Gifting cash and assets to charity

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Trusts and Inheritance Tax
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Gifting cash and assets to charity

Copyright © 2025 LexisNexis
Produced by Tolley in association with Speechly Bircham LLP
Trusts and Inheritance Tax
Guidance
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There are a number of tax reliefs available for gifts to charities. This note sets out the UK tax treatment of gifts to organisations established in part of the UK with purposes regarded as charitable under the law of England and Wales. See the Foreign charitable trusts and other foreign charities guidance note for information on gifts to other entities of a charitable nature.

Gift aid

Gift aid is a way for charities or community amateur sports clubs to increase the value of monetary gifts from UK taxpayers by claiming back the basic rate of tax paid by the donor.

See the Charitable giving for individuals guidance note for details of the conditions for a qualifying donation and the tax relief available to the individual.

Record keeping

A charity must maintain evidence to satisfy HMRC that a payment has been made and by whom. For full details of the records to be kept by a charity and the format in which the records may be stored, see the HMRC website.

Planning

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