HSBC Treasurer Account: one step further for PortalInfaq UK

Last year, after the tsunami in Indonesia we decided to get more serious with PortalInfaq UK. So using the excellent guidance on the Charity Commission website, we formally created PortalInfaq UK as a trust. The next step was for this trust to have its own bank account. We already identified HSBC Treasurer Account as the ideal account. We got the forms but never really followed it through.

So this year we decided (again) to follow it up. This time we went directly to the main branch, got an appointment, and opened it then and there, without any forms. It was very quick and painless, with a small problem that the activation code e-mail for Internet Banking never came. After a couple of tries, HSBC has decided to send it via post. All the rest of the account stuff like cheque books, and welcome letters arrived safely.

The logical next step after this is to register with HMRC so we can claim Gift Aid for donations made by UK taxpayers.