# Fundraising Regulator announces levy changes to help smaller charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/03/06/fundraising-regulator-announces-levy-changes-to-help-smaller-charities/
- Published: 2019-03-06T09:30:10+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The Fundraising Regulator is to change the way it collects its levy, in a bid 
to better support smaller charities, it has announced.**

 

The changes will apply to levy years 4 and 5, running from September 2019 to August
2021. They include two extra bandings at the lower end of the levy payment scale
to make moving up the scale a more gradual process.

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Some charities will pay a smaller amount in levy payments than in previous years
but others will pay more. The Regulator’s stated aim is to ensure that the levy 
amount charged is ‘fair and proportionate’.

 

The [Fundraising Regulator](http://www.fundraisingregulator.org.uk/) has also announced
that payments are to be based on the information that charities provided in their
most recent audited accounts and annual return to the Charity Commission, usually
the 2016-17 or 2017-18 financial year.

 

The levy is currently based on annual returns made to the Charity Commission in 
2014, the latest information available when the levy was launched in 2016. The levy
will continue to be based on total fundraising expenditure of the charities eligible
to pay it – those who have fundraising costs of £100,000 or more.

 

The changes will come into effect on 1 September 2019 with invoices issued as usual
in August 2019. Charities who may be affected by the changes to levy bands will 
be informed in writing before invoices are issued.

 

 

 

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Old bandings

 

 

 

[⌊New levy bandings⌉⌊New levy bandings⌉[

New bandings

 

 

 

Gerald Oppenheim, Chief Executive of the Fundraising Regulator, said:

 

>  “Today’s announcement is about making sure that we are taking the fairest approach
> possible when it comes to our levy. By introducing two lower bands and basing 
> who pays how much on more recent, accurate fundraising expenditure we are confident
> that today’s changes will reflect more closely charities’ current activity. “We
> are really pleased that around 95% of the levy has been paid this year by charities
> within the levy, demonstrating their commitment to best practice fundraising. 
> As always, we look forward to working collaboratively with the sector over the
> coming year.”

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