Grants from Charities

easytiger
easytiger Online Community Member Posts: 19 Connected
edited October 24 in Universal Credit (UC)

I receive a bi annual grant from a charity would this be disregard as income for universal credit. Benefit calculators are saying this is ignored, but I am not sure.

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  • Morgan_Scope
    Morgan_Scope Posts: 561 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Hello @easytiger,

    Grants are usually ignored and disregarded as income for Universal Credit (UC). However, they can count as capital, so if any grants you receive take you over the savings or capital limits you should report this to UC.

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