Add Gift Aid to help more animals at no cost to you

What is Gift Aid?

Gift Aid is a government scheme that helps your support go further. If you're a UK taxpayer and opt-in to Gift Aid, the RSPCA can claim an extra 25p for every £1 donated, at no extra cost to you. That's as long as you've paid the basic rate of tax and donated from your own funds.

This means Gift Aid can increase the value of your donations by 25%, making your donations go further for animals.

How does it work?

When you add Gift Aid to your donation, the government gives us 25% more, at no extra cost to you.

If you pay less Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax than the amount of Gift Aid claimed on all your donations in that tax year, it is your responsibility to pay any difference.

Opting in to Gift Aid with the RSPCA transforms every £1 you have given in the past 4 years and in the future into £1.25 at no additional cost to you. For more information, see the Gift Aid FAQs below.

See how Gift Aid can boost your donations

Your £20 gift becomes £25

Your £20 could go from paying for four bundles of hay for horses to five.

Your £50 gift becomes £62.50

Your £50 could go from funding four lifesaving vaccinations for dogs to five.

Your £100 gift becomes £125

Your £100 could help us bathe a recovering seal and feed it too.

Make your donations go further

If you’re eligible, simply tick the Gift Aid box, or call us on 0300 123 0346 (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm). You’ll be helping us rescue, rehabilitate and rehome even more animals–and it won't cost you a penny more.

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Help rescue more animals like Passendale, Babybel and Feta

When you Gift Aid, you’re helping us rescue more animals like these badly injured seal pups. They were found painfully thin with wounds that needed urgent care. After weeks of one-to-one treatment, they were moved into a large pool to become swim fit.

Thankfully, all three recovered and were released back into the sea.

How could gift aid help?

If you were to donate £100 over the year, that could cover the cost of a specialist vet for two days. When you tick the box to Gift Aid, we get a boost of £25 in additional funds from the tax office, at no additional cost to you. This could buy some tasty fish for seals like Passendale, Babybel and Feta to help expedite their recovery.

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Two rescued seal pups looking towards the camera.

Gift Aid FAQs

For more information about Gift Aid, please visit GOV.UK.

Gift Aid helps us do more vital work rescuing, rehabilitating, rehoming and releasing animals back into the wild. With this extra support, we can also push for welfare reform, improving standards of care for animals on farms, in labs, in the wild, in paddocks, and in homes.
The RSPCA can claim Gift Aid when you make a monetary donation from your own funds and have paid UK Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax during that tax year. To qualify for Gift Aid, the amount of tax you pay needs to be at least equal to the value of Gift Aid the RSPCA will claim on your donation(s). If circumstances change and you no longer pay enough tax, it's important to tell all the charities you support. If you don't tell them and they continue claiming Gift Aid, you'll need to pay any difference back to HMRC.
You are eligible for Gift Aid if you have paid enough tax this year to cover the amount we are reclaiming on your donations. Income from state pensions alone is unlikely to meet this threshold, but if you are still paying tax on a private pension plan, savings account, or capital gains this may mean you still qualify for Gift Aid.
You can use Gift Aid if the amount of Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax you've paid in any tax year (from 6 April one year to 5 April the next) covers the amount of tax we will reclaim on your donations. For advice on how to check if you've paid enough tax to use Gift aid, please visit the HMRC website.
No. We claim Gift Aid from the tax you have already paid, so there are no hidden charges to you. But it is important to be aware that if you pay less Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax than the amount of Gift Aid claimed on all your donations in that tax year, then it is your responsibility to pay any difference. Ticking the box for Gift Aid does not change your tax status.
If you pay a higher rate of tax, you can also claim the difference between the higher rate of tax (40%) and the basic rate (20%) on the total (gross) value of your donation. For more information on claiming back higher rate tax please visit the HMRC website.
That's fine. You can Gift Aid your donations to multiple charities, as long as you pay enough tax to cover the amount the charities will reclaim.
If you no longer pay sufficient tax and wish to cancel your Gift Aid declaration, Customer Engagement will be happy to help you. Contact them by phone on 0300 123 0346 (9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday), by email at supportercare@rspca.org.uk, or by post at: RSPCA Customer Engagement, Parkside, Chart Way, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 1GY

Gift Aid FAQs

Gift Aid is a government scheme that helps your support go further. If you're a UK taxpayer and opt-in to Gift Aid, the RSPCA can claim an extra 25p for every £1 donated, at no extra cost to you. That's as long as you've paid the basic rate of tax and make the donation from your own funds. That means Gift Aid can increase the value of your donations by 25%, making your donations go further for the causes you care about.
Gift Aid helps us do more vital work rescuing, rehabilitating, rehoming and releasing animals back into the wild. With this extra support, we can also push for welfare reform, improving standards of care for animals on farms, in labs, in the wild, in paddocks, and in homes.
The RSPCA can claim Gift Aid when you make a monetary donation from your own funds and have paid UK Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax during that tax year. To qualify for Gift Aid, the amount of tax you pay needs to be at least equal to the value of Gift Aid the RSPCA will claim on your donation(s). If circumstances change and you no longer pay enough tax, it's important to tell all the charities you support. If you don't tell them and they continue claiming Gift Aid, you'll need to pay any difference back to HMRC.
You are eligible for Gift Aid if you have paid enough tax this year to cover the amount we are reclaiming on your donations. Income from state pensions alone is unlikely to meet this threshold, but if you are still paying tax on a private pension plan, savings account, or capital gains this may mean you still qualify for Gift Aid.
You can use Gift Aid if the amount of Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax you've paid in any tax year (from 6 April one year to 5 April the next) covers the amount of tax we will reclaim on your donations. For advice on how to check if you've paid enough tax to use Gift aid, please visit the HMRC website.
No. We claim Gift Aid from the tax you have already paid, so there are no hidden charges to you. But it is important to be aware that if you pay less income Tax or Capital Gains Tax than the amount of Gift Aid claimed on all your donations in that tax year, then it is your responsibility to pay any difference. Ticking the box for Gift Aid does not change your tax status.
If you pay a higher rate tax, you can also claim the difference between the higher rate of tax (40%) and the basic rate (20%) on the total (gross) value of your donation. For more information on claiming back higher rate tax please visit the HMRC website.
That's absolutely fine. You can Gift Aid your donations to multiple charities, as long as you pay enough tax to cover the amount the charities will reclaim.
If you no longer pay sufficient tax and wish to cancel your Gift Aid declaration, our Supporter Services team will be happy to help you. You can reach them by phone on 0300 123 0346 (9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday), by emailing supportercare@rspca.org.uk, or by post at: RSPCA, Supporter Services, Parkside, Chart Way, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 1GY