Back of the Sofa

back of the sofa is a new service aimed at the uk’s 350,000 small charities who’ve collectively let £3.5 billion slip un-noticed out of their pockets… lacking time / experience when it comes to finances, sold-short by suppliers and neglected by the taxman. this could be tax relief that you didn’t know existed (or how to go about claiming); rebates you are literally sitting on and discounts on overheads like utilities for which you could be paying a lot less. who's checking to see if you're overpaying or wasting money by mistake? for example, a third of charities are unaware they are entitled to pay 5% vat on things like energy bills and the only way to reduce it down from 20% is to fill out the necessary form. or that a rebate for overpayment can be claimed for up to four years… if you have the patience to deal with the utility companies! and if you - like most people - have not switched your energy, telecoms or insurance in the past year or ever for that matter - it's likely that you