Apply for a house to house collections licence

If you want to carry out house-to-house collections for charitable purposes in England and Wales you will need a licence.

Fully complete the application below including the supporting documents requested below:

• Proof that the collection beneficiary is a registered charity (e.g. documentation including a charity number).
• Provide the objectives of the charitable cause as supplied to the Charity Commission (e.g. A Mission Statement).
• A statement of the company organisations applying e.g. aims as detailed in any literature, details of the history of the organisation (when formed; names of trustees, directors, organisers, etc).
• Relevant accounts and financial statements of the collection company.
• Relevant accounts and financial statements of the charity (if different).
• Remuneration amounts of senior members of the applicant's organisation and the charity.
• A written agreement between the applicant and the charity as required by the Charities Act 1992.
• A declaration of any previous refusals for House to House Collections (this is on the application).
• A basic Criminal Records Bureau disclosure (no more than twelve months old) relating to the applicant.
• In addition, it must be clear as part of the application process how much the charity will receive as part of the collection, the proportion of this as a percentage of the cost of running the collection and a clear set of returns if the organisation has operated collections before.

Without the above information we are unable to consider applications for more information please read the full policy on the link below