Making your donation go further

Every penny you donate to charity makes a difference – whether you are making your gift to us at Pier Avenue Baptist Church, or whether you wish to make a gift to any of the charities we are supporting through our website.

f you are willing to ‘Gift Aid’ your donation, you could be making an even bigger difference, without any extra cost to yourself.   In the UK, your donations can be worth an extra 28% – which is great, but many people don’t know this, and of those that do, many do not act on it!  Sadly, charities across the UK are estimated to be losing up to £700m per year in unclaimed Gift Aid.

Gift Aid allows charities to reclaim the basic rate tax you have already paid on the money you donate. It can increase the value of your gift by up to 28p on every pound.  Gifts, whether modest or large, can be given through Gift Aid.

You just have to complete a declaration saying that you pay enough tax to cover what the charity will reclaim from HM Revenue & Customs.

And it gets better. If you are a higher rate tax payer, you can also claim back the difference between basic and higher rate tax. That means that for every pound you give away, you can get 18p back from the taxman – which you can keep, or give to charity. So the taxman could actually reward you for your generosity!

You can make your Gift Aid donation direct to the Church or charity concerned (ask to speak to the Treasurer who will be very happy to supply you with the relevant forms).  Rest assured, the Treasurer will respectfully treat your donation in confidence.