The three-year funding pot, worth £1.8m a year, will start in April 2024. Organisations bid for funding over the summer and have been allocated the grant based on rigorous selection criteria and due diligence checks by HMRC.

The organisations offer specialist knowledge and experience to deliver tailored tax and benefits advice. Beneficiaries include Tax Aid, Tax Volunteers, Money Advice Trust, Royal National Institute of Blind People, Royal Association for Deaf People, and various Citizens Advice offices.

The awards are managed through HMRC’s voluntary and community sector grant funding programme, which funds partner organisations to provide free advice and support to taxpayers who may face difficulties in understanding their tax obligations, have complex needs or are digitally excluded from accessing HMRC services.

Angela MacDonald, HMRC’s deputy chief executive, said: ‘We want to help our customers access the specialist help they need to comply with their tax affairs and claim the benefits they’re entitled to.

‘This latest round of funding ensures the excellent support provided by our partners in the voluntary and community sector continues to be in place for customers who need extra support.’

The funding will support some of the most vulnerable taxpayers providing free specialist advice on tax issues.

Ian Thompson, chief executive officer, South Tyneside Citizens Advice said: ‘We are delighted to have been successful with our grant application which will allow us to continue to help some of our most vulnerable clients with tax and benefits issues.

‘Through continued partnership working with HMRC, we can assist their customers to find satisfactory solutions to their problems and enquiries in the most efficient way possible.’