How to leave a gift in your Will

We recommend that you seek the advice of a solicitor to ensure that your wishes are carried out correctly.

If you are writing your Will for the first time, then all you need to do is make your solicitor aware of your plan to leave a gift to Deaf Aspirations.

If you have already written your Will, then you just need to make a simple addition or amendment to your Will. To do this you just need to provide your solicitor with a completed Codicil Form.

There are several ways you are able to leave a gift:

A residuary legacy

This is a percentage of what remains of your estate after all other gifts and expenses have been paid.

Example wording: ‘I give to Deaf Aspirations of 121 Greys Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, RG9 1TE, Company Registration No.08039828 all [or ……% share] of my residuary estate for its general charitable purposes. I declare that the receipt of the duly Authorised Officer shall be a full and sufficient discharge to my executors.’

A pecuniary legacy

This is a gift of a fixed sum of money.

Example wording: ‘I give to Deaf Aspirations of 121 Greys Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, RG9 1TE, Company Registration No.08039828 free of all tax the sum of £…… for its general charitable purposes. I declare that the receipt of the duly authorised Officer shall be a full and sufficient discharge to my executors.’

A specific legacy

A specific gift or object, such as property, stocks and shares or personal items such as jewellery.