# Budget gifts

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/1998/03/05/budget-gifts/
- Published: 1998-03-05T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The only major concession to charities in this month’s Budget appears to be the 
reduction in qualifying level for Gift Aid donations to £100. Sadly, this is not
the long-anticipated reduction charities had been hoping for. Instead it applies
only to donations to international aid and development work carried out in a restricted
number of countries. It is part of the Government’s efforts to give a meaning to
the Millennium that extends beyond the shores of the UK. Although only a small number
of charities and their projects will benefit, this introduction could still represent
the thin end of the wedge and a move towards a universal reduction in the Gift Aid
threshold to £100.

Museums and art galleries were the other major beneficiaries of the Budget. Nine
million pounds is to be awarded to institutions in an effort to prevent them from
introducing admission charges. Recipients will include the British Museum, the Tate
Gallery, and the National Portrait Gallery.

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