Payroll giving for businesses
Why set up a payroll giving scheme?
- Make it easy for your employees to give regularly and tax-free to causes they care about.
- Boost your reputation and employee morale.
- Enhance your corporate social responsibility programme.
- Increase your charitable giving.
- Aid recruitment and retention of staff.
- Virtually no cost in starting the scheme.
How to set up a payroll giving scheme
Payroll giving is simple to set up. You will need to sign up with one of the approved payroll giving agencies, who will help you to manage and promote the scheme. Visit the Inland Revenue step-by-step instructions on how to set up a scheme.
Case study: Grainger Trust Plc
Shelter corporate partners, Grainger Trust Plc, launched a payroll giving campaign – Love Giving.
The scheme was very popular with Grainger employees, with more than 27% signing up to the scheme when it launched. The scheme went on to win the Institute of Fundraising award for Best Use of Payroll Giving.
Just by participating in payroll giving your company is entitled to use the Quality Mark on corporate literature. Find out more about the Quality Mark
Go the extra mile: match giving
Encourage your employees to sign up for payroll giving by offering to match their donations. It’s a fantastic incentive for staff to take part, and matched gifts are tax deductible.
Find out more
If you want to know more or have any questions, please contact us on payrollgiving@shelter.org.uk or 0344 330 1234.
