Pay in your fundraising

After your fundraising event, we hope you’ll be riding high on a sense of achievement and taking action to support the most marginalised children. When you're ready to donate your fundraising to Children on the Edge, we've got some super easy ways to do it. Thank you so much for supporting us.

Set up a fundraising page online

You can use JustGiving to quickly and easily set up your own fundraising page, if you haven't already. This will make sure your donations, and Gift Aid, go straight to us.

Online via our website

If you don't have an online giving page and want to donate online directly to us, you can do so via our Donate page. Please add a message when prompted to say what the funds are from. Or email us to let us know: fundraising@childrenontheedge.org or call 01243 538530

Paying by BACS

If you've organised a fundraising event and have cash to donate, you can pay this into a local Barclays bank branch or make a BACS transfer.

Please contact our Fundraising Team who will give you the details you need and a unique reference code to use. Please email: fundraising@childrenontheedge.org or call 01243 538530

Pay in collections by post

If you’ve received donations directly to you, you can post a cheque, payable to - 'Children on the Edge'.

FAO: Operations Manager
5 The Victoria
25 St Pancras
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 7LT

Please do not risk sending cash in the post. If you have collected cash at an event, please download and include our cash counting sheet and post it to us with your cheque.

Please include a note with your contact details and be sure to tell us where the funds are from, so we can say thank you!

GIFT AID

Is your fundraising money eligible for Gift Aid?

If you are donating by post or BACS, we may be able to claim Gift Aid on your donation. Please read on to find out if your donation is eligible.

If you are paying money in online via our website or Just Giving (or another online giving page), you will be able to Gift Aid your donation easily and quickly, if it is eligible (please read on for details or get in touch with us if you aren't sure).

What is Gift Aid?

Gift Aid is a government scheme that allows us to claim an extra 25p for every £1 you raise. If you fundraise for charity, your donation will come from money that you have already paid tax on. As a charity, we can then reclaim this tax back from the Government.

This means that if you raise £100, and you and your sponsors choose to Gift Aid, it becomes £125.

For your donations to be eligible for Gift Aid, you need to be a UK taxpayer. If you pay less Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax in the current tax year than the amount of Gift Aid claimed on all of your donations across all charities, it is your responsibility to pay any difference. Gift Aid is reclaimed by Children on the Edge from the tax you pay for the current tax year.

Fundraising Money which is not eligible for Gift Aid

Before completing the Gift Aid form, please make a note of the types of fundraising donations that are not eligible for Gift Aid.

• We are unable to claim Gift Aid on money where a reward is received in return for donating. For example, we cannot claim Gift Aid when people have donated in return for tickets (raffles, events, auctions) or goods and services, such as a bake sale. This is because you are getting something in return for your donation.

• We cannot claim Gift Aid on a donation made on behalf of a company. You can only make Gift Aid declarations on your own taxpayer status when spending your own money. However, a company can claim tax relief on the donation when donating directly to the charity.

• If the donation amounts all the same, for example £2, they may be considered payments for goods received or competition entries and therefore are not eligible.

How to claim Gift Aid on your fundraising money

You’ll be able to claim Gift Aid when completing your sponsorship form.

When completing your sponsorship form, simply ask your sponsors to Gift Aid their donations by ticking the Gift Aid box next to their donations. Your sponsors must be UK taxpayers in order to claim Gift Aid on their donations.

The sponsorship form is for individual donations only. Please do not record the total amount you have raised from your event on the form. For example, if you raise £100 total at your event, do not send in the form with your name and £100 in the amount donated box. Please break down your donations.

Details your sponsors will need to provide

To allow us to claim this essential additional income, your sponsors must:

• tick the Gift Aid box on your sponsorship form when they sponsor you

• write their full name (minimum of initial and surname)

• include their home address (house number/name and postcode is the minimum requirement we need to be able to claim Gift Aid)

• fill in the 'date' on the sponsorship form when they give you their donation.

• if sponsors live at the same address, they must each complete the address and postcode fields.

• donate individually. You cannot make joint donations, for example from Mr and Mrs Smith, as HMRC needs to determine who the taxpayer is.

Post your sponsorship form

Once your form is complete, please post it to:

Children on the Edge, 5 The Victoria, 25 St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 7LT