House-to-house collections can be a good source for Gift Aid. The important thing to remember is that each person needs to fill in the information requested and Gift Aid declaration on the envelope if they are a UK taxpayer (including the amount donated, their name and home address). Each envelope then needs to be returned to us with the money raised.

Because Gift Aid for companies is based on their corporation tax, which in turn is based upon their profits and taxable income, charities cannot claim Gift Aid on corporate donations. The company should donate the gross amount and reclaim the tax at their appropriate rate.

Further information can be obtained from the HM Registry and Customs website.

Unfortunately not. What you can do is ensure that you only use properly authorised sponsorship forms from JHMT (or photocopies). These will enable the people who support you in your event to fill in the necessary information (full name and home address) so that we can claim the Gift Aid due from each sponsor. If you create your own forms you may miss an important piece of information that means the form and any declaration becomes invalid. Simply return the completed JHMT sponsorship forms with the money you have raised and we will do the rest.

As long as we have a current home address for you, it doesn't matter that the address provided on the declaration is no longer valid we can still claim gift aid. Just make sure you let us know of any changes.

You need to let us know as soon as possible if you cease to be a UK taxpayer.