Charitable contributions - altruism or self-interest?

[Wanderer]

No, you've just earned £200k for free. You own the charity so you still own the goods. And the revenue they bring in.

You give something away with a value of X amount and you get 20% of that in return and this is somehow "earning" money? Wow, that is really off the wall.

Also, if you give something to charity and claim it on your tax return then you have to deduct the value of any benefit that you receive so that blows away any ideas about receiving benefit from the donation.

And maybe I'm wrong but I got the impression that the case in point involved a cash donation to a UK registered charity which will be very closely monitored by the Charity Commission. How does the donor continue to benefit from that?