LEGACIES Could you leave a legacy for Ellie’s Haven in your will?
Reasons for considering it:
- Ellie’s Haven is a small charity so your legacy will be 'personal' – it will make a noticeable difference.
- Ellie’s Haven has low administration costs so all of your legacy will go towards helping families with children suffering long term and life limiting illnesses.
- It can help reduce the amount of tax payable if your estate is over the inheritance tax threshold. See https://www.gov.uk/donating-to-charity/leaving-gifts-to-charity-in-your-will.
Legacies usually fall into one of these categories:
- Pecuniary Gift – a sum of money left in a will
- Residuary Gift – the remainder of the estate after all other beneficiaries have been provided for.
- Specific Request – gift of a named item, such as a painting
- Contingent benefit – a gift dependent on other factors such as the donor outliving other beneficiaries.
Here’s the government’s advice on writing a will: https://www.gov.uk/make-will
You do not need to tell us if you decide to leave a gift to Ellie’s Haven in your will but if you choose to do so we won’t ask for details and we will treat any information you give us as confidential.
For advice from a solicitor on leaving a gift in your Will please click on this link.
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