Help us do more for your daughters – success through community
Success through Community
We are launching the CCHS Foundation[1] as a school community enterprise dedicated to raising funds, through voluntary contributions each year, to provide your daughters with more:
[1] The CCHS Foundation is not a distinct legal entity but a term we are using for this initiative under CCHS’s exempt charitable status as an academy.
- More funding increases opportunity and enhances achievement for your daughters.
- Your daughters deserve the very best from their school community.
- Let us work together to achieve this: success through community.
How to contribute financially towards the CCHS Foundation:
- Set up a Regular payment by Standing Order with your Bank
This provides the Foundation with a regular income to allow us to plan ahead more effectively, and can be set to a payment amount, frequency and date to suit you. Please contact the school at finance@cchs.co.uk for our bank details.
- Payment via ParentPay
You should find a payment item assigned to your daughter on ParentPay entitled ‘Donate to CCHS Foundation’. Payment may be made via debit or credit card, and the amount can be edited to suit your wishes. Payments may be made as often as you like to suit your circumstances.
Additional payment items may be available at various times, ‘giving days’, for donating towards a specific fundraising goal.
- Gift Aid
However you choose to contribute, if you are a UK tax payer, we can benefit further if you complete a Gift Aid Declaration form. This means that we can reclaim from HMRC any income tax you have paid on your donations to us, at a basic tax rate of 20%. The form can be accessed here.
Ways to donate towards CCHS Capital projects:
- TotalGiving
The School has set up an online fundraising page via TotalGiving. This allows you to make regular or single contributions online using a credit or debit card. Gift Aid for eligible donations can also be processed through this route.
- Giving through an employer scheme:
Payroll Giving
Payroll Giving (also known as ‘Give As You Earn’) is a valuable, long term source of revenue, providing regular income to help charities budget and plan more effectively. Your donation can often be made from your pre-tax income. Please ask your employer about this scheme.
As an academy, the School is considered to be an exempt charity and as such does not need to register with the Charity Commission. However, our charitable status is registered with HMRC. ‘Chelmsford County High School for Girls’ should be used as the reference on the payroll giving paperwork.
Company Gifts & Matched Funding
Some companies operate schemes allowing employees to nominate a charity for a company donation. This is often under a ‘matched funding’ programme whereby a company will match the donation made by the employee to their chosen charity. Please ask your employer about this scheme.
3. CAF Giving – more details
The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) makes giving to charity easy. Through CAF, the value of your donation is increased via tax relief, and you have the option to donate anonymously.
4. Set up a regular payment by Standing Order with your Bank
This provides the School with a regular income to allow us to plan more effectively, and can be set to a payment amount, frequency and date to suit you. Please contact the school at finance@cchs.co.uk for our bank details.
5. Payment via ParentPay
You should find a payment item assigned to your daughter on ParentPay entitled ‘CCHS Buildings Appeal’. Payment may be made via debit or credit card, and the amount can be edited to suit your wishes. Payments may be made as often as you like to suit your circumstances.
6. Gift Aid
Should you choose to contribute via bank standing order or ParentPay, if you are a UK tax payer we can benefit further if you complete a Gift Aid Declaration form. This means that we can reclaim from HMRC any income tax you have paid on your donations to us, at a basic tax rate of 20%. The form can be accessed here.
Leaving a Legacy
Please consider leaving the School a legacy in your will. If you leave a gift to a charity such as CCHS, its value will be deducted from your estate (your money, possessions and property) before Inheritance Tax is calculated.
Thank you, in advance for any support you can provide to the students of CCHS
