Hi all, I spoke to the Charities Unit at the UK Tax Authorities today for an update on our application for Gift Aid. We wrote to them on 23rd November applying for Gift Aid status and they previously said they had a backlog of 6-8 weeks' post to work through so we should expect an answer in approximately mid January. Unfortunately they are now working on mid-October post, meaning the backlog has risen to 10 weeks and we can now expect an answer around 10th February. On a positive note they have confirmed that we can ask people to sign the Gift Aid declaration now, notwithstanding that we haven't received a response, and we will be able to reclaim tax on these donations as soon as we are approved without having to approach the donors again. I'll keep everyone informed. Regards, Andrew Turvey Secretary Wiki UK Limited Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL. Information contained in this email may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. Unauthorised copying, forwarding or other use of any confidential information in this email may result in legal action. ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Andrew Turvey <raturvey(a)yahoo.co.uk> To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Cc: WMUK <board(a)wikimedia.org.uk> Sent: Friday, 5 December, 2008 22:23:10 Subject: Gift Aid - an update Hi all, Just to keep you up to date regarding Gift Aid. I spoke to the HMRC Charities Unit today and asked them when we should expect a response. They said they are currently taking between 6-8 weeks so we should expect to hear around mid January. As we are not registered with the Charity Commission their initial response may ask for more information to support out status as a charity; however, I'll keep everyone informed when we hear. Regards, Andrew Turvey Company Secretary Wiki UK Limited Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL. Information contained in this email may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. Unauthorised copying, forwarding or other use of any confidential information in this email may result in legal action. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l