Every Penny Helps
The Every Penny Helps scheme is an easy way for an employer to enhance their contributions to charity. It works by deducting the “pence” from employees’ net pay each month. Where appropriate, we claim Gift Aid on the employees’ contributions and pass on your donation to any charity the company nominates.
The scheme is administered by Charitable Giving and you do not have to operate a Payroll Giving scheme to participate. It has proved to be very popular with a wide cross section of staff, particularly with younger employees.
From April 2008, the Gift Aid rules mean that a contribution of £0.50 is worth £0.64 to a charity.
As an employer participating in Every Penny Helps, employees’ contributions are collected in a Corporate Options Account.
How does a company join the scheme?
In order to subscribe to the scheme, you need to download and complete both an Every Penny Helps Contract and an Corporate Options Account Application.
After completion, the Contract and Account Application should be sent to us by email to forms@charitablegiving.co.uk or in the post
How does the scheme work?
The scheme is simple to operate:
- The first step is to deduct the pence from each contributing employee‘s net pay. You may have payroll software that will allow you to do this quite easily; if not, please contact us as we may be able to assist you with the processing required
- After each payroll run, a list of donors should be sent to us with their deductions which will be credited to your Corporate Options Account
- We will reclaim the Gift Aid and credit it to your Corporate Options Account
- The management charge for the scheme is 4% of the total deductions received; this can either be paid by the company or taken out of donations received
What do employees have to contribute?
Once an employee has decided to participate, all they have to do is to:
- Obtain a Gift Aid Declaration form from your Payroll Department or by downloading one
- Complete, sign, and date the form
- Send the form to your Payroll Department who should then send a copy to us