HMRC Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) Grant Funding

HMRC has worked with the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) for over 20 years to deliver support and access to services for customers the Department finds hardest to reach. The aim is to support customers back into mainstream HMRC channels by building their capability and confidence and resolving issues which may have become a barrier to direct engagement with HMRC. These may include, for example, HMRC debts and outstanding tax obligations.
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Your organisation must be one of the following:

• a registered charity
• a voluntary and community sector organisation
• a social enterprise
• a mutual
• a co-operative

Your organisation must have:

• three years’ financial history in place
• a turnover of no less than £80,000 per year
• sound and comprehensive financial systems and processes that enable you to track the amount of funding spent throughout the year and to demonstrate that you have allocated the funding to the specific activity detailed in your bid

Your organisation must not:

• have any directors who have been disqualified in the last 5 years, and or any directors, trustees, treasurers or anyone in a position of financial responsibility who has had a conviction such as for fraud, within the last 5 years
• use the grant to support or promote religious activity
• use the grant for any activity that is party political in intention, use or presentation

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