Gift Aid
Make every donation go further.
Gift Aid is a powerful, but often underutilised, tool available to charities in the UK. It allows charities to claim an extra 25p for every £1 donated by a UK taxpayer, at no extra cost to the donor. Our Gift Aid service is designed to help you claim what you’re entitled to, stay compliant, and improve your internal processes. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to refine your approach, we’ll guide you every step of the way.
Providing expert Gift Aid advice for charities, while working closely with HMRC to promote a user-friendly approach to regulation.
If any of this is true for your charity, you may be eligible to make a Gift Aid claim:
You collect small cash donations
You are a membership charity
You’re involved in fundraising events
You host specific fundraising activities such as charity dinners, auctions, challenge events, community fundraising etc.
You open charity premises or collections for admission to the public.
We'll support you with everything from claim preparation and eligibility reviews, to bespoke consultancy and training sessions. Our support is tailored to your charity’s structure, fundraising activities, and internal systems. We also work closely with our in-house charity VAT specialists to help resolve conflicts between Gift Aid and VAT, ensuring your charity operates in the most tax-efficient way possible.
Our services
Taking care of your Gift Aid claims, to ensure efficient and correct returns every time.
Guiding your charity through the eligibility, declarations, registration, and record-keeping set-up steps, with templates and tools to get started.
Health checks and full-scale reviews on your existing Gift Aid set up and tax-efficient giving. Our review looks at your current set-up and puts forward recommendations for improvement. Our reviews often take the form of a mock-Gift Aid audit which will prepare clients if they are faced with an HMRC audit. Where charities receive notice of an enquiry or HMRC audit, our team can help prepare for this in advance and deal with queries.
Gift Aid and fundraising workshop
Our bespoke workshop is designed to help charities unlock the full potential of tax-efficient giving. Whether you're running fundraising events, managing memberships, or collecting small donations, this session gives your team the tools to claim more and stay compliant.
We tailor each workshop to your charity’s operational needs, and we’ll walk through your initiatives and show you how to maximise Gift Aid. These workshops also include VAT guidance and other tax considerations relevant to your organisation. We encourage participation from both fundraising and finance teams to ensure alignment across your charity.
Delivered in-person or online, from one hour sessions to half-day workshops
Bespoke content based on your fundraising activities
Includes templates, examples, and live Q&A
Led by experienced tax advisers who work closely with HMRC
Contact us via the form below to book a bespoke training session for your team.
Why work with us?
Deep expertise
Our team has over 60 years of combined experience and has advised hundreds of charities on Gift Aid.
HMRC insight
By working closely with the HMRC for decades, we’ve established a close relationship and deep understanding of the regulations. We’ll utilise this to shape your Gift Aid structure and simplify regulation.
Tailored support
We understand that no two charities are the same. This is why we’ll provide advice that is personalised according to your market position and practical for your fundraising and finance teams to utilise.
Hear from our clients
We had a fantastic training session on Gift Aid from specialists at Buzzacott for our arts charity. It was great to be able to organise a tailored, in-person session for our fundraising team that spoke to the needs of our specific organisation and fundraising products and challenges, with plenty of time for questions and real-life Q&A. Would highly recommend Luke and his team - real experts with great advice and a friendly, approachable manner. Superb.
Rachael Magson - Director of Development, Birmingham Royal Ballet
We had a fantastic training session on Gift Aid from specialists at Buzzacott for our arts charity. It was great to be able to organise a tailored, in-person session for our fundraising team that spoke to the needs of our specific organisation and fundraising products and challenges, with plenty of time for questions and real-life Q&A. Would highly recommend Luke and his team - real experts with great advice and a friendly, approachable manner. Superb.
Rachael Magson - Director of Development, Birmingham Royal Ballet