About aggregated donations

Aggregating donations can be a great time saver when dealing with very small one-off gifts from visitors or donors that only give very infrequently.

A common situation where aggregating might be used is where there are many Gift Aid envelopes, all with small donations, used at a big event or collection.

The aggregation process allows a charity to record one total for a collection of very small donations of £20 or less, up to £1,000 per line (record). This saves submitting all the individual donor details for each donation.

Note that aggregated donations are not to be confused with the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme (GASDS)!

Donations suitable for aggregation are still covered by an audit trail for Gift Aid. Supporting documentation such as envelopes and so on, should still be retained in case of inspection.

GASDS is for situations where there is no Gift Aid audit trail.