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CAF application form UTR/TIN number
To save me spending XX time on the phone to CAF The CAF bank application form asks what country is your tax residency. (answer UK) Then it ask for our TIN/UTR. Well we don't have one do we..... If we don't have one we are required to choose 1. The country or residency does not issue TIN/UTR 2. We are unable to obtain a…
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Advice needed
Hi, I hope this is allowed here. I'm not a registered charity but am trying to raise money for a family that I'm working with. I won't go in to specifics here in case it contravenes the rules but basically we need to try and fund the visa fees for him to bring his wife over from Uganda due ot him being seriously ill. What…
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Best way to sell tickets online for a local Platinum Jubilee street party
Hi All, Although this might not strictly fall under the banner of 'charities', we are planning a community street party to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in June, which will probably involve around 200 neighbours and friends. We'd like to sell tickets to our neighbours - probably around £5 for adults and £3 for…
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What is ‘total income for the year’
Hi I am Trustee of a small Dementia Support Charity (CIO) and am looking to try and get funding. One question is ‘total income for the year’ - sorry to be obtuse but what exactly is that ? money in bank or money in pre or post expenditure ? not been asked this particular question before and need to make sure I supply…
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Generate confidence to associate with big UK business business: Is a charity needed?
We are considering both in support of a business in Malawi that runs community development projects and environmental education programs. They already work as a social enterprise and work with Fairtrade and other large charities. However they are not a charity. We are hoping to attract UK sponsorship for some of the…
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Royal Navy vets event raising money for SSAFA and Jenny Lind Children's Hospital in Norwich
I am one of three Ex-Royal Navy veterans crewing National Historical Ship Estrallita which we are sailing from Somerleyton to Plymouth and back in May and June 2022, we will be calling in to many ports along the south coast on our way there and back, our two just giving pages are SSAFA Armed Forces charity and Jenny Lind…
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Joint charity and private ownership
Hello everyone, Before approaching our solicitors and/or the charities commission, I thought I'd ask here to get some idea and pointers from you good people. Can a charity and a private individual jointly own a property, or any other asset half and half, and divide the income equally ? Thanks.
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Keeping charity records when assisting individuals
Hi everyone, As a family established & run, charitable trust, that makes monetary donations to registered charities, we'd also like to donate directly to individuals in need (both here at home and abroad). Our governing documents allow for this. Charities ofcourse issue receipts and we're able to keep a full record of our…
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Vouchers for those needing support
The charity I’m involved in is setting up a Crisis Fund to provide to support to the people we help (we help people at risk of homelessness into secure housing). It would be better if we could help other than with cash. What voucher schemes are there (other than supermarkets? For example, fuel, energy, bus/train tickets.…
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Ukrainian Animals
hi, last month i donated some money towards the Ukraine crisis, but i got thinking about the animals over there which are massively suffering too - especially those that have been abandoned by their owners. are there any specific charities out there focusing on the helping the animals of Ukraine? many thanks.
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Topcashback Ukraine donation
I logged into my Topcashback account and a message popped up saying they'd match donations from your balance to the Ukraine DEC appeal.I thought that was a good idea and donated my balance, by going to the payout option and choosing the charity option (there is a quirk that you still have to give yourself a minimum of 1p…
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Do charities and other businesses get charged by RM for return to sender post?
I'm asking because I dont want to end up costing the charities a lot of money. I have lived in my current property for close to 18 months and the person who lived here is so lousy it seems like they haven't bothered to update their details. I do return to sender any commercial letters, but I just bin the charity stuff.…
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Help with name of website ref crowdfunding
Hi all. Years ago I used to use a website where they crowdfunded small amounts to people who wanted help with small projects or to help buy them things for their website. E.g. there may be someone in africa who wants to buy a bike to help them deliver their products for example. The model was you gave a bit of money say…
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Telephone price increase
Working for a charity, our monthly billing has increased from £180 +VAT per month to £232.89 +VAT per month which is £52.89 price increase per month. This is an increase of 29.38% and surely is something that can be disputed? Any help or support on this would be greatly appreciated.
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Fundraising for friend's surgery
Apologies if this is the wrong board. A friend of mine needs a surgery that will cost several thousand pounds. He lives abroad and unfortunately that means he must fund it himself, and it's a lot of money for him. I would like to do a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds to help my friend. There is a community of people…
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Toucan Giving Platform
Has anyone used this, it was on Dragons Den and seems to be an easy way of giving without ending up on charity data lists and having endless phone calls and junk mail. But the fees are quite high especially for smaller donations.
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UK DEC Ukrainian Appeal - Donation multipliers - NatWest Rewards
Hello Everyone, At present if you donate your NatWest Rewards to the 'Dec Ukrainian Appeal' you have the option to GiftAid (+25% if you are a UK taxpayer), NatWest will match your donation (up to £1M total matches until the 30th of March). In addition the UK Government are matching donations to this appeal up to a total of…
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Employment Allowance
Hi all I’ve just become Treasurer for a (small) charity. My own background is commercial, not charity. I have found that the charity hasn’t been claiming the Employment Allowance for NICs. There’s no issue about entitlement to the Allowance. My question relates to Restricted/ Unrestricted funds : almost all of the…
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Can a charity borrow from restricted funds
Is it permitted for a charity to use restricted funds for other purposes (without asking permission from the donor) if Trustees have personally guaranteed to repay the funds in time to deliver the activity for which the funds were donated?
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Group accounting help
Hello All, hope this is in the correct category. I am helping on a social media group and we have decided to produce and see products starting with group stickers and then maybe cups, t-shirts. I was first thinking of doing all this at cost price so no accounts should be needed, but now I was thinking with a very small…
