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What we do

As well as providing the legal, financial and governance infrastructure you need to create and run your own charitable foundation, GivingWorks offers you a complete administrative and reporting service. This leaves you free to concentrate on your involvement with your chosen charitable causes and grant-making projects and direct us in how best to support your goals.

GivingWorks can also offer a wealth of knowledge in other aspects of charitable giving. For example, you may wish to talk with fellow philanthropists about their experiences. You might need help finding out about the most effective charities and organisations to give to or support. Or perhaps you want advice on a strategic long-term view of your overall philanthropic aims and how they are best achieved. Through our network of contacts and consultants we will be able to guide you. We are here to help you give more effectively.

Whether you come to us as a private individual or a business, and whatever the charitable causes you believe in, we can help you. Subject to our application process, GivingWorks will establish your foundation to enable you to increase your charitable giving and effectiveness and ensure that your funds are being managed professionally.

Setting up and maintaining a charitable foundation on your own can be a complex, time-consuming and expensive operation, similar to the founding and running of a new company.Our team of trustees and charity professionals knows your priority is charity, not company bureaucracy. That’s why GivingWorks deals with the establishment, administrative, legal and financial aspects of your foundation, leaving you to focus on how best to support your charitable projects or chosen good causes.In addition, our team claims Gift Aid on donations made by eligible UK taxpayers at the basic rate (currently 25%) and adds it to your account, allowing your foundation to extend its financial support even further.

Most companies and corporations engage in ad hoc charitable activity every year, but sometimes that isn’t enough. GivingWorks enables businesses to formalise philanthropic programs so they can provide ongoing support to chosen causes.Businesses with foundations also benefit from a reduction in corporation tax by having the option to donate profits to the foundation’s charitable projects.We know you already have mountains of business bureaucracy to deal with. That’s why the GivingWorks team has over 20 years of experience in handling the administration, legal and governance aspects of charitable foundations – so you don’t have to!

Ring Fenced Dedicated Account

Whether you are an individual, a group or a business, GivingWorks can provide you with your very own charitable foundation, or what we call a micro-trust. In doing this we also take on the entirety of the often complicated and lengthy financial/legal obligations involved in such a foundation, letting you concentrate on your philanthropy.

Access to Trustees and Support Staff

Our team collectively has over 100 years of experience in philanthropy and have gained experience by working in many parts of the world. If you need any kind of help, both before or after setting up your foundation with us, we’ll be on hand to do everything we can to assist, ranging from – legal advice, business guidance, charitable law and tax advice – we’ll usually be able to find what you need, or point you in the right direction.

Regular Statements of Account

Each of our micro-trusts is given a dedicated bank account and regular statements of account are available to all micro-trust account holders, enabling you to keep track of the balance available. Upon request, it is also possible to obtain details of funds being received via sources such as Just Giving and the Charities Aid Foundation. At the end of the financial year, a complete overview of income and expenses will also be available, if required, for each micro-trust.

Gift Aid Processing

GivingWorks will claim Gift Aid on donations made by UK taxpayers at the basic rate (25%) and add it to your account, the same rate is applied whether or not the cause you are supporting is a charitable cause based in the UK or overseas. This currently means that for every £1,000 you pay in, a further £250 can be added through tax relief.

Reporting and Accounting

As well as providing and establishing the essential infrastructure for your foundation, GivingWorks also performs the entirety of the heavy lifting, administrative and reporting services, allowing you to concentrate on your involvement with your chosen charitable cause(s).

Grant Management

Requests for grants to be made and expenses paid will be received and processed by the trustees and considered on an individual basis, taking into account the intentions originally stated in the GivingWorks Agreement document. Due diligence is completed to ensure the goals of the micro-trust are being fulfilled as well as compliance with the rules of the Charity Commission.

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