Payroll giving for employers
- A facility to support employees who wish to make tax effective donations
- Provides good PR opportunities, and can demonstrate local community ties
- Improves staff morale, retention and recruitment
- Enhances the company corporate social responsibility profile
If you operate PAYE you can set up a Payroll Giving Scheme
Payroll giving is a cost effective way for individuals paid through PAYE to give to charity. With tax relief at the rate employees normally pay, immediately at source, with top rate tax payers seeing significant benefits. Employers must have a scheme in place with an approved payroll giving agency. Donors complete a joining form choosing the amount and which charity, this gives the company the authority to make a deduction from his/her pay each month/week and tells the agency which charity the donation has to go to. The total donations come to us for distribution along with a breakdown of donor and amount.
We offer talks to management and staff without any bias for a particular charity, simply explaining the merits of the scheme and the effect of these donations for the smaller charities. We are also able to provide companies who are interested with information about local charity projects in their area which staff and companies may wish to assist.
We also work with charities’ corporate donors to discuss the advantages of introducing a scheme (with no set-up charges), and facilitating the use of a sole employee for any staff-wide fundraising activities.
Two complementary services; small change = BIG CHANGE. This will allow employees to contribute the odd pence from their pay each month to a Staff Group cheque account, from which they can give grants to local community charity projects.
Happy Hour, by donating just one hour’s pay (at a time arranged with the company), this will make a large difference to a small charity. A one-off way to make a difference without a regular commitment.
For more information please contact Linda Ryan on 0303 999 1212 and choose option 2 or email Linda.ryan@charityservice.org.uk
Employer Registration for PayShare (PDF)
PDF forms are available to download
Payroll giving for employees
Payroll Giving schemes are a proven way for individuals to donate to a charity, church, or charitable organisation of their choice.
Because PAYE is calculated after any Payroll Giving contributions are deducted from gross pay, any tax would have been due to HMRC is received by the nominated charities instead.
You then choose the amount and the charities you wish to help when you complete the joining form. Once set up, that amount will be deducted from your pay each payday. Changes can be made as and when necessary, please ask us for details.
Individuals can if they wish, accumulate their donations in a charity cheque account, enabling them to make periodic charitable donations as and when they choose.
In some schemes the employer pays the administration charge and/or matches your Payroll Giving deduction, your chosen charities then get increased benefit from your donations.
By joining a Payroll Giving scheme, like thousands of other workers who already give in this way charitable organisations benefit and continue to serve others into the future?
For more information please contact – Linda Ryan on 0303 999 1212 and choose option 2 or email Linda.ryan@charityservice.org.uk
Joining form (PDF)
A PDF joining form is available to download