# Sports clubs missing out on up to £148 million, say ministers

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/06/17/sports-clubs-missing-out-148-million-say-ministers/
- Published: 2004-06-17T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Around 40,000 amateur sports clubs across the UK are missing out on tax benefits,
reduced business rates and Gift Aid which could reach an astonishing £148m.
They
could claim these benefits if they registered with the Inland Revenue as a ‘CASC’–
a Community Amateur Sports Club.

The figures were given by Sports Minister Richard Caborn and the Economic Secretary
to the Treasury John Healey when they visited a local cricket club to highlight 
the value of the CASC scheme.

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