DONATING
One off Small Donations If you wish to make a donation by cheque/cash to Jersey Mencap you can send cheques made payable to “Jersey Mencap” to our office – Jersey Mencap, La Rue Asplet, Trinity, Jersey. JE3 5JF
Our Charity Registration Number with the Association of Jersey Charities is 13 (Thirteen)
Lump Sum Donations You can increase the value of your donation at no extra cost to yourself if it is over £100 by completing and returning the Income Tax Department R10 Lump sum donations to charity form. (Download the R10 Form.) The Income Tax Office produces a booklet entitled Lump Sum Donations to Charity which explains how the scheme operates. Copies are available from the Help Desk at Cyril Le Marquand House, The Parade, St Helier. Alternatively the booklet can be viewed on the Income Tax Office web site and use the search facility for "lump sum donations". The following are important points with regard to the scheme:
The donation must be more that £100 but not exceed £500,000.
* The donor must be resident in Jersey for at least three years and should not be a partnership.
* The scheme only operates for charities exempted under Article 115(a) i.e. only charities established in Jersey.
* The donor must pay in income tax on his income at least the amount that is deducted from the donation otherwise there is no advantage to be gained.
For further information concerning applications for Exemption from Jersey Income Tax and Lump Sum Donations contact the Comptroller of Income Tax, Cyril Le Marquand House, The Parade, St Helier, Jersey. JE4 8PF. Tel: 01534 440300
Standing Orders You can also set up a standing order should you wish to be a regular donor to Jersey Mencap. (Download Standing Order Mandate)
Deeds of Covenant A deed of covenant is one of the so called "tax efficient" ways in which an individual can make a donation to a charity. This is a scheme where the individual signs a deed of covenant under which they promise to pay to the charity a sum net of Jersey income tax for a period of at least five years (i.e. five annual payments). The charity in turn reclaims the tax deducted at source upon presentation of the appropriate Certificate of Deduction of Income Tax (Form R10AP). The right to deduct tax from the annual payment under the deed is covered in Article 87A of the Income Tax (Jersey) Law 1961. Section (3) of that Article states that the charity must be formally exempted from income tax under the provisions of Article 115(a), Article 115(aa) or Article 115(ab) of the Income Tax (Jersey) Law 1961, i.e. the charity must be established in either Jersey, the United Kingdom or Guernsey. It follows that Jersey residents should not deduct Jersey income tax from any covenant payments made to charities established outside these jurisdictions.
Please contact the Income Tax Department help desk for further information at PO Box 56, Cyril Le Marquand House, The Parade, St Helier, Jersey, JE4 8PF. Tel: 01534 440300 (Download the R10 Form.)
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FUNDRAISING
Shop and Search Simple way to raise funds – we are registered on these 3 websites as charities who will benefit from your online purchases and searches.
It is only a few extra clicks but there is no extra cost either to yourself or us and you will be making a difference to the lives of children and adults with a learning disability.
http://www.goanddonate.com
http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/jerseymencap
http://jerseymencap.easysearch.org.uk
Individual Fundraising Large or small donations are all very welcome. Organise your own events whether they are time proven ways – raffles, runs, quizzes etc. or let your imagination soar, be inventive with your own original ideas. Seek sponsorship for any challenges you take on to benefit Jersey Mencap. Get your friends involved and have fun while at the same time making a positive difference to the lives of people with a learning disability in the island. Enter Jersey Mencap Fundraising events such as our annual South Coast Charity Challenge.
Corporate Fundraising Hold fund-raising events at your workplace, organise corporate sporting challenges, raffles, quizzes, sales, sponsor anything. If your organisation has a £ for £ matching scheme for charitable funds you raise make sure you take advantage of this. Why not choose Jersey Mencap as your Charity of the Year. We currently have an appeal to buy a house for Adult Respite Care, this will cost in the current market around £1,000,000 – an excellent and very worthwhile course for a service which is vital to many families with a son/daughter with a learning disability.
For further details on any of the above or information about Jersey Mencap, please contact Sue Moore on 01534 866622
