Charity pays mortgage and more.. Need to declare?

TheSaint_2

Hi, I've been looking at various gov.uk pages but I'm not sure on the answer to this..

If a church was to pay someone's mortgage, household bills, buy food for someone etc.. And continue to do that for quite some time amounting to thousands of pounds of assistance and the person continues to recieve job seeker allowance would this breach any DWP rules if the money recieved was not declared?

Thanks in advance 

p00hsticks

Assuming you are talking about new Style Job Seekers Allowance, it isn't a means tested benefit. 

However, if the church is doing this as a means of avoiding paying someone a salary in return for work done, then I don't see how that woudl be permitted either by DWP or HMRC....

TheSaint_2

There is no work done. It is just a charitable payment.

Thanks for your advice. I will sleep better now.

[Deleted User]

Stinks of the truck acts from the 1800's.

TheSaint_2

arctic_ghost said:

Stinks of the truck acts from the 1800's.

? How so? No work is done. Nothing is exchanged. No tokens are given to redeem at a shop. 

[Deleted User]

I missed the no work done comment.

sammyjammy

Strange kind of charity!

Robbie64

sammyjammy said:

Strange kind of charity!

I have to admit, I'm curious what type of charity it is given the amount of things the charity is paying.

TheSaint_2

I'm not going to name it because the unusual circumstances will likely cause a bit of a stir which is not my intention. Thanks all.