Unlock Hidden Funding: Join the Great Gift Aid Hunt with Give A Little and Swiftaid

The secret ingredient: What is PAR?

To match a donation to a donor without needing their name and address for every single tap, Swiftaid uses something called Payment Account Reference (PAR).

 

PAR is a unique identifier used in the payments ecosystem to link all transactions made with a specific payment account - regardless of the card number or form factor used (physical card, mobile wallet like Apple Pay or Google Pay).

• It is

  not
  a credit card number.

• It is

  not
  sensitive financial data (it’s PCI compliant).

The PAR helps Swiftaid to link a donor who has a Swiftaid declaration on file to the person who tapped their phone or card at your contactless terminal.

Give A Little already includes this PAR information in your Give A Little reports, making it easy for you to participate in the hunt.

How to get started

If you are using Give A Little, follow these steps to see if you can claim your share of missed Gift Aid:

1. Check your reports:
   Log in to your Give A Little admin account and export the campaigns report for the current tax year. You will see a column for the PAR information*.

2. Visit the Swiftaid Finder Guide:
   Head over to the
   Swiftaid Gift Aid Finder Guide
   to understand the full process.

3. Register with Swiftaid:
   It’s free to register your charitable organisation. Swiftaid takes a fee of 10% + VAT on the Gift Aid they find for you.

4. Download the template:
   Swiftaid provides a simple spreadsheet template to download. There is also a handy video on the
   Swiftaid Gift Finder Guide page
   , that takes you through how to fill out the spreadsheet. 

5. Copy your data:
   You will need to copy the relevant donation data from your Give A Little campaigns export into the Swiftaid template. You need to include the donation date; donation amount and PAR. All other data is optional but include the donor name, email address and address if you have them as they will help to match the donor to Swiftaid’s records. 

6. Upload:
   Once you upload your data, Swiftaid does the heavy lifting of matching and claiming Gift Aid from HMRC before passing it onto you.

• Ensure you include donations received by your charitable organisation in the current tax year, which runs from 6 April 2025 to 5 April 2026. Donations outside this period are not eligible for Gift Aid claims.

• Donations that you have already claimed Gift Aid for.

• Donations that qualify for the Gift Aid Small Donation Scheme (GASDS).

Only include donations that meet the Gift Aid qualifying requirements as defined by HMRC. For detailed information, refer to the

.

Why do this now?

The "Hunt" is time-sensitive. To maximise your chances of matching, Swiftaid recommends submitting your data for the current tax year. The deadline for the current "Great Gift Aid Hunt" is

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Don’t leave money on the table! Take a look at your Give A Little reports today and see how much extra your charity could gain through the power of PAR and Swiftaid.

*although the PAR may be missing for some donations (it is not mandatory for payment processing), if you’re using Give A Little Stripe or Standard Stripe as your payment processor, the majority of your donations for the current tax year should include PAR; if you are using SumUp as the payment processor, you may only see PAR for transactions for part of the current tax year.