference. 

If you donate through a third party platform such as JustGiving, you can complete a Gift Aid declaration when making your donation. You don’t need to complete a separate Roundabout declaration. 

This is a form you complete stating that you are eligible to Gift Aid your donation(s) and are happy to do so. A Gift Aid Declaration must show the name of the charity, the donor’s title, full name and home address (preferably the full address but at least the flat/house number or name, and postcode), the donation amount and the date of the donation. It doesn’t need a signature. Roundabout will provide you with a Gift Aid Declaration form. A Gift Aid declaration can either cover just one donation, or all the donations you make. If you allow us to claim Gift Aid on your donations going back four years you must let us know if you didn’t pay enough tax in any of those years. 

If donations are made from a joint account, we ask that just one person completes the Gift Aid Declaration. They must be a tax payer and have paid enough tax to cover the Gift Aid that will be claimed on your joint donations each tax year plus any other donations they make. To enable HMRC to identify the correct person please use your full name and address on the Gift Aid Declaration. 

You can Gift Aid all the donations you make to different charities. You will have to make a Gift Aid Declaration for each charity and ensure that you pay enough tax to cover the Gift Aid that will be claimed on your donations each tax year. 

Yes, as long as you pay enough tax to cover the Gift Aid that will be claimed on your donations each tax year. You may pay tax on a private pension scheme or a savings account, or you may pay capital gains tax in that tax year. 

If you made the donation directly to us, get in touch on insert roundabout furniture email address to let us know and we will send you a Gift Aid Declaration to complete. Once we receive your completed form we will be able to claim the Gift Aid. 

If you donated through a third party platform such as JustGiving let us know as quickly as you can, as we may be able to ask them to amend their records. Failing that, we can ask them to refund the donation and you can make it again with the Gift Aid. 

It doesn’t cost anything, because Gift Aid is taken from tax you’ve already paid. And there’s no change to your tax status. 

We won’t claim Gift Aid on these donations, as they are already subject to tax relief. If you have also made gifts by a different method, they may still be eligible. 

Please contact us if: 

  • You want to cancel your Gift Aid Declaration for any reason 
  • Your name or home address changes 
  • You no longer pay sufficient tax but still want to donate 

Not every donation is eligible for Gift Aid, even if the person making the donation has paid enough tax. We can’t claim Gift Aid: 

  • If you are donating on behalf of someone else or a group of people, for example if you are making a collection, because HMRC needs to know the details of the person making the donation. 
  • If you are donating on behalf of a limited company. However, if you are a sole trader or in a Partnership you can make Gift Aid Declarations as long as you’re donating using your own money. 
  • If you are donating to a family member who is taking part in an event and the charity they’re raising money for is contributing to the cost. 
  • If you are donating money from the sale of products or services, for example a bake sale. 

You can find out more about Gift Aid by visiting HM Revenue and Customs website. Alternatively, please contact us at roundabout email or on 013886 833030 Roundabout Blackminster Business Park, Blackminster WR11 7RE and we will answer any questions you have. 

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