1. Association of Payroll Giving Organisations (APGO)
Payroll Giving Special Interest Group
Wednesday 2nd April British Heart Foundation

2. The APGO Association of Payroll Giving Organisations
Here today – Panikos Efthimiou (Chair), Heather Vasco (Charities Trust) and Helen Von Trotsenburg (Bell Fundraising)
Formed October 2007
Membership organisation of Payroll Giving Agencies (PGA’s), Professional Fundraising Organisations (PFO’s) and Donor Monitoring Organisations (DMO’s)

3. Changes to Payroll Giving legislation
Effective 6 April 2014
Reduces maximum processing time from 60 to 35 days where
PGA has received correct information from company
charity is known (received donations in past 12 months)
In all other cases 60 day maximum applies

4. Other changes Common disbursement statement
Central source of information
No subsidy for costs of implementing changes
Charities Trust changing to bi-monthly payout to charities from May 2014

5. Good News – Payroll Giving is growing!
Figures from HMRC for 2012/13 (revised December 2013)….
£155 million including £7.5 million matching donations
Over 1 million employees now giving
48% employers now covering the admin fee
3400 Quality Marks awarded in 2013
More Employer Platinum Awards than previous year

6. Quality Mark & National PG Excellence Awards

8. Press coverage
Civil Society   up_15m
Third Sector - 
UK Fundraising   giving/
CIPP News 
Payroll World  donations- 
CAF Website  

9. Press coverage (contd)
Geared for Giving Website  giving-by-7-5million/
Third Sector  two-years/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH
UK Fundraising -  continued/
Charity Digital News  mark-for-2014/
IOF Website  for-2014-launched/

10. Remember…
Charities qualify for the Quality Mark – closing date 22 April 2014
Charities can enter the Excellence Awards – entries late May 2014
Charities can encourage employers with whom they have relationships to do both of the above
Where you lead others may well follow!

11. APGO contact details