Company supports a registered charity, and will provide a few employees as volunteers for an event that the charity is undertaking (it's a children's charity and the volunteers will be looking after the children).
The company also makes donations to the charity, all tax deductible.
There will be a cost to the charity in respect of the volunteers, which the donor company would like to fully cover, and they are looking for the most tax efficient wau of doing so. Initial thoughts were a donation to the charity, and then the charity would pay the expenses, but are there other options?
I'm really struggling to find any meaningful guidance on this.
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What precisely is the cost to the charity in respect of the volunteers? (Not in £, what is it for)
They are taking a group of disabled kids to Kilimanjaro.
WTF?! Have they told whoever provides their employer's liability insurance?!
Who's paid for the DBS checks?!
OK - so as it's a national charity, the same argument as applies to non-GA donations to a local charity won't fly. (Other than out the window!)
To answer AccountantA and MJShone,
It's a big, national charity, who should be well aware of their obligations regarding DBS and insurance.
I've maybe read it wrong but, for me, I'd be very nervous indeed about the status of the company and employees. If it's (1) the company donating to the charity and (2) giving paid (?) leave to the employees to go on the trip, then I could probably get comfortable with that.
Saying "will provide a few employees" just sounded as if (from a legal perspective) the employees were acting in their capacity as employees, which is why I mentioned employer's insurance. I don't know the detail of DBS but, again, from a liability perspective, I'd be very wary.
It's very laudable but there's a danger of business and charitable activities being blurred to the potential disadvantage of both.