Giving
We love taking up a special offering at this time of year that can be used to bless those in our church and wider community who are facing difficult times.
This year, the offering at our Christmas services* and given through the link above, will be split three ways:
50 per cent will go to our Hope Fund which helps us provide support to members of our church family and local community who are facing financial difficulties. We provide support in a number of ways, including through our school-holiday family meal boxes, and have received lots of moving feedback from those we have helped about the huge difference this support has made.
25 per cent will go to the New Hope Christmas Appeal. New Hope work with people experiencing homelessness in Watford and their Christmas appeal is raising money for their vital work at the Haven. The Haven provides a safe place for people to get hot meals, a warm shower, clean clothes, and life-changing advice and support that can help them move away from street homelessness. To find out more about New Hope, click here.
25 per cent will go to cancer services at Watford General Hospital including supporting Macmillan cancer nurses.
*All money given in the baskets and via the tablets at our three carol services on Sunday 15th December, our Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day services will be put towards the Christmas Offering unless it is marked otherwise. Giving at the Sunday services on 22nd December will go to our general giving fund. You can also give to the Christmas Offering via ChurchSuite by selecting ‘Christmas Offering’ from the drop down menu, or click the link above.
General giving
At Soul Survivor Watford we contribute to the life of the church in many different ways. While the information below relates to financial giving, other pages on this site explain the variety of ways you can get involved and give your time, energy, skills and enthusiasm! We are so thankful for the generosity of all those who give to Soul Survivor Watford.
There are a number of ways to give. You can setup a standing order using the bank details below or you can make a one-off gift or set up a Standing Order by clicking on the link below. This takes you to ChurchSuite and you can also click on My Giving in the ChurchSuite app to do the same. This also allows you to easily see how much you’ve given over the months and years.
If you’d like to give at one of our Sunday services, we take up an offering where you can give by cash, cheque or card. There will be baskets at the front for cash and cheques, and contactless card readers on the Welcome Desk.
Setting up a Standing Order or making a one-off gift
You can use the details below to send one-off gifts or set up Standing Orders via your bank. We have two bank accounts, one for general church funds (this includes when we take up offerings such as for the hardship fund) and one for our building work which is called Making Room For More. If you are happy for your gift to to be used wherever it is most needed, please use the general fund and we will allocate as necessary.
General Church Fund
Bank: Lloyds
Account Name: Soul Survivor Watford
Account number: 86143168
Sort code: 30 98 97
Making Room For More (Building fund)
Bank: Lloyds
Account Name: Soul Survivor Watford
Account: 86103968
Sort code: 30 98 97
*Please note that these details relate to Soul Survivor Watford which is a registered CIO, number 1184088. If you have different details they are likely to be for the K&J Morgan Trust. We converted from this trust in November 2020 but the K&J Morgan bank details remain valid.
If you would prefer to fill out a paper form to fill in and send to your bank, please contact Dan, our Finance Manager – his details are below.
GIFT AID
If you are a UK tax payer (Income or Capital Gains Tax) and would like us to be able to claim back the basic rate tax through the government's Gift Aid scheme, you will need to fill in, sign and return an ongoing Gift Aid declaration. This allows Soul Survivor Watford to recover the basic rate of income tax, currently 25p for each pound given, from the government at no extra cost to you.
If you are a UK higher rate (40 per cent) or additional rate (45 per cent) income tax payer and you give to Soul Survivor Watford directly you can also choose to allow us to reclaim the basic rate tax through Gift Aid. You are also able to recover, through your tax return, the difference between the basic rate tax that Soul Survivor Watford recovers and the higher or additional rate that you have paid.
If you give via Payroll Giving then, because you are giving 'pre-tax', you are able to pass on the full benefit of your tax to Soul Survivor Watford immediately.
You can update your Gift Aid details on ChurchSuite. Head to the My Giving section and you’ll see a Gift Aid Declarations section. Or you can download a form here to complete and send back to us.
Got any questions?
If there’s anything you’re unsure about or need any help with, we’d be happy to chat. Please contact Dan, our Finance Manager via email dstickland@soulsurvivorwatford.co.uk or by calling 01923 204203.