If you are a UK tax payer (Income or Capital Gains Tax) and would like St John’s Stoke to claim back the basic rate tax through the Government’s Gift Aid scheme, you will need to complete either the Gift Aid declaration on your Standing Order Instruction, or Gift Aid declaration, if you have not done so already. This will enable St John’s Stoke to recover the basic rate of income tax, currently 25p for each pound given, at no extra cost to you.

If you pay higher or additional rate tax, you may recover this through your own tax return. Alternatively, you may pass on this extra tax to St John’s Stoke by giving via your employer’s payroll giving scheme (Payroll Giving).

If you are a UK higher rate (40 per cent) or additional rate (45 per cent) income tax payer and you give to St John’s Stoke directly and allow us to reclaim the basic rate tax through Gift Aid then you may recover, through your tax return, the difference between the basic rate tax that St John’s Stoke recovers and the higher or additional rate that you have paid.