Gift Aid?

brainiac | 12:22 Thu 10th Apr 2025 | Business & Finance

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I'm doing a charity walk in the summer and have set up a JustGiving page, which works well. A neighbour gave me £40 in cash as a donation which I kept and paid £40 on the JustGiving page from my bank account.

I ticked the Gift Aid box which mentioned something about £6.90, which I assumed was the sum the charity I'm walking for could claim extra from the government. However, I see from my bank account that £46.90 was taken.

I don't mind having paid extra, but I though Gift Aid was something that didn't cost the giver anything. Did I agree to something I didn't notice?

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barry1010

If you are a 20% tax payer the gift aid on £40 is £10. You are right to say the government pays this to the charity, not the donor.

I suspect it wasn't a gift aid box that you ticked but a request for a donation to cover the charity's or JustGiving's running costs.

brainiac

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Thanks. Just looked at Martin Lewis talking about this on moneysavingexpert and he says 'always tick the Gift Aid box, it doesn't cost you anything.' I think I must have ticked something 'extra' !

barry1010

Yes, the extra donation for running costs. I assume you are a tax payer

sandyRoe

Where's your page?

barry1010

I have just seen this on the Just Giving page:

"If a donation is eligible for Gift Aid, JustGiving will reclaim the tax from the government and deduct a 5% Gift Aid processing fee before sending the remaining amount to the charity."

It's not clear where they are deducting the 5% from.

barry1010

Just giving takes the 5% from the money they get from the government.

Did you tick the 'tip' box?

https://help.justgiving.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017904857-What-is-Tip#:~:text=This%20means%20that%20tips%20(like,tip%2C%20it%27s%20in%20safe%20hands!