Support LMH

Donations via bank transfer are welcomed. Please send your donation to the account below:

Account name: Lady Margaret Hall

Sort code: 20-65-26

Account number: 70584436

Swift code: BARC GB22

IBAN code: GB68BARC20652670584436

Should you wish to send a cheque, please make it payable to ‘Lady Margaret Hall’ and send it to Development Office, Lady Margaret Hall, Norham Gardens, Oxford, OX2 6QA.

Please ensure that you complete a donation form, or include a letter stating how you would like your gift to be used. 

Payroll giving is a way of making a donation direct from your salary before income tax is calculated and deducted, while LMH receives the tax that you would have paid. This means that every £1 you wish to donate could cost you as little as 55 – 80p. Your HR department should be able to help set this up.

In addition, some companies offer matched giving schemes through which they can double or even triple charitable donations from their employees.  Please check with your HR department to see if your company participates in a matched giving scheme.

Gifts of shares, securities or other assets are a tax-efficient way of benefiting the College. These gifts can be transferred free of Capital Gains Tax.

If you make a gift of shares to the College, you can also claim tax relief equal to the market value of the shares on the day you make the gift, together with any associated costs such as brokers' fees. The relief is against your income tax for the year. For example, if you give LMH £1,000 worth of shares and you are a higher rate taxpayer, you will pay £400 less in income tax that year. 

The relief is available for shares and securities listed on the UK Stock Market, the Alternative Investment Market, and recognised stock exchanges overseas. It is also available for units in a UK unit trust, shares in a UK open-ended investment company (OEIC), and some similar foreign investments. 

If your shares have gone down in value, you should be aware that you will not be able to use this loss to offset any other CGT liability you may have. 

Please contact the Development Office for more information.

If you are a UK taxpayer, Gift Aid is one of the easiest ways to make your donation tax effective. As the College is a registered charity (number 1142759), we can reclaim an additional 25% on all gifts you make, provided that you have paid an amount of UK income tax or capital gains tax equal to the amount reclaimed. This means that for every £1 you give, we receive £1.25.

If you are a higher-rate tax payer, you can reclaim the difference between this and the tax you’ve paid on the donation in your annual tax return. This means that a £100 donation to LMH could cost you as little as £69 and be worth £125 to the College.

Please remember to select the Gift Aid option when you donate or contact the Development Office if you wish to take advantage of this scheme.

Leaving a legacy to LMH is one of the most powerful ways to secure the future of the College and invest in our teaching and research.

Find out more about leaving a legacy.

Donors can make a gift online via the University’s North American Office.

Americans for Oxford, Inc. is an independent 501(c)(3) tax-exempt entity which serves as the University of Oxford's primary charitable organization in the United States. Gifts made to Americans for Oxford in support of LMH qualify for income tax deduction in the USA.

Americans for Oxford can also accept gifts of securities and property, corporate matching gifts and legacy bequests in support of LMH. For more information, visit the Americans for Oxford website. 

The University of Oxford is an educational institution that receives its charitable donation status under Section 118.1 (F) of the Income Tax Act of Canada and Regulations (Section 3503). Donations to LMH, as a constituent college of the University of Oxford, are tax deductible in Canada.

Once we have received and processed your donation, we will issue you with a tax receipt from the University. 

Donors can make a gift via the University of Oxford China Office, which is a charity in Hong Kong under Section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance. If you are a taxpayer in Hong Kong, the Office will make sure that your gift gets to your designated college or university department, and will issue you with a tax receipt.

Please visit the China Office website to give tax-efficiently via post or wire transfer.

If you are resident in Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy or Spain, you can give tax-effectively to LMH using one of the agencies subscribing to Transnational Giving Europe (TGE), a network of philanthropic institutions collaborating to foster charitable giving within Europe.

Donate a single or recurring gift via TGE.