Support
Us
We are grateful for all
your donations; any amount can make a difference:
£ 50 pays
for a free visual assessment.
£ 250 covers the cost of
running our free clinic for a day.
£1250 covers the cost of running a
school study for a month.
There
are many ways you can help the Dyslexia Research Trust.
By
Post
Complete our Donation Form and send it with your cheque or credit card
authorisation to the address below. No stamp is needed but using one
will help to save us money. Please don’t forget to tick the gift aid
box if your donations are covered under the gift aid scheme.
FREEPOST RLSK-LZEC-CKYS
Dyslexia Research Trust
University of Oxford
Laboratory of Physiology
Oxford OX1 3PT
Online
by Credit or Debit Card
If
you wish to donate online we can accept one off or monthly credit or
debit card donations
– www.justgiving.com/dyslexiart/donate. You can also use this link to
set up a free online sponsorship page for any running, challenge or
social events. Gift Aid, where
appropriate, will be collected automatically.
Regular Giving (Standing
Order and Give As You Earn)
Two
of the easiest ways to give a regular donation to the Dyslexia Research
Trust are
- Instruct your bank to
make a regular payment (Standing Order) on your behalf.
Instructing your bank to
make a regular payment involves you filling in a standing order form
and returning this to us to forward to your bank. It is important to
return the form to us so that we can, where appropriate, have your Gift
Aid permission to claim tax relief on your donation. For further information, don't hesitate
to contact us. You can download a Standing Order form here.
- Donate through Give as
You Earn (also known as Payroll Giving), through your employer.
Give as You Earn (GAYE)
is a scheme which enables employees to donate to charity straight
through their salary before tax is deducted and to receive immediate
tax relief. This means that if an employee gives £10 a month, it
will cost only
£7.80 if you pay tax at 22%, or only £6 if you pay tax at
40%.
GAYE provides us with a regular, reliable income stream and provides
you with immediate tax relief. It is a simple, hassle free way to give
and donors can support many charities from just one form.
Gift Aid
Gift
Aid allows a charity to claim tax back from the Government on all
donations received as a UK tax payer.
As
a basic rate tax payer this means we will receive an extra 28 pence
from the Inland Revenue for every
£1 you donate. A £100 donation with gift aid is therefore
worth £128.
If
you pay tax at a higher rate of income tax (40%) you can also claim
relief for yourself at 18% of your gross donation, or 23p for every
£1 you give through gift aid.
For
further information about Gift Aid tax relief, please ask your local
tax office for leaflet IR65 Gift Aid or visit www.hmrc.gov.uk
In
order for us to reclaim the tax from the Inland Revenue you must pay an
amount of income tax and/or capital gains tax at least equal to the tax
that the Dyslexia Research Trust reclaims on your donation in the tax
year. You will need to complete a gift aid declaration - simply
download the gift aid
form and return with your donation. Please notify the charity
if your circumstances change and you no longer pay any amount of tax,
or if you change your name or address. For your gift to qualify for
Gift Aid, you must not receive excessive benefits in return for your
gift.
Shares Donation
Giving
your shares to charity is a way of donating assets which offers tax
relief to you in addition to the capital gains tax relief.
A
gift of shares worth
£1,000 could reduce a basic rate donor's income tax bill by
£220, or by £400 if a higher rate taxpayer. This
effectively means that as a basic rate tax payer the donation has cost
you only £780 and as a higher rate tax payer the donation has
cost you £600. Since 1st April 2000 Companies can get corporation
tax relief for gifts to charity of listed shares, unit trusts and
investment trusts.
For
further information please contact Dyslexia Research Trust by e-mail
at info@dyslexic.org.uk
Please
note: Dyslexia Research Trust cannot give you
financial advice about your personal circumstances or tax position –
you may wish to discuss the tax consequences of any donation of shares
with your financial adviser.
Legacies
Leaving
bequests to the Dyslexia Research Trust
both large and small can make a significant difference to our work.
Changing a Will is not
difficult. However, it must be legally valid and we would strongly
recommend you seek professional advice from a solicitor. If you only
want to make a small change to a will a document called a codicil can
supplement your existing will.
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