How to Give
If you set www.everyclick.com/colonelsfund as your homepage and use it as your search engine, for every search performed, one penny will go to the Colonel's Fund. Think about it! Five searches a day between now and the year end will net £13.50.
We have tried to make it easy for you to give and all donations will be most gratefully received. If you have any problems, please contact the project officer.» Send a cheque to Regimental Headquarters made out to The Colonel's Fund Grenadier Guards. An accompanying Donor form can be found below.
» Transfer a sum from your account to the Fund by bank instruction or Internet Banking.
Our account details are:
Lloyds TSB Bank plc,
Guards and Cavalry Branch,
PO Box 1190, 7 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5NA
Account: The Colonel’s Fund Grenadier Guards
Account Number: 01963343 Sort Code: 30-11-75
To take advantage of Gift Aid, please also send us a Donor Form.
» By credit or debit card donate a sum to The Fund account at www.bmycharity.com/ColsFundGrenGds.
If you are a UK Tax payer, tax relief will be automatically credited to our account.
» If you are registered on PayPal, you can send your donation to regtltreasurer@grengds.com
» To make a Standing Order/Direct Debit, you can find the necessary form below on this column.
» Payroll Giving Schemes are in place with many employers. If you would like to utilise such a scheme, you can find the necessary form below on this column.
For those of you who are Directors of plcs, limited companies or partnerships, you may like to consider a gift from your firm in addition to a personal contribution. You may also gift shares to charity in a tax-efficient way.
Whatever you choose to do, please complete an appropriate form and return it to:
The Regimental Adjutant (The Colonel's Fund), Grenadier Guards,
Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk , London SW1E 6HQ
Other ways
Raising money for the Fund by charity auction on eBay
'The Grenadier Guards Regimental and Battalion Relief Charity' is registered as a charity on eBay. On the selling page, enter it in select charity and then register with MissionFish. Now select the percentage of your final sale price you wish to donate to The Colonel's Fund.After your item sells, your donation is paid into the Fund's bank account, along with Gift Aid (if you've ticked the box).
Corporate Giving
Sole traders or members of partnerships If you are a sole trader (an individual running an unincorporated business) or a member of a partnership, tax relief for gifts to charity are available to you as an individual and can be claimed on your Self-Assessment return.Gifts from businesses run as partnerships are treated as donations of an equal amount from each partner, unless partners specify something different.
Companies
Gifts of money to UK Charities by companies are made before tax is deducted i.e. out of gross income or profits, and can be claimed against corporation tax as a charge against income. Tax relief can only be claimed for the accounting period during which the gift is made. Relief is restricted to the amount of corporation tax profit for that accounting period. A donation to a UK charity cannot be used to create a loss for corporation tax purposes.Gifting shares to the Fund
The Chancellor announced changes in the March 2000 budget that mean by making a gift of shares to the Fund it is possible to make a substantial tax saving not only on Capital Gains Tax but also on Income Tax as well.Those who wish to donate via this method should, in the first instance, please contact Regimental Headquarters' Project Officer for more details - the Contact page on this website is an ideal place to start.
Income Tax Relief
The relief from Income Tax is available for the full market value of the shares on the date of disposal. In other words, you will not pay income tax on the equivalent amount of your annual income in the tax year the gift is made. This means that a higher rate taxpayer, making a gift of £10,000 worth of shares to the Fund will receive income tax relief of 40% of the full value i.e. £4000
In order to qualify for the relief, the shares or securities must either be: Listed or dealt on a recognised stock exchange in the UK or elsewhere; or UK Authorised Unit trust; or UK open-ended investment company shares; or Certain foreign collective investment scheme holdings.
Capital Gains Tax relief
In addition to Income Tax relief, there is also full relief from Capital Gains Tax, which means that in the hands of the Regimental Charity the gift is worth more than if you had sold the shares yourself. Your capital gains will be exempt from Capital Gains Tax and the Regimental Charity will pay no tax on the sale of the shares.
Practicalities
Gifts of shares are best transferred to the Fund by instructing your stockbroker. You will need to arrange copies of the share transfer documents for any gift of shares to support your claim for tax relief.
Please consult your financial and/or legal adviser before gifting shares or any other assets to the Regiment.