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Gift Aid

Gift Aid works by allowing Depaul UK to take your donation and reclaim the tax you have already paid. In practice, this means that for every pound donated to Depaul UK we can claim an additional 25 pence from HMRC.

In addition HMRC will automatically pay the charity a further 3 pence for every pound donation it receives between 6 April 2008 and 5 April 2011; this transitional relief has been provided by Government to allow charities to adjust to the fall in basic rate tax (from 22% to 20%) from 6 April 2008.

If you do not pay tax, you should not use Gift Aid.

You can read more about Gift Aid on the HMRC website

How to Gift Aid

Gift Aid can apply to one-off donations or to a series of regular donations. In order for a donation to qualify under Gift Aid you need to make a declaration saying that you would like to donate through the Gift Aid scheme and confirming that you have paid enough tax to cover the charity's claim.

You can make your Gift Aid Declaration through our online Gift Aid form here or by downloading, completing and returning the PDF Gift Aid form here or calling Silvie on 020 7939 1278 to make an oral declaration.