Leave a Legacy

  

 

Make sure the good work you have helped to begin can continue - with a legacy to  Feed The Children (UK).

 

Income from legacies, whether large or small, is enormously valuable to us - and is a way to make a lasting difference into the future.

 

There are three main types of legacy:

 

Pecuniary bequest:  when you wish to bequeath a fixed sum of money, for example, £1000.

 

Residuary bequest:  when you wish to bequeath all, or a part of what is left after your main bequests, costs and inheritance tax.

 

Specific bequest:  When you wish to leave a specific item of value, such as property, jewellery, shares, etc.

 

Reversionary bequest:  When someone else needs the use of the property first.  You may wish a beneficiary to have the use of your property or estate for their lifetime, and for ownership to pass to a charity after their death.

 

If you are thinking about making or updating your will, your solicitor will be able to advise you further about the different kinds of bequest.

 

If a solicitor is drawing up your will, the only information he or she needs is our name, address, and registered charity number, as below.

 

Feed The Children (UK)
2 Tavistock Industrial Estate
Ruscombe Lane, Ruscombe
Twyford, Berks.  RG10 9NJ

Registered charity no:  1034916

If you are drawing up your own will, you may like to use one of our suggested forms of wording:

 

For a residuary legacy

"I GIVE the whole of my estate or x% of the residue of my estate after payment of my funeral and testamentary expenses and debts to my (Executor(s)/Trustees) UPON TRUST for Feed the Children (UK) of 2 Tavistock Industrial Estate, Ruscombe, Twyford, RG10 9NJ, Registered Charity Number 1034916 for its general charitable purposes absolutely (and I DIRECT that the shares given by this clause shall be such shares as before the deduction of any Inheritance Tax and other fiscal impositions attributable to them respectively are of equal value)and I (further) direct that the receipt of the Treasurer for the time being or other duly authorised officer of Feed the Children shall be a sufficient discharge to my (Executor/Trustees)"

For a pecuniary legacy

"I GIVE to Feed the Children (UK) of 2 Tavistock Industrial Estate, Ruscombe Lane, Twyford, RG10 9NJ, Registered Charity Number 1034916, the sum of XX pounds £XX free of Inheritance Tax for its general charitable purposes and I direct that the receipt of the Treasurer for the time being or other duly authorised officer of Feed The Children (UK) shall be a sufficient discharge to my (Executor(s)/Trustees)"

Specific gift

"I GIVE to Feed the Children (UK) of 2 Tavistock Industrial Estate, Ruscombe Lane, Twyford, RG10 9NJ, Registered Charity Number 1034916, for its general charitable purposes free of Inheritance Tax and other fiscal impositions and costs of transfer my (description of item) for its general charitable purposes absolutely and I direct that the receipt of the Treasurer for the time being or other duly authorised officer of Feed The Children (UK) shall be sufficient discharge to my (Executors(s)/Trustees)"
 

 

 

Your will may need updating if:

  • Your marital status has changed.

  • Children or step-children have joined your family.

  • You are not married or in a civil partnership with your partner.