You must upload income evidence for ALL adult who lives in your home. If you have a lodger, we do not need to provide their income details, but you must provide information about the rent they pay you.
The current gross household income eligibility is £36,000, which is for the total income of all adults in your home before any tax deductions and also includes certain benefits. We may carry out a soft credit check using a system called Creditsafe, which will not affect your credit rating and will help us confirm the information you provide, including the number of people living in your home.
If you receive any of these benefits below, you do not need to include them in your household income calculation:
• Attendance Allowance • Disability Living Allowance • Personal Independence Payment • Armed Forces Independence Payment • Exceptionally Severe Disablement Allowance • Constant Attendance Allowance • Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
GROSS ANNUAL INCOME: Means the total income a person receives in a year before any deductions for tax, national insurance or pensions. This should include any wages, pensions (including private pensions), Government benefits (excluding those listed above), self assessment income, interest on savings or investments, net income from property rentals and any other income that would ordinarily be considered part of your annual income.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
- You must give us the name of every adult living in your home and upload evidence, which will help us verify their gross annual income
- You must supply us with statements for ALL bank accounts held by ALL adults in the home (which may include business bank statements if anyone is a sole trader)
- We disregard money you have, or have spent from any savings, but you must tell us about any interest, or capital gains you have received in the last year from savings, or any other investments
- Company owners must provide details about dividends for the last 3 years and any director loan accounts
- If any income source is not shown on the most recent bank statements, please provide more than 3 months
- We need all payslips where a person holds multiple jobs
Do not upload any evidence for other members of your household unless you have received their consent to do so 