Donors in the United Kingdom
You will find information here about making a tax-effective donation from the UK. If you’re not a UK taxpayer, please select the location relevant to you.
Make your donation
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Make a single donation in GBP sterling by credit or debit card using our secure online form. Choose an area to support by visiting our projects page.
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Make a donation by cheque, postal order, charity cheque or voucher, made payable to the University of St Andrews. Please send to the address below, enclosing a completed Gift form (PDF) .
Susan Donald
Development Officer (Operations)
Development
University of St Andrews
91 North Street
St Andrews
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Make a donation by electronic bank transfer. Please contact Development at donate@st-andrews.ac.uk for more information on electronic bank transfer.
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Make a regular monthly donation by Direct Debit using our secure online form. Choose an area to support by visiting our projects page.
Make a regular annual donation by Direct Debit - please send your completed Gift form (PDF) to the address below, please do not send the form directly to your bank.
Susan Donald
Development Officer (Operations)
Development
University of St Andrews
91 North Street
St Andrews
KY16 9AJ -
Give directly from your salary. Please contact your own payroll office for more information on Give as You Earn and Payroll Giving.
University of St Andrews Staff – Please visit the CAF website to set up your Give As You Earn donation to the University. Please have your NI Number and Employee Payroll Number to hand. When asked to provide the charity name, please enter University of St Andrews (SC013532).
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Giving shares or property to the University can be mutually beneficial and tax effective.
Shares
As the University of St Andrews is a registered charity, donations of shares and securities can be mutually beneficial. You can claim tax relief on the full market value of your gift and avoid any capital gains tax which may have arisen.
Property
Gifts of land, buildings and personal property can be made to the University of St Andrews free from tax. As a registered charity, we do not pay stamp duty on receipt of outright gifts of land or buildings.
Please contact Development at donate@st-andrews.ac.uk for more details about any aspect of giving to the University.
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Gift Aid is a UK government tax scheme which enables the University to claim tax relief on donations received from UK taxpayers
In order for donations to be eligible for Gift Aid, the donor must be a UK taxpayer who has or will have paid an amount of income tax and/or capital gains tax at least equal to the tax that the University of St Andrews (and all other charities to which they donate) will reclaim on the gifts in the relevant tax year in which the gifts are made.
How Gift Aid Works
The University receives your donation, which is money you've already paid tax on, and reclaims the basic rate of tax from HM Revenue & Customs on the gross equivalent of the donation, which is the amount before basic rate tax was deducted.
The basic tax rate is 20%, so if you give £10 using Gift Aid, the donation is worth £12.50 to the University.If you pay higher rate tax, you can claim the difference between the higher rate of tax (40% and/or 50 %) and the basic rate of tax (20%) on the total gross value of your donation to the University.
If you donate £100, the total value of your donation to the University is £125. You can claim back:
£25 - if you pay tax at 40% (£125 × 20%)
£37.50 - if you pay tax at 50 per cent (£125 × 20%) plus (£125 × 10%)Please complete the Gift Aid Declaration on the Gift form (PDF) or tick the Gift Aid checkbox on our online forms at the same time as you enter your gift details. Thank you.
Donations to the University made by companies are not covered by Gift Aid; however the company can treat the donation as an allowable expense, making a saving on Corporation Tax.
Donations made with Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) vouchers have already had Gift Aid claimed on them by CAF, and therefore further Gift Aid cannot be claimed by the University.