Charity information & Gift Aid

Charitable Status
Pilgrims Football Club is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation regulated by the Charities Commission (Register Number: 1178501).

The trustees are: Kyran Robert Wilford, Christopher James Hind, Charles George Mark King, Anthony John Carpenter & William Aaron Hume.

Gift Aid

What is Gift Aid?
Gift Aid allows UK charities to claim back the basic rate tax already paid on donations by the donor.
This means we can claim back from the government on your behalf 25p for every £1 donated, boosting the value of the donation by a quarter.

How does Gift Aid work?
When a UK taxpayer gives a gift of money to a charity, tax has already been paid on that money because Pilgrims FC are exempt from tax, we can claim this money back from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).

How is Gift Aid calculated?
Under HMRC’s Gift Aid scheme, charities can reclaim an amount equal to basic rate tax (20%) on the amount of the donation, plus basic rate tax already paid by that taxpayer on that donation.

To do this, you need to use a ‘grossing up’ fraction.

Let's take a £100 donation as an example.

The fraction applied to calculate Gift Aid is 100 x 20/80. This is 25% of £100 which equals £25.

Gift Aid on Membership Fees
Membership fees can be treated as a donation if:
• The fees only secure membership to your charity
• The fees DO NOT allow personal use of your facilities or services
• The benefits of membership do not exceed the limits of the benefit rule

(If a donor receives a significant benefit as a result of giving money to your charity, HMRC no longer see this gift as a voluntary donation, so it would not be eligible for Gift Aid. The Benefit Rule is used by HMRC to determine a level above which a donation is no longer considered a voluntary gift)

If a membership subscription has been paid for by another person as a gift, it cannot be Gift Aided,
regardless of whether it satisfies all the other criteria. The only exception to this rule is if a parent has bought membership for a child under the age of 18.

We are still able to claim gift as the Payer (Parents/Carers) does not benefit directly nor do we allow personal use of our facilities or services and the fees are paid on behalf of a child under 18.