By Gift Declaration. If you pay income tax, you can contribute in a particularly valuable way by completing a Gift Aid Declaration asking Inland Revenue to treat your subscription, or any other donation you may make, as a Gift Aid Declaration. The RMA can then recover the tax that you have already paid on that money. If you wish to do this please complete and return a Gift Aid Declaration Form which is reproduced below and which may also be obtained from Central Office.
By Donation. If you wish to make a one off donation please forward it straight to Central Office.
By Legacy. Legacies are a very important source of income for the RMA. if you would like to remember the Association in your Will you can do so by including the following words, depending on whether you wish to make a specific legacy or leave the residue of your estate to the RMA.
Specific Legacy: "I give and bequeath to the Royal Marines Association (Registered Charity No. 206003) the sum of £............. free of all duty, such sum to be applied to the general purposes of the said Charity".
Residual Legacy: I give, devise and bequeath all (or a specified share,
e.g. half) the residue of my estate absolutely to the Royal Marines Association
(Registered Charity No. 206003) such residue to be applied to the general
purposes of the said Charity".
GIFT AID DECLARATION - ROYAL MARINES ASSOCIATION
Title.............. Forename(s) ..................................................................................
Surname.................................................................................................................
Address ..................................................................................................................
………………………………………………........................................................
………………………………………………........................................................
Post Code .......................................................
I want the charity to treat all donations I make from the date of this declaration until I notify you otherwise as Gift Aid Donations.
Signature:- ........................................................... Date:-..............................................
Notes.
l. If your declaration covers donations you may make in the future:
a. please notify the charity if you change your name or address while the declaration is still in force.
b. You can cancel the declaration at any time by notifying the charity – it will then not apply to donations you make on or after the date of cancellation or such later date as you specify.
2. You must pay an amount of income tax and/or capital gains tax at least equal to the tax that the charity reclaims on your donation in the tax year (currently 28p for each £1 you give).
3. If in the future your circumstances change and you no longer pay tax on your income and capital gains equal to the tax that the charity reclaims, you can cancel your declaration (see note 1 above).