# Postcode Address File to be free for small charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/06/17/postcode-address-file-be-free-small-charities/
- Published: 2013-06-17T08:56:52+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

From July this year small charities will no longer have to pay to use the Royal 
Mail's Postcode Address File, the tool that helps organisations standardise, update
and manage address data.

Royal Mail is simplying access to and pricing of the [Postcode Address File](http://www.royalmail.com/marketing-services-regular/choose-your-audience/data-management/)(
PAF) , in collaboration with the Government, to encourage innovation and growth.
The company, which introduced the postcode to every UK address nearly 40 years ago
to help it deliver mail, recognises that it is now used in a diverse range of ways
by users and third parties. It now contains over 28 million addresses.

Small businesses too can now receive one year's free access to PAF. Members of the
public can now enjoy greater access to the tool, with their daily limit of free 
searches on the Royal Mail website increased from 15 to 50.

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## Free access

To qualify for the new free rate organisations must be:

 *  registered charities or CICs
     
 *  have an annual income of less than £10 million
     
 *  be independent in the sense of not being associated or affiliated with any existing
   PAF solutions provider

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