Tax Efficient Giving
Pasteur Foundation – UK is a private non-profit foundation, registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Charity number 1203634. As a registered charity, your gift to Pasteur Foundation - UK can often be enhanced by a variety of tax-efficient initiatives for charitable action. UK residents can make tax-efficient charitable donations via a number of initiatives.
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In addition, some employers operate schemes whereby any gifts you make to charity will be matched. You can usually find more information about these programmes from your organisation’s human resources department.
Gift Aid
Gift Aid is a UK government scheme that enables Pasteur Foundation – UK to claim tax relief on donations from UK taxpayers. We would encourage all eligible donors to take up this scheme to maximise their donation. Gift Aid means for every £1 a UK taxpayer donates, 25p in reclaimed tax is added. This means that a gift of £100 with Gift Aid is worth £125 to the foundation at no extra cost to the donor.
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In order to allow us to claim Gift Aid on your donation, you just have to let us know you are a UK taxpayer.
Higher Rate Taxpayers
Higher rate taxpayers can claim relief on the difference between basic and higher rates in your annual tax return. For example, if you make a gift of £100 to Pasteur Foundation – UK, in addition to us claiming Gift Aid on this gift (making the value of the gift £125), you can also claim back £25 (20% of £125) meaning the gift will cost you £75 but be worth £125 to the foundation.
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You can make this claim in your Self Assessment tax return or by contacting HMRC directly.