What is Retail Gift Aid?

Retail Gift Aid is a scheme controlled and regulated by HMRC (Inland Revenue) which enables charities to claim back from the donor’s tax contributions, 25p for every £1 donated at no additional cost to the donor.

So if you have donated items to our charity shops or used our free furniture collection service, or plan to, this scheme could apply to you.

How does Gift Aid on donated items work?

For example, if you donate a bag of items to us which are sold for £25, these would actually be worth £31 to us – at no extra cost to you – if you sign up to Retail Gift Aid.

To qualify, you must be a UK taxpayer, and the donated goods must have belonged to you.

You will be given a unique Donor ID number and all your items will be labelled with this number to enable us to record the sales value.

At the end of year we will write or email you (your preference) the total amount of sales raised by your donated goods and the value of the Gift Aid claimed. Should this exceed the tax you have paid in any given year, it will be your responsibilty to pay the difference back to HMRC.

Sign up to Retail Gift Aid for your donated items either by going to our online form or by downloading the paper form and handing it into a shop or posting it to our main depot.