In order to raise funds for a charity a car washing event was been arranged.
Car owners who have their car washed were invited to donate to the charity £441. was raised.
They have received a service probably worth about the £5-10 minimum that it would have cost them to use a paid car wash
Can any or all of this money given to the charity be covered by a Gift AId Declaration, even though the donor has received a benefit ?
Could money received be handled as donations through Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme. ( i.e. no declaration required ? )
Could such donations be agregated together as one day's tkaings on a Gift Aid claim. If so what detaisl are required ?
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If the gift is entirely optional. ie if some hypothetical cheeky [***] could turn up, get their car washed, and then leave without making a donation, then I see no issue with it being gift-aid able, because it is, de facto, a gift.
It is no different from making a donation to go and visit a church to avoid get glowered at by the vicar.
I also do not see why you cannot use GASDS if all the criteria are satisfied.
Gift
Agree - if there's no obligation to pay, it's a gift.
The cheeky [***] Portia mentioned may well be very good evidence, actually.
Definition of a charity
Provided the charity is a UK registered charity.
It doesn't actually have to be a UK charity, the FA'10 sch 6 definition also includes charities in other member states