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We announced
in October 2010 that from 1st April 2011 onwards,
the Memorial Grant Scheme will have a fixed annual
budget of approximately £0.5m. The scheme has
been allocated this annual funding for 2011/12, 2012/13,
2013/14 and 2014/15.
During the
financial year 2011/12, we did not apply a mechanism
of control to manage this fixed budget. In order to
ensure that all claimants are treated fairly in the
event of pressures on this budget in future we will
be introducing a new approach to the scheme which
is outline below.
- From 1st April 2012
the Memorial Grant scheme will operate with quarterly
fixed budgets (which will be calculated equally
from the total annual budget).
- Payments will be made
once per quarter and the payable rate will depend
on the value of the eligible claims received in
that quarter, with each claim attracting a fair
pro-rata payment.
- The maximum grant payable
in response to any application will be 20% of project
costs (i.e. the maximum payable will be the full
rate of VAT incurred on eligible expenditure).
- If the total funding
is not used in any quarter, it will be available
in the following quarter (but not transferable between
financial years). We will publicise at the end of
each quarter the value of the applications received
and the applicable payable rate.
- We will publicise the
total budget and key dates for the scheme at the
beginning of each financial year. This will include
the quarterly budget allocation, quarterly payment
dates, the date for all applications to be received
in each quarter and the date that queries need to
be cleared by.
- The scope continues
as it has been since January 4th 2011 when professional
fees, (including all design, surveying, project
management, fundraising fees etc) became ineligible
under the scheme. The eligibility depends on the
date the claim is received by the Memorial Grant
Scheme, not the date that the works were carried
out, or the date of the invoice.
- Any rejected claims,
which are subsequently resubmitted, the date of
receipt will be the date the resubmitted claim is
received, not the date the original claim was received.
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the March
2005 Budget, that both charities and faith groups excepted
from registering as charities, can reclaim VAT incurred
on eligible construction, renovation and maintenance of
public memorials since 16th March 2005.
All memorials must bear an inscription identifying the
memorial purpose. The text of the inscription must be included
in question 8 of the application form.
Invoice spanning works before and after 16th March 2005
can be submitted, but only the element incurred on or after
this date will be refunded. This split must be made clear
on either the invoice or the application.
There is no minimum or maximum limit on the amount reclaimable.
Upto 10 invoices can now
be included per application.
Payment dates and claim deadlines
The total budget available for FY 2013/14 is £0.524
million. Payments will be made around the middle of July,
October, January and April. In order for an eligible claim
to be included in one of the quarterly payment runs:
- Applications must be received by the last working day
of the preceding month - June, September, December and
March.
- Any queries on your application must be resolved by
the deadline stipulated below. If your query cannot be
resolved within this time, your application will roll
forward into the next quarter, and that quarter’s
payable rate will apply. In order to minimise the queries
needing resolution at quarter-end, you are asked to submit
your application as early as possible in the relevant
quarter.
Dates and Budgets for 2013/14
The total budget for the scheme for 13/14 is £0.524m.
This will be allocated as follows:
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Period ending |
Applications to be received by |
Queries to be cleared by |
Payment to be made on or around |
Total funding for the period
(to include administration) |
31 March 2013 |
29 March 2013 |
4 April 2013 |
18 April 2013 |
£129,000 |
30 June 2013 |
28 June 2013 |
4 July 2013 |
15 July 2013 |
£131,062.50 |
30 September 2013 |
30 September 2013 |
4 October 2013 |
15 October 2013 |
£131,062.50 |
31 December 2013 |
31 December 2013 |
9 January 2014 |
21 January 2014 |
£131,062.50 |
These figures include grant assessment and processing costs,
project monitoring costs and IT development.
INTRODUCTION
This guidance is designed to help you in completing your
application. Please
read this carefully before completing the application form.
If you require further assistance, then please speak to
one of our operators on 0845 600 6430. Calls will be charged
at the standard local rate.
We will hold some of the information provided on computer.
This information will be used to process applications, grants
and produce statistics. Some of this information may be
shared with other grant providing organisations such as
English Heritage, Cadw or Historic Scotland, to avoid the
possibility of duplicate payments being made.
