Solicitation Statement

GoodPAYE is a Professional Fundraising Organisation that helps employers and employees with Payroll Giving (also known as Give As You Earn) for the benefit of any UK charity. Payroll Giving is a tax-efficient scheme governed by HMRC whereby individuals can donate to any charity of their choice via their payroll.

Individuals giving via GoodPAYE’s Payroll Giving platform are able to support any charity they wish, not just the charities that GoodPAYE represents. We actively represent and are funded by the charities listed on our website; however, we promote the concept of free choice, enabling individuals to support any charity they wish, and we facilitate and support donations to any UK charity.

If an individual chooses to support a charity whom we represent, we are paid a one-off fee by the relevant charity for the acquisition of that new supporter. Our fees are relative to the estimated value of each individual supporter whom we have acquired for the charity, and are an extremely cost-effective form of supporter-recruitment for the charities we represent.

The average life of a Payroll Giving supporter is 7 years. We estimate that our work this year (2022) will result in the recruitment of new Payroll Giving supporters pledging to donate in the region of £1m over their lifetime. We estimate that our remuneration for generating this will be in the region of £70,000 this year. This cost is proportionately shared (in accordance with donations made) by the charities we are contracted to. The revenue we receive from these fees funds our overheads, staff costs, operating costs, marketing costs and working capital.

Any profits the business makes are reinvested into the business and/or paid as dividends to our shareholders. Our shareholders are all charities – the business is 100% charity-owned.

We never make any deductions from donations that are made by individuals, nor do we charge any fees to individuals making donations. All donations are deducted from individual’s gross pay by their employer during the payroll process and 100% of the donation deductions are sent to the employer’s contracted HMRC-approved Payroll Giving Agency. The Payroll Giving Agency distributes the donations to the charities according to the individuals’ instructions.

If the individual’s employer is not using GoodPAYE’s integrated Payroll Giving Agency, their alternative contracted Payroll Giving Agency may charge the employer a fee for processing donations, or may deduct their donation processing fee from the individual’s donations before distributing to the individual’s chosen charities. If the employer is not using

GoodPAYE’s integrated Payroll Giving Agency, any fees that their contracted Payroll Giving Agency charge is outside of our control, and individuals should speak to their employer. However, if the employer is using GoodPAYE’s integrated Payroll Giving Agency, no fees are charged to the employer and no deductions are made from an individual’s donations.

Each charity monitors money received by individuals who have signed up to Payroll Giving via GoodPAYE. If an individual does not make their first donation for any reason, the charity or charities concerned do not pay any fees to GoodPAYE for the recruitment of that supporter. If they had already paid the relevant supporter acquisition fees, they will receive a full refund from GoodPAYE.