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Official guidance
VAT Charities
  • VCHAR0500 · Data Protection
  • VCHAR1000 · Introduction
  • VCHAR2000 · What is a charity?
  • VCHAR3000 · Business and non-business: Charitable activities
  • VCHAR4000 · Activities commonly carried on (or income received) by charities
  • VCHAR5000 · Advertising
  • VCHAR6000 · Ambulance services
  • VCHAR7000 · Charity shops and sales of goods
  • VCHAR8000 · Free export of goods
  • VCHAR9000 · Fund-raising
  • VCHAR10000 · Grant funding
  • VCHAR11000 · Advertising
  • VCHAR12000 · Talking books
  • VCHAR13000 · Lifeboats
  • VCHAR14000 · Medical and scientific equipment (“relevant goods”)
  • VCHAR15000 · Medicinal products and substances
  • VCHAR16000 · Index to the law on charities
  1. VAT Charities
  2. Activities commonly carried on (or income received) by charities

VCHAR4000 | Activities commonly carried on (or income received) by charities

From HM Revenue & Customs · VAT Charities

Where possible we have provided additional guidance to that available in Notice 701/1 HMRC website) Charities. In some instances additional information can be found elsewhere in departmental guidance.

ActivityFurther information
Admission to premisesNotice 701/47 (HMRC website) Culture
Advertising servicesVCHAR11000
Affinity credit cardsNotice 701/1 (HMRC wbsite) Charities
Ambulance servicesVCHAR6000
Charity shopsVCHAR7000
CateringNotice 709/1 (HMRC wesite) Catering take-away food
Distribution of donated goodsVAT Notice 701/1 Charities
Education, research and trainingNotice 701/30 (HMRC website) Education and vocational training
Free export of goodsVCHAR8000
Fund-raisingVCHAR9000
GrantsVCHAR10000
Hiring out charity buildingsNotice 742 (HMRC website)Land and Property
Museums and galleriesNotice 998 (HMRC website) VAT refund schemes for national museums and galleries
MembershipNotice 701/5 (HMRC website) Clubs and associations
Patron/supporter schemesNotice 701/1 (HMRC website) Charities
Sea rescueNotice 701/1 (HMRC website) Charities
Sports membership and eventsNotice 701/45 (HMRC website)Sport
Supplies of staff between charitiesNotice 701/1 (HMRC website) Charities
WelfareParagraph 0 and Notice 701/2 (HMRC website) Welfare
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