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Why does the donation I have made on Justgiving not include Gift Aid?

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Why does the donation I have made on Justgiving not include Gift Aid?

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For a donation to be eligible for Gift Aid, it must firstly be made by a UK taxpayer. Then, according to HMRC rules, you can only make a Gift Aid declaration on your own money – the money on which you personally pay tax. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not allow us to claim Gift Aid on your donation if you told us that: 1. The donation was on behalf of someone else or a group of people If you stated that you collected money from other donors and are simply making one collective donation on everyone’s behalf, you are not legally allowed to ask for Gift Aid to be claimed and added to your donation. This is because you cannot make a legal Gift Aid declaration on behalf of someone else, even if they are themselves a UK taxpayer. The only way around this is to ask each person to make their own donation and Gift Aid declaration on the site. The exception to the rule: If you are entering the details of someone else because you are helping them use a computer for a legitimate reason, eg. if

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