Aggregating donations can be a great time saver when dealing with very small one-off gifts, covered by Gift Aid, from visitors or donors that only give very infrequently.
A common situation suitable for aggregation is where there are many Gift Aid envelopes, used at a big event or collection, all containing small donations but bearing their own individual declarations.
The aggregation process allows a charity to record one total for a collection of these very small donations, £20 or less, up to £1,000 per line (record). This saves submitting all the individual donor details for each donation.
Note that aggregated donations are not to be confused with the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme! (GASDS). Donations suitable for aggregation are still covered by an audit trail for Gift Aid. Supporting documentation such as envelopes should be retained in case of inspection.
GASDS is for situations where there is no Gift Aid audit trail. See GASDS overview for more on GASDS.