Payroll Giving for employers

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The most efficient way to give

Payroll Giving, also known as Give As You Earn (GAYE), is a simple and tax-efficient scheme that allows your employees to regularly donate to as many charities as they like directly from their salary.

Through Payroll Giving, your company can support a number of charities chosen by your employees. And if they support us, you’ll be helping to bring forward the day when all cancers are cured.

The donation is taken after National Insurance but before tax, which means the donation costs less to your employees, and charities avoid the admin associated with claiming Gift Aid.

Once you have set up your scheme, your employees can sign up to donate. Each payday, your payroll team takes the donation directly from their gross salary and sends it to your chosen Payroll Giving Agency to distribute to the chosen charities. The donations are accompanied with a list of employees taking part and their total contribution in that pay period.

(*based on 20% tax bracket)

To find out more about Payroll Giving for your business, please get in touch at payrollgiving@cancer.org.uk for more information or support.

Register your business with a HRMC-approved Payroll Giving Agency.

Promote your scheme. You can get support for this from a Professional Fundraising Organisation.

Your payroll team will take the donation from your employees’ gross salary each payday and send it to your chosen Payroll Giving Agency.

Cancer Research UK will receive the donations within 35 days.

Payroll Giving benefits your business

A Payroll Giving scheme showcases your support for Cancer Research UK and the other great causes your staff care about.
Focusing on Corporate Social Responsibility has been proven to promote positive feeling among staff and brand loyalty among customers.
It’s easy to set up and manage, with minimal admin and set-up fees. What’s more, your set-up and running costs are deductible from corporate tax.

Payroll Giving makes donating easy for your employees

It’s quick, easy and hassle-free. They can donate to as many causes as they like automatically without handing over their bank details.
It’s tax efficient. The donation will be taken after National Insurance is deducted, but before tax , which means their donation will cost them up to 45% less.
Payroll Giving is ideal for busy people who prefer something quick and easy, or don't wish to run a marathon or raise money in other way.

Regular donations help us to save lives now and in the future

Payroll Giving provides us with a regular and reliable income, allowing us to plan and budget for the future.
It reduces admin, as we don’t need to claim Gift Aid.
We might receive higher gifts, as many donors give more than they would otherwise because of the tax relief they receive.
We receive no Government funding for our life-saving research. Every step we take towards beating cancer relies on every pound donated.

Promoting your Payroll Giving scheme is essential to achieve good employee sign-up rates

Make sure it’s quick and easy to sign up and publicise the scheme desk to desk, in shared spaces, via email or on your company’s intranet. Incentivise your workforce by offering something in return for signing up and thanking them regularly. You can also recruit staff volunteers to promote the scheme, add an element of competition between teams or departments, or ask your senior managers to set an example.

Support your staff by matching or boosting their donations

Matching or boosting the donations of your employees with tax-deductible contributions are great incentives for employees to sign up and provide additional income for charities. Make sure you publicise this.

You can also pay the admin fee charged by the Payroll Giving Agency to allow 100% of your employees’ donations to be passed to their chosen charities.

Get recognised for your achievements

The Government-endorsed Payroll Giving Quality Mark is accredited based on the percentage of employees who are signed up to Payroll Giving, ranging from Bronze (1%) to Diamond (30%).
The National Payroll Giving Excellence Awards recognise organisations with an outstanding scheme, with awards presented at an exclusive ceremony each November.

Payroll Giving is an incredible way to support your favourite charities. Not only is it tax efficient, but the funds reach your chosen charity in a timely manner, meaning they can make use of the money straightaway. Our team processes over 240 donations each month – and I’d say it only takes about 15 minutes each month to do it. It’s great to know that we’re helping our colleagues give back to the causes they care about.

Kresh, Payroll and Systems Specialist, Cancer Research UK