How to apply for membership of The Powysland Club

If you are interested in the history and archaeology of Montgomeryshire, you will find membership of the Club very worthwhile. If you want to join, please, print out this page and complete the form below and send it to the Membership Secretary, whose address is provided below. Members are encouraged to pay subscriptions by bankers' order. If you are liable to income tax at the standard rate, you can consider paying under a gift aid declaration, as the Club is a registered charity and can benefit from such action without further cost to yourself.

Bankers' order forms and gift aid forms are printed below.

APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP

Registered charity number 510303

The annual subscription is payable on the 1st January each year.

The subscription includes one copy of the year's issue of The Montgomeryshire Collections.

I/We wish to join the Powysland Club and enclose a cheque/postal order for £ …………..

Please forward a bankers' order form as I would prefer this method of paying ……(tick)

Please send me a gift aid form …….. (tick)

Name & Title …………………………………………………………………………..

Address ……………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………

Signature ……………………………………………………………………………….

Date ……………………………………………………………………………………

Please print out and return the completed form to :-

Mr R.M. Wynne Griffith,

Croft House,

Red Bank,

Welshpool, Powys, SY21 7PL

United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0) 1938 552018

Fax: +44 (0) 1938 552508

e-mail: WYNNEGCROFT@aol.com

BANKER'S STANDING ORDER

On completion this form should be returned to the Membership Secretary (address above), NOT to the Bank.

Banker's Standing Order - POWYSLAND CLUB

Registered Charity No. 510303

To the Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bank PLC

Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Please pay on the First Day of January . . . . . . (year)

and on each First Day of January thereafter until further notice, to Lloyds Bank PLC, Welshpool (30-99-30) for the credit of

the Powysland Club Account number 0199073 the sum of £ . . . . . . (appropriate membership fee) quoting:

Full name (IN CAPITALS please) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Bank Account number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Signed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

THIS SUPERSEDES ANY EXISTING INSTRUCTION TO PAY THE POWYSLAND CLUB

GIFT AID DECLARATION

The Inland Revenue has simplified the arrangements allowing registered charities to recover income tax from gifts and subscriptions. If any member who pays income tax at the standard rate wishes the Club to reclaim the tax on subscription it is only necessary to sign the form below and return it to the Membership Secretary (address above).

Name of Charity . . . . . . . . THE POWYSLAND CLUB

Registered Charity Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510303

Donor: Title . . . . . Forename . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Surname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Post Code . . . . . . . . . . . .

I want the Powysland Club to treat my annual subscriptions of:

$10.00 (single)

£12.50 (double)

or whatever subscription may be decided by the Club Council,

as a Gift Aid Donation

Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1. If your donation covers declarations you may make in the future please notify the charity if you change your name or address while the declaration is still in force. You can cancel the declaration at any time by notifiying the charity. It will then not apply to donations you make on or after the date of cancellation or such later date as you specify.

2. You must pay an amount of income tax and/or capital gains tax at least equal to the tax that the charity reclaims on your donations in the tax year (currently 28p for each £1 you give).

3. If in the future your cicumstances change and you no longer pay tax on your income and capital gains equal to the tax that the charity reclaims, you can cancel your declaration (see note 1).

4. If you pay tax at the higher rate you can claim further relief in your Self-Assessment tax return.

5. If you are unsure whether your donations qualify for Gift Aid tax relief, ask the charity. Or you can ask your local tax office for leaflet IR113 Gift Aid.