Posted by Adrian on 05 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: Government, Charities, HMRC, Survey, Gift Aid
In an a report published by the Cabinet Office today – and carried out for them by Volunteering England – it has been found that 81% of respondents had given to charity in the last four weeks. This is fantastic news and I hope it is a fair reflection of reality (I cant help but […]
Posted by Adrian on 26 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: Government, HMRC, Gift Aid
With the help of the clever people at iConcertina, UK Fundraising and Giving Matters have developed a calculator to work out the amount of revenue that will be lost through the recently announced 2% reduction in basic income tax, we can all now face the hard facts of what we might lose.
It is my hope […]
Posted by Adrian on 22 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: Government, Charities, CAF, HMRC, Gift Aid
Gordon Brown’s final budget yesterday, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, caused great concern among the third sector. His decision to cut the basic rate of income tax by 2% has had an unintended victim. CAF have calculated that the funds lost through the reduced Gift Aid rebate will, all things being equal, amount to around […]
Posted by Adrian on 30 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: OSCR, Charities, HMRC
The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) inherited the responsibility for the list of Scottish charities from HMRC in April of this year. Since then they have been working hard to ‘clean up’ the list and establish an accurate register. So far they have confirmed the details and status of 20,000 charities, but 6,000 […]
Posted by Adrian on 21 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: Philanthropy, Smaller charities, Fundraising_Technology, HMRC, Online, Gift Aid
It has been reported that research by the Institute of Fundraising has found that 4 out of 10 small charities fail to claim Gift Aid on the donations they receive. 39% of those with an income of under £100,000 did not make a single Gift Aid claim during the last year.
This is utter madness and […]
Posted by Adrian on 25 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Volunteering, Government, HMRC, CSR
In his address yesterday, to a corporate and social responsibility conference at HMRC, Gordon Brown said that he wanted to see all people being asked to give some of their income to a charitable cause, all young people volunteering at some point while in education, all employers offering a volunteering scheme, and all retired people […]