Introduction

The York Blind and Partially Sighted Society have a Gift Aid scheme in place, which means if you contribute a donation to the society and you pay Income Tax, the tax that you have already paid on that donation can be claimed back by the society from the government, thus increasing your donation without it costing you any more money.

Notes

• You can make donations by cash, cheque, postal order and standing order
• When you sign our declaration to state that you are a tax payer, we will be able to claim another 28% back from the Inland Revenue at no extra cost to you
• If you are not a tax payer, you can still make a contribution, however, we wouldn't use the Gift Aid scheme in these circumstances
• If you are a higher rate Tax payer (40%), the charity reclaims tax only at the basic rate (22%). You can claim the difference i.e 18% in your Self Assessment return
• You can cancel this declaration at any time by notifying York Blind and Partially Sighted Society
• If in future your circumstances change and you no longer pay tax on your income and capital gains equal to the tax that we reclaim, you can cancel your declaration
• If you pay tax at the higher rate you can claim further tax relief, ask your local tax office, or contact the Inland Revenue, for leaflet IR65
• Please notify York Blind and Partially Sighted Society if you change your name or address

Inland Revenue

Inland Revenue (Charities)
St John's House
Merton Road
Bootle
Merseyside
L69 9BB
Tel 0151472 6056/6038/6055

Declaration form

(NOTE: You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the declaration form. Try the link first if it does not work please download the reader from Adobe)

All you need to do is print out the  declaration form , complete the sections and post it back to the Society at:

The York Blind & Partially Sighted Society
Gift Aid
Holgate Villa
22 Holgate Road
York
YO24 4AB

You can also make this declaration by telephone, (01904) 636269,  or by writing your own letter.

The only stipulation is that you pay enough income (or capital gains) tax to cover the amount we claim back from the Inland Revenue.