- Company Registration Number
- Trust Registration Number
- Tax Number
- ID Number
1. Company Registration Number
A valid South African Company Registration Number needs to be in the following format: CCYY/MMNNNNN/NN. When selecting a donor type make sure that “company” is selected, as shown below.
NB: The format for registration numbers will be the same for NPC’s and CC’s. |
![](https://help.activedonor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/reg-no-04.png)
![](https://help.activedonor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/reg-no-01-1.png)
Examples of invalid Company Registration Numbers:
![](https://help.activedonor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/reg-no-02.png)
![](https://help.activedonor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/reg-no-03.png)
2. Trust Registration Number
A valid South African Trust Registration Number needs to be in the following format: ITNNNN/CCYY. When selecting a donor type make sure that “trust” is selected, as shown below.
![](https://help.activedonor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screenshot-2024-03-01-093556.png)
![](https://help.activedonor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/reg-no-05.png)
3. Tax Number
A valid South African Income Tax Number needs to have 10 digits and can only start with 0, 1, 2, 3, or 9.
![](https://help.activedonor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/reg-no-06.png)
![](https://help.activedonor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/reg-no-07.png)
![](https://help.activedonor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/reg-no-08.png)
![](https://help.activedonor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/reg-no-09.png)
![](https://help.activedonor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/reg-no-10.png)
Examples of invalid Tax Numbers:
![](https://help.activedonor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/reg-no-11.png)
Numbers starting with “4” are VAT Numbers.
![](https://help.activedonor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/reg-no-12.png)
![](https://help.activedonor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/reg-no-13.png)
![](https://help.activedonor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/reg-no-14.png)
Numbers Starting with “7” are PAYE Numbers.
![](https://help.activedonor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/reg-no-15.png)
4. Identity Number
A valid South African Identity Number needs to be 13 digits in the following format: YYMMDDSSSSCAZ
- The first 6 digits [YYMMDD] are the date of birth. 10 May 1994 is displayed as 940510.
- The next 4 digits [SSSS] are used to define your gender. Females are assigned numbers in the range 0000 – 4999 and males from 5000 – 9999.
- The next digit [C] indicates the South African citizen status with 0 meaning South African citizen. 1 means permanent resident and 2 means refugee.
- The last digit [Z] is a checksum digit – used to check that the number sequence is accurate using a set formula called the Luhn algorithm.
![](https://help.activedonor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/reg-no-17.png)
Examples of invalid Identity Numbers:
![](https://help.activedonor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/reg-no-16.png)
![](https://help.activedonor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024-03-01_112954.png)