To leave us a gift in your Will here is the information you need for your solicitor or person drafting your Will:
You can download the following as a pdf by clicking here.
Actors’ Children’s Trust
Registered Charity Number: 1177106
Your adviser can agree the words and type of gift which suits your circumstances.
Gifts:
The most usual gifts are:
A specific sum of money which which suits your circumstances.
The other type of gift is one which is a percentage of what you are worth – formally it is called a residuary gift. It can be 1% to 100% of your “estate” – again whatever suits your own circumstances. Just 1% will help future generations of parent-actors and their children. Sometimes people like to leave a specific gift.
If you have an item (called a specific gift) you want to leave us, please call Robert Ashby to discuss this. It is normal for a charity to maintain the right to sell the gift if it cannot be used for a good purpose.
Finally
A contingent gift: a gift in your Will that depends upon the occurrence of an event which may or may not happen is known legally as a contingent bequest. An
example is a gift to a charity which applies only if other beneficiaries named in the Will die before the testator (person who made the Will).
If you already have a Will and would like to change it, you can use a codicil but nowadays it is just as easy for your solicitor to adapt an existing one.
