Society acquiring charitable status-Gift Aid questions

oldwiring

Question 1
An amateur performing society I belong to is in course of acquiring charitable status soon, and I have paid my membership subscription for this year (during 2018/19 tax year).
If the formalities are completed by the end of the tax year, will I the society be permitted to claim Gift Aid on my contribution for the year?

Question 2

Some members of such societies are non tax payers, but their partners do pay tax.

Can the tax paying partner pay on behalf of the partner member, and sign a Gift Aid form for the society to reclaim tax?

Robin9

Q1 Have you registered as a Charity with the HMRC yet ?

Do have a good read of https://www.gov.uk/charity-recognition-hmrc

oldwiring

I have amended my opening sentence to clarify. Thanks for linky

Robin9

oldwiring wrote: »

in course of acquiring charitable status soon,

By this I think you are registering with the Charity Commission. This can help to open some doors but it's nothing to do with Gift Aid - that's the HMRC.

greatkingrat

Q2 - Gift aid can't be claimed on gifts made on behalf of other people.
See https://www.gov.uk/guidance/gift-aid-what-donations-charities-and-cascs-can-claim-on#when-gift-aid-cant-be-claimed