Donors in the United Kingdom

• Credit or debit card

  Make a single donation in GBP sterling by credit or debit card using our secure online form. Choose an area to support by visiting our Making Waves Campaign page.

• Cheque

  Make a donation by cheque, postal order, charity cheque or voucher, made payable to the University of St Andrews. Please send to the address below, enclosing a completed Gift form (PDF) .

  Susan Donald
  Development Officer (Operations)
  Development
  University of St Andrews
  91 North Street
  St Andrews
  KY16 9AJ

• Electronic bank transfer

  Make a single or regular gift via electronic bank transfer using the following details:

  Electronic Bank Transfer

  Please quote reference as follows:

  • Areas of greatest need: AOGN, surname, first name
  • Digital Nexus Building: DNB, surname, first name
  • New College: NC, surname, first name
  • Endowed Chairs: EC, surname, first name
  • Robert Jones Scholarship:  RJS, surname, first name
  • PG Scholarships:  PG, surname, first name
  • Student Support Fund: SSF, surname, first name
  • University Endowment Fund: UEF, surname, first name
  • Wardlaw Scholarships: WS, surname, first name

  Account Name: University of St Andrews Appeal Fund
  Sort Code: 83 26 28
  Account number: 00279309
  Swift Code: RBOS GB 2L
  IBAN: GB89RBOS83262800279309

  Please email donate@st-andrews.ac.uk to let us know when you have made a gift and to which project. This will allow us to acknowledge and receipt your gift more efficiently.

• Direct Debit

  Make a regular monthly donation by Direct Debit using our secure online form. Choose an area to support by visiting our projects page.

  Make a regular annual donation by Direct Debit - please send your completed Gift form (PDF) to the address below, please do not send the form directly to your bank.
  
  Susan Donald
  Development Officer (Operations)
  Development
  University of St Andrews
  91 North Street
  St Andrews
  KY16 9AJ

• Give As You Earn (GAYE)

  Give directly from your salary. Please contact your own payroll office for more information on Give as You Earn and Payroll Giving.

  University of St Andrews Staff – Please visit the CAF website to set up your Give As You Earn donation to the University.  Please have your NI Number and Employee Payroll Number to hand.  When asked to provide the charity name, please enter University of St Andrews (SC013532).

• Give shares or property

  Giving shares or property to the University can be mutually beneficial and tax effective.

  Shares

  As the University of St Andrews is a registered charity, donations of shares and securities can be mutually beneficial. You can claim tax relief on the full market value of your gift and avoid any capital gains tax which may have arisen.

  Property

  Gifts of land, buildings and personal property can be made to the University of St Andrews free from tax. As a registered charity, we do not pay stamp duty on receipt of outright gifts of land or buildings.

  Please contact Development at donate@st-andrews.ac.uk for more details about any aspect of giving to the University.

• Gift Aid

  Gift Aid is a UK government tax scheme which enables the University to claim tax relief on donations received from UK taxpayers

  In order for donations to be eligible for Gift Aid, the donor must be a UK taxpayer who has or will have paid an amount of income tax and/or capital gains tax at least equal to the tax that the University of St Andrews (and all other charities to which they donate) will reclaim on the gifts in the relevant tax year in which the gifts are made.

  How Gift Aid Works
  
  The University receives your donation, which is money you've already paid tax on, and reclaims the basic rate of tax from HM Revenue & Customs on the gross equivalent of the donation, which is the amount before basic rate tax was deducted.
  
  The basic tax rate is 20%, so if you give £10 using Gift Aid, the donation is worth £12.50 to the University.

  If you pay higher rate tax, you can claim the difference between the higher rate of tax (40% and/or 50 %) and the basic rate of tax (20%) on the total gross value of your donation to the University.

  If you donate £100, the total value of your donation to the University is £125. You can claim back:

  £25 - if you pay tax at 40% (£125 × 20%)
  £37.50 - if you pay tax at 50 per cent (£125 × 20%) plus (£125 × 10%)

  Please complete the Gift Aid Declaration on the Gift form (PDF)  or tick the Gift Aid checkbox on our online forms at the same time as you enter your gift details. Thank you.

  Donations to the University made by companies are not covered by Gift Aid; however the company can treat the donation as an allowable expense, making a saving on Corporation Tax.

  Donations made with Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) vouchers have already had Gift Aid claimed on them by CAF, and therefore further Gift Aid cannot be claimed by the University.