Downloads and links

Contacts

For general matters, try these details:

Web: hmrc.gov.uk
Email: charities@hmrc.gov.uk
Telephone Helpline: 0300 123 1073

Not registered with HMRC yet?

HMRC offers a comprehensive guide to registration at this link:

Forms:

There is a specific section on HMRC's website devoted to charities forms, accessible via this link:

Charities Online:

Gift Aid repayment claims with HMRC can now be made via it’s Charities Online service. From September 2013, this service will fully replace R68i forms as a means of claiming. Find out more and enrol via this link:

England and Wales:

The Regulator for Charities in England and Wales (Charity Commission)

Scotland:

Office of the Scottish Charitiy Regulator (OSCR)

Northern Ireland:

Charity Commission for Northern Ireland:

Parish Resources:

Parish Resources is operated by the stewardship department of the Anglican Church and features a comprehensive range of resources tailored for the needs of parish church treasurers.

Charities Aid Foundation:

Many customers of Envelope Systems and Fund Filer use CAF's very wide range of services. Among the more popular are their banking facilities and their facility for processing online donations made from your website.

Institute of Fundraising:

The Institute is a Government-backed body dedicated to supporting and representing fundraisers via effective leadership, standards setting and training. Envelope Systems and Fund Filer are members.

Association of Church Treasurers and Accountants:

The Association was set up in the wake of the Charities Acts 1992 and 1993 and seeks to guide church book-keeping and accounts officers (treasurers and their assistants), specifically with regard to accounts regulations as they apply to churches. It is not specific to any denomination and the Association makes a point of addressing the needs of lay, untutored officers, via training, seminars and other types of support.

Envelope Systems, a sister to Fund Filer, leads the market in provision of Gift Aid envelopes, invaluable for creating the necessary audit trail required when reclaiming tax, particularly for cash donations and one-off gifts.