Giving as you earn, is one way, you can contribute to ensure seafarers and their families can live with dignity, free from hardship, long into the future, helping us sustain the vital ecosystem of support.
Give as you earn
Payroll giving is one of the most tax-efficient ways of donating and provides charities with a regular source of income to allow them to plan and budget for the future. Here's how it works:
Donations are deducted directly from your gross (pre-tax) salary, meaning you pay less tax because the donation reduces your taxable income. For example:
- Basic-Rate Taxpayer (20% tax rate): If you donate £10 per month, you save 20% in tax relief (£2), so the actual cost to you is £8.
- Higher-Rate Taxpayer (40% tax rate): If you donate £10 per month, you save 40% in tax relief (£4), making the actual cost to you just £6.
Therefore every penny works harder to improve the lives of seafarers and their families.
Why The Seafarers’ Charity?
For over 100 years, The Seafarers’ Charity has been improving the lives of those who work at sea and their families. Established in 1917, we’ve grown into the largest independent funder of maritime welfare charities, delivering impactful support to enhance financial resilience, health, wellbeing, and safer working lives at sea.
To become a payroll giver simply fill in our online form and we’ll do the rest for you. Once it’s processed, your employer will be notified, and your donation will come out of your salary on payday.
Sign Up Today
Signing up is quick and easy.
Check with your employer to sign up; you must use your employer’s payroll giving scheme. Once you select The Seafarers’ Charity, relax, as your employer passes your donation to a payroll agency who then sends it to us.
If your employer is not signed up to a scheme, encourage them to do so, we are happy to guide.
For employers
If you’re an employer and you would like to offer the scheme to your employees, it’s straight forward to set up. Email us at fundraising@theseafarerscharity.org and we can guide you through the simple steps.
Together, let’s chart a course towards a world where seafarers and their families are free from need and disadvantage.
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