Giving overseas

Girl with globeWe have the expertise and experience to help you give to overseas causes tax effectively.

With associate offices in eight countries, we're uniquely equipped to help, and our giving solutions can maximise your support for the causes that matter to you.

Last year we helped individuals and companies give £360m to over 30,000 charities around the world.

Your international giving options

CAF Account

You can make donations to charitable organisations overseas if you have a CAF Charity Account or CAF Trust, providing we can validate the organisation under UK law.

To cover the costs involved in this process - both for CAF and your nominated organisation - the minimum donation to an overseas organisation is £250.

You can download the form to nominate an overseas cause for your gift here. Simply complete and return to the address at the bottom of the form.

CAF Charity Account holders - nominate an overseas organisation (.pdf, 28KB)

CAF Trust account holders - nominate an overseas organisation (.pdf, 28KB)

We've made donations to hundreds of organisations outside the UK on behalf of our account holders in the past. Please be aware that this is not an indication of current validation status.

See the list of overseas organisations

UK charities operating overseas

Many charities based in the UK work internationally. You can search for charities with overseas operations using our Charity Search.

Search for a charity operating overseas

UK companies giving overseas

With a CAF Company Account we can make your international giving much easier and tax effective. We do this by enabling you to make use of the same tax benefits when giving internationally as you would in the UK. We also validate overseas projects on your behalf.