Gift Aid means
if you give

£20.00

our Church
receives

£25.60

The Gift Aid scheme provides the potential
for significant increases in income for our Church -
at no cost to you.

Planned Giving

It costs around £40,000 a year to maintain the building and fund the day to day work of our Church, including regular worship. We aim to raise £20,000 by letting halls for community activities but rely on voluntary giving from our local congregation to cover the other £20,000.

To help our finances run smoothly many people use weekly collection envelopes or give by monthly standing order through their bank. Not only does this help us plan our finances more easily but it allows us to generate even more money through tax recovery at no extra cost to you.

Gift Aid and Tax Recovery

If you are a tax-payer and give by one of these methods, then it is possible for the Church to recover the tax you have paid on whatever you give. This is the Government's way of supporting the work of Churches and charities and it adds 28% to the value of whatever financial contribution you make. This year we should receive about £3,000 in tax refunds.

How to Give

Anything you give to Church funds counts for tax recovery provided you put it in an envelope so that it can be recorded. Spare envelopes are available at the back of the Church for occasional or extra amounts.

If your gift is for general Church funds and you are a member of our scheme then you only need to write your envelope number on it or place any extra amount in your weekly envelope. If your gift is for any other fund or you don't have an envelope number then please fill in a slip, also at the back of the Church, and enclose it in the envelope.

Our Gift Aid Secretary will contact all those who use our envelope scheme or standing orders at the end of each tax year to check that they still want the Church to recover the tax. All you have to do is confirm your agreeement - it does not cost you anything and the Church stands to gain.

Click on the Gift Aid Form button if you would like a declaration form to complete stating that you are a taxpayer and authorising the Church to reclaim tax on your gifts.

A leaflet giving further details of the Gift Aid scheme is available at the back of the Church.