Gift Aid

To be eligible you must be a UK taxpayer, paying tax on your income or capital gains. Your donations will qualify as long as they’re not more than 4 times what you have paid in tax in that tax year (6 April to 5 April.)  

You need to pay enough UK Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax in each tax year to cover the Gift Aid claimed on all your donations to charity, otherwise it is your responsibility to pay any difference. 

You’ll need to make a Gift Aid declaration. We need your address to identify you as a current UK taxpayer. 

You can make a Gift Aid declaration when you donate or join online, by completing our online Gift Aid declaration, downloading our printable Gift Aid declaration, or by requesting a form from our Membership team.  

If you download a form, please complete and return to: 

Membership 
Surrey Wildlife Trust 
School Lane 
Pirbright 
Woking 
Surrey 
GU24 0JN 

You can cancel or amend your Gift Aid declaration at any time by contacting our Membership team.

No, you just need to fill out a Gift Aid declaration form with your full name, address and the date you are making the declaration. The declaration will remain active until you tell us to cancel it. You must however let us know if you stop being a taxpayer, no longer pay enough tax, or change your name or address. 

Individual memberships

If you’re the named payer for your own individual membership then you can make a Gift Aid declaration for that membership. 

Joint memberships

If paying from a single account, then the named payer must make the Gift Aid declaration. 
If paying from a joint account in the same names as the membership, then either member can make the Gift Aid declaration. 

What about gift memberships? 

Sorry, we cannot claim Gift Aid on gift memberships. 

You can claim back the difference between the tax you’ve paid on the donation and the amount claimed back by Surrey Wildlife Trust when you fill in your Self Assessment tax return.

You may still be paying tax on a private pension plan or savings account, or capital gains tax if you sell either property or shares. As long as you have paid enough tax during the year to cover the amount we are reclaiming on your donations you are still eligible to donate through Gift Aid. 

You must let us know so we can close your Gift Aid declaration. 

There’s more information about Gift Aid on HMRC’s Gift Aid page: Tax relief when you donate to a charity 

Yes, please let us know – see the contact details below.