Gift Aid declaration form

Gift Aid your donations and RNIB will receive an extra 28 pence for every pound you donate. Please fill in the short form below to make your Gift Aid declaration online.

Every day almost 100 people in the UK will start to lose their sight.

Right now RNIB can only reach one in three of the people who need our help most. Support RNIB and help us reach them all - every penny counts.

Gift Aid statement

Using Gift Aid means that for every pound you give, we get an extra 28 pence from the Inland Revenue, helping your donation go further.

If you are a UK taxpayer and want to take advantage of Gift Aid, please confirm the statement below by ticking the check box provided.

Note: to qualify for Gift Aid, what you pay in income or capital gains tax must at least equal the amount we will claim in the tax year (6 April one year to 5 April the next). For more information about Gift Aid, please visit www.rnib.org.uk/giftaid

About you:


Please notify RNIB if you:

  • Want to cancel this declaration.
  • Change your name or home address.
  • No longer pay sufficient tax on your income and/or capital gains.

Tax claimed by RNIB

  • RNIB will reclaim 28p of tax on every £1 you gave up to 5 April 2008.
  • RNIB will reclaim 25p of tax on every £1 you give on or after 6 April 2008.
  • The Government will pay RNIB an additional 3p on every £1 you give between 6 April 2008 and 5 April 2011. This transitional relief for RNIB does not affect your personal tax position.

If you pay income tax at the higher rate, you must include all your Gift Aid donations on your Self Assessment tax return if you want to receive the additional tax relief due to you.

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Last updated: 25 September 2009

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