Any progress on accepting direct debits? A
2009/1/2 Andrew Turvey <[email protected]>: > 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 approximately > mid January. > > Unfortunately they are now working on mid-October post, meaning the backlog > has risen to 10 weeks and we can now expect an answer around 10th February. > > On a positive note they have confirmed that we can ask people to sign the > Gift Aid declaration now, notwithstanding that we haven't received a > response, and we will be able to reclaim tax on these donations as soon as > we are approved without having to approach the donors again. > > I'll keep everyone informed. > > Regards, > > Andrew Turvey > Secretary > Wiki UK Limited > Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright > Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL. > > Information contained in this email may be confidential. If you are not the > intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and delete this > email from your system. Unauthorised copying, forwarding or other use of any > confidential information in this email may result in legal action. > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: Andrew Turvey <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: WMUK <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, 5 December, 2008 22:23:10 > Subject: Gift Aid - an update > > Hi all, > > Just to keep you up to date regarding Gift Aid. I spoke to the HMRC > Charities Unit today and asked them when we should expect a response. They > said they are currently taking between 6-8 weeks so we should expect to hear > around mid January. > > As we are not registered with the Charity Commission their initial response > may ask for more information to support out status as a charity; however, > I'll keep everyone informed when we hear. > > Regards, > > Andrew Turvey > Company Secretary > Wiki UK Limited > > Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright > Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL. > > Information contained in this email may be confidential. If you are not the > intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and delete this > email from your system. Unauthorised copying, forwarding or other use of any > confidential information in this email may result in legal action. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
