How to Give

There are a variety of ways to support the Topolski Memoir Appeal. Your gift can be pledged monthly or annually over one to three years and be made tax efficiently to maximise the value of the gift to the appeal and to the giver.

Gift Aid
If you complete the Gift Aid Declaration on the Appeal Gift Form, as a registered charity (pending) the Memoir will receive rebates from the Inland Revenue equal to the tax payable (at the base rate of 22%) on the grossed-up amount of your gift/s. This is equivalent to 28.2% of your cash gift. There is no minimum giving level to make a donation eligible for Gift Aid, but you must be a UK taxpayer and what you pay in income or capital gains tax must at least be equal to the amount of tax which the Memoir will claim in the tax year. You need only complete the Gift Aid Declaration once, as it will apply to subsequent gifts or gift payments to the Memoir. Gift Aid Declarations may be cancelled at any time.

For example:
If you make a donation of £10,000 by Gift Aid, the Memoir Appeal will receive an extra £2,800 (the amount you have already paid in tax on the gift). Your total gift will be £12,800 but it costs you £10,000.

Further relief for higher rate tax payers
If you are a higher rate taxpayer, you should enter the amount of your gift on your tax return. Your tax office will then arrange to give you the benefit of the extra tax relief (the difference between the basic rate of 22% and your higher rate of 40% – i.e. 18% through your next assessment.

For example:
If, as a higher rate taxpayer, you choose to make a donation by Gift Aid of £10,000, your tax relief would be £2,300, resulting in a net cost to you of £7,700.

Charitable Trusts and Foundations
As a registered charity the Topolski Memoir is pleased to accept gifts from charitable trusts and foundations.

Enquiries
Email: info@topolskicentury.org.uk
Phone: 0207 928 5433