[Wikimediauk-l] Gift Aid - a further update

2009-01-02 Thread Andrew Turvey
Hi all, I spoke to the Charities Unit at the UK Tax Authorities today for an update on our application for Gift Aid. We wrote to them on 23rd November applying for Gift Aid status and they previously said they had a backlog of 6-8 weeks' post to work through so we should expect an answer in

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Gift Aid - a further update

2009-01-02 Thread Andrew Cates
Any progress on accepting direct debits? A 2009/1/2 Andrew Turvey ratur...@yahoo.co.uk: Hi all, I spoke to the Charities Unit at the UK Tax Authorities today for an update on our application for Gift Aid. We wrote to them on 23rd November applying for Gift Aid status and they previously

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Gift Aid - a further update

2009-01-02 Thread AndrewRT
On Jan 2, 4:22 pm, Andrew Cates and...@soschildren.org wrote: Any progress on accepting direct debits? We will be able to accept standig orders as soon as the bank account is finalised which should be soon after Foundation approval next Sunday. I think the Board decided against direct debits as

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Gift Aid - a further update

2009-01-02 Thread Tom Holden
Paypal will always be more expensive than direct bank transfers, even with the charitable discount, so I'd certainly recommend that those looking to donate to us who have the facility to make us direct bank transfers should avoid paypal. Direct debits certainly aren't free, though the majority of