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Collecting in more than one church building

Up to £8,000 of the Small Donations Scheme for each building.

Who can do this: Administrators and treasurers

If your church takes collections in more than one building, each building can count for up to £8,000 of small cash and contactless gifts. You can add up to 15 buildings, at no extra cost.

  1. Step 1: Add your buildings

    Go to Gift Aid, then Settings. Under Church buildings, add each building’s name, and its postcode if you have it, then choose Add building.

    The Church buildings box in Gift Aid settings, listing St Aidan’s Church and St Mary’s Chapel with their postcodes, and a form to add another building.
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  2. Step 2: Choose the building for each collection

    Once you have two or more buildings, a Which building? box appears when you open a batch. Choose where the collection was taken. You can change it later on the batch page.

    The New batch form, with a Which building? box set to St Aidan’s Church, between the usual fund and usual method.
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  3. Step 3: Claim as usual

    Make your Gift Aid claim in the normal way. If counting each building gives more than £8,000, the claim uses it and lists each building’s amount, ready for the community buildings part of Charities Online.

What happens next

A building counts if it holds at least 6 services or events a year, each with 10 or more people. The total is still limited to 10 times the Gift Aid gifts you claim on in the same tax year.

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