Gift Aid FAQs

The additional money will go towards our charitable work, helping us to improve education, welfare, safety for every horse and rider and access to off-road riding.

It is simply a statement by an individual UK taxpayer to say that they have paid the basic rate of tax and they agree to the Charity reclaiming the tax paid on their donation from HM Revenue and Customs.

QTS, Quality Telephone Service are calling members on behalf of The British Horse Society as part of our gift aid scheme and do so from do so from 07458122818. If a member would like to Gift Aid their membership and donate to us or would prefer not to be contacted again, please contact the membership team and we'll be able to assist. Call us on 02476 840506 or email membership@bhs.org.uk.

To qualify for Gift Aid, you must be a UK tax payer. You need to pay the same amount or more of UK income tax and/or Capital Gains Tax as all charities and community amateur sports clubs (CASCs) will claim on your gifts in a tax year. If you pay less, it will be your responsibility to pay any difference.

You pay these taxes if: 

• Income tax is taken from your wages or salary before you receive your pay 
• You pay tax after filling in a self-assessment form each year 
• You have any taxable savings (in a Building Society, for instance), or a pension plan, or investment income 
• You have paid any capital gains tax, on the sale of a property or some shares, for example. 

Your employer will provide you with a P60 form every year, which details how much tax you have paid. Inheritance tax, council tax and VAT do not count as income or capital gains tax. 

As a pensioner you will receive a P60 form each year. Keep this safe, as it will show any tax deductions.

To simplify matters for both you and the BHS, the declaration wording covers past, present, and future donations. We can back-claim four years and we will continue to claim until you tell us otherwise, so long as you are eligible.

If you have joint or family BHS membership and your partner pays tax then he/she can tick the Gift Aid box, provided that the membership is paid either from your partner’s account or from a jointly held or named account (i.e. the payment is from the ‘Gift Aider’).

Gift Aid doesn’t cost you a penny - ticking the box just means that we can reclaim the tax on your membership subscriptions and donations, if you are a UK taxpayer, directly from HMRC. Remember though, if you pay less tax than charities and community amateur sports clubs (CASCs) will claim on your gifts in a tax year, it will be your responsibility to pay any difference.

No. Ticking one box only means that particular charity can reclaim the tax on your donations. It’s important to tick a box for each charity that you want to claim Gift Aid.

Every penny counts! We can reclaim 25 pence in every pound. On a £85 subscription we can claim £21.25

Not unless we ask you to. All your donations and membership subscriptions are covered with one declaration. 

If you no longer pay sufficient UK income or capital gains tax, please contact our membership team ( 02476 840506) and we will stop claiming Gift Aid on your membership subscriptions and /or donations. It’s also important to notify us if your name or address changes. 

If you pay Income Tax at the higher or additional rate and want to receive the additional tax relief due to you, you must include all your Gift Aid donations on your Self-Assessment tax return or ask HM Revenue and Customs to adjust your tax code.

The Channel Islands have different tax jurisdictions. UK Gift Aid does not apply to the Isle of Man and Channel Islands. However, if you pay UK tax, we are able to claim the Gift Aid. You do not have to be resident in the UK, you just have to pay enough UK tax to cover the gift aided amount.