Payroll giving

Q: What will you do with my personal details?

To set up your donation to Prisoners Abroad, you will need to share your personal details with our Payroll Giving agency and your employer. We will not pass your details on to any third parties. We like to keep supporters in touch with our work. If you would like to receive communications from us, please email us at fundraising@prisonersabroad.org.uk or sign up here. Prisoners Abroad is committed to the protection of your privacy. All personal information given to us through this website will only be held and used with care and in accordance with our privacy policy and the Data Protection Act 2018. Your use of this website constitutes your agreement to the terms of this Privacy Policy. Please click here to read our privacy policy in full.

Q: Is there an administration fee?

There is a small administration fee. Your employer will use a Payroll Giving Agent (like a charity bank) to distribute the donations that you and your colleagues make. The Payroll Giving Agents are charities that need to make a small charge to cover their operating costs. Some employers pay this fee on your behalf so we receive your full donation. If your employer doesn’t pay the fee, the Payroll Giving Agent will deduct it from your donation before passing it on to us. This will be between 2% and 4%. This compares favourably against the admin costs of claiming Gift Aid on a Direct Debit donation.

Q: How is payroll giving different to donating through direct debit with gift aid?

Because Payroll Giving deducts your donation from your pre-tax salary or pension, we do not need to claim the tax back through Gift Aid. This not only saves us admin costs, but also ensures that we receive all the tax from donations by earners within the higher 40-45% tax bracket.

Q: What happen to my payroll giving donation when I leave this job?

Your donation through Payroll Giving will stop when you leave your current workplace. However, if you would like to continue donating to Prisoners Abroad, you can easily set a new one up by contacting the payroll department at your new workplace.

Q: What if my circumstances change?

You can change the amount of or stop your Payroll Giving donation at any time. To do this, please notify your payroll department.

Q: When will my first donation be deducted?

It usually takes a couple of months to process a payroll gift, so the deduction may not appear on your payslip immediately. It can depend when you sign up and when your employer processes payroll. If it does not appear on your payslip after a couple of months, please check that your employer received your instructions.

Q: How does my tax rate affect my donation?

Donations via Payroll Giving are taken after your National Insurance contributions are removed but before Income Tax is calculated and deducted. You will receive tax relief at the highest rate of tax you pay. If you pay 20% tax, 80% of your donation amount will be taken from your salary and 20% will be taken from the tax which would have gone to HMRC. You can read more about how this works here .

Payroll Giving is a simple, tax-efficient and flexible way of donating to Prisoners Abroad straight from your salary. By donating before tax deductions, your gift costs you less and generates more for us. This makes Payroll Giving one of the most efficient ways to help us deliver our life-changing work.

Would you like to support Prisoners Abroad by donating money directly from your salary?

To support Prisoners Abroad via Payroll Giving, all you need to do is fill out this form and provide our registered charity number: 1093710. Payroll Giving in Action will contact your employer to set up your gift—meaning less hassle for you.

There is no minimum donation via Payroll Giving, so you are free to give as much or as little as you would like. Even the smallest regular donations make a big difference: if just one employee donated as little as a £1 a week for a year they could pay for a month and a half's survival grant for someone in prison abroad, giving them food and water that might otherwise be denied to them.

How your gift will help

Regular givers are the lifeblood of Prisoners Abroad. Regular support provides us with a reliable source of income so we can plan for the future with confidence and deliver our our core work with the stability needed by those whom we exist for - people who may have no where else to turn, and who are vulnerable, anxious and isolated. They enable us to continue to develop and extend our services, and they also allow us to keep our administration costs to a minimum.

What your money is worth

Payroll Giving is a HM Customs & Revenue scheme that enables employees to donate tax-free through their pay to any charity in the UK. All donations given in this way are tax-effective so the charity receives your donation and the tax you would have paid on this amount. When you donate through Payroll Giving, you will receive tax relief at the highest rate of tax you pay. As a result, only a portion of your donation comes out of your own pocket.

If you pay 20% tax, 80% of your donation amount will be taken from your salary and 20% will be taken from the tax which would have gone to HMRC.

If you pay tax at the highest rate, a £10 monthly gift will cost you just £5.50. And did you know that Payroll Giving is the only form of giving that’s automatically tax-efficient for higher-rate taxpayers?

You can find out how much your chosen donation will cost from you take-home pay on the Payroll Giving in Action website when you go to sign up.

Sign me up for Payroll Giving now!

Anyone who earns a salary or pension and pays Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax on this is eligible to give via Payroll Giving. A gift through this scheme is quick and easy to set up, and completely confidential.

All you need to do to support Prisoners Abroad via Payroll Giving is fill out this form and provide our registered charity number: 1093710. Payroll Giving In Action will then contact your employer to set up your gift.

If you are unsure if your workplace offers a Payroll Giving scheme, please contact your company’s payroll or HR department. If there is no Payroll Giving scheme in place at your workplace, they can register in a few simple steps. Please refer them to a Payroll Giving Agency such as Payroll Giving in Action where they can find out more about the scheme and learn how to set one up.

Even if your organisation doesn’t currently offer Payroll Giving, you still set up a regular donation in minutes online.

Alternatively, you can download a form to set up Payroll Giving via CAF's Give As You Earn scheme.

For more information on Payroll Giving and why your donation matters, please read our FAQs below.