Payroll giving

Kate Golding
Corporate Fundraiser

Contact Kate: 01509 638 009
Kate.golding@rainbows.co.uk

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Payroll Giving

Thousands of people in local workplaces are using payroll giving to support our work of caring for life-limited children and their families.

What is payroll giving?

Payroll giving is a simple, flexible and tax-effective method of charitable giving which allows employees to donate to Rainbows by a direct deduction from their wage.

This way, instead of the tax being sent to the government, it is sent to Rainbows. For example, as a standard rate taxpayer, if you pledge £5.00 from your gross salary each month (£1.25 per week) it will only cost you £4.00 but Rainbows gets £5.00 thanks to the taxman not taking his share. The increase in value is even greater if you pay tax at the higher rate.

Employee Pledge to Rainbows	Cost to standard rate taxpayer	Cost to high rate taxpayer
£5 per month	£4.00	£3.00
£8 per month	£6.40	£4.80
£10 per month	£8.00	£6.00
£15 per month	£12.00	£9.00

Who can give?

Anyone can give if their pay or pension is taxed through PAYE. Your employer will need to be offering a Payroll Giving Scheme, which we can advise on setting up.

How do I sign up?

If you already have a Payroll Giving Scheme, just complete the form and send it to your Payroll Department. Remember that when you join the Payroll Giving Scheme every gift you make is tax free.

If your employer doesn’t have a scheme then information about payroll giving is at www.payrollgivingcentre.org.uk or contact Kate Golding at Rainbows to find out more

 

Information for Employers

Benefits for your company:

• Gives your employees the opportunity to donate to Rainbows in a simple and tax- effective way.
• Your business will be seen to be more supportive and caring.
• Enhances staff morale – improving retention and recruitment.
• Improves your business’s charitable giving and social responsibility with minimal effort or cost to you.
• Enables you to measure the level of charitable giving that your company has helped achieve.

How to set it up

Register your business with a Payroll Giving Agency (PGA) www.payrollgivingcentre.org.uk which will process your employees’ donations and distribute the money to their chosen charities.
By law, Payroll Giving must be administered through an Inland Revenue registered PGA and they will advise you on the best way to set up the scheme.

Promoting the scheme to your employees

• Let everyone know about the scheme – nominate a member of staff to be your Payroll Giving champion.
• Include Payroll Giving in your staff induction programme.
• Demonstrate your dedication – think about matching Payroll Giving donations.
• Thank your staff for signing up.

We’re always happy to come to your company and talk about Payroll Giving.