Donate shares through ShareGift
A charity called ShareGift was launched in 1993 offering a simple solution for people who want to get rid of small numbers of shares. If you have just a few shares that would cost you more to sell than they are worth, ShareGift can use them to help the MS Trust.
There are millions of pounds worth of small shareholdings in existence that would be uneconomical to sell.
“The only time I ever remembered my windfall shares,” said Helen, a share donor, "was when I had to do my tax return. They were more trouble than they were worth."
The amount of paperwork involved was minimal. "All I had to do was send in my share certificate and sign the transfer form that was sent to me. The most difficult part, if I'm honest, was remembering where I'd put the certificate!"
There are big benefits for donors...
- Higher tax rate payers get income tax relief at 40% of the value of donated shares knocked off their tax bill, plus they wouldn't be liable for tax on any Capital Gains.
- “Giving shares to charity means I can dispose of them without paying capital gains tax. I can offset it against taxed income, so it's win-win really... More money to me and to the charity" wrote Alan, a share donor.
The MS Trust is pleased to have the opportunity to work with ShareGift and the Giving Campaign to handle donations of shares from our supporters.
If you'd like to donate shares, please download the application form here. Please print, complete and send the form to ShareGift (address is on the form).
The form is a pdf file. To view it, you may also need to download Adobe Reader.
If you would like more information, please contact our Fundraising Team .
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