If you have a ltd and you volunteer your services to a couple of organisations (one is a charity, one is a university and one is a ltd) , can you claim mileage to actually get to the place where you volunteer?
My understanding is that if you volunteer you should be able to claim your expenses so that it doesn’t cost you anything.
I wanted to check if anyone thinks it’s actually possible to do?
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Surely the volunteering would be in a personal capacity, so it would have nothing to do with the limited company?
Ah, Little White Bull. You're back!
I think you are getting mixed up, I don't know any little white bull.
"My understanding is that if you volunteer you should be able to claim your expenses so that it doesn’t cost you anything."
Indeed, the volunteer agrees the principle with the charity or organisation and claims from them.
The limited company has benefitted nothing from you incurring the cost so why claim from it?
Yes, you can claim mileage from your company for the travel to where you are volunteering if the place you are volunteering is a registered charity.
I'm probably being overly suspicious, but it would also be useful if you could confirm that "volunteering" does mean that you're actually doing it voluntarily, rather than, say, under a community service order.