We hope that you will consider including a bequest to Bedfordshire Wildlife Rescue in order to help us carry on our work to protect local wildlife. Your legacy really will make a difference to wild animals in need. There are a few different kinds of gift you can leave in your Will, listed below.
A gift of the remainder of the estate after all other bequests have been made and debts cleared is called a residuary bequest.
A gift of a fixed sum of money in your Will is called a pecuniary bequest. The value of pecuniary legacies will decrease over time, as the cost of living increases.
A particular named item left as a gift in your Will is known as a specific bequest - for example, a piece of jewellery.
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 bequest to a charity which applies only if other beneficiaries named in the Will die before the testator (person who made the Will).Should you wish to remember Bedfordshire Wildlife Rescue in your Will you might wish to take the following wording suggestions to your solicitor. They will ensure that your wishes are accurately followed.
Residuary bequest (a proportion)
I give (%) of the residue of my real and personal estate which I can dispose of by Will in any manner I think proper to Bedfordshire Wildlife Rescue (Registered Charity No. 1110714) at the address registered with the Charity Commission and the receipt of the Honorary Treasurer or the proper officer for the time being of Bedfordshire Wildlife Rescue shall be a complete discharge to my Executors.Pecuniary bequest (a set sum)
I give the sum of ...... pounds to Bedfordshire Wildlife Rescue (Registered Charity No. 1110714) at the address registered with the Charity Commission and the receipt of the Honorary Treasurer or other proper officer for the time being of Bedfordshire Wildlife Rescue shall be a complete discharge to my Executors.It is important to ensure that the following clause is inserted, whichever wording you need to use:
If at my death any charity named as a beneficiary in this Will or any Codicil hereto has changed its name or amalgamated with or transferred its assets to another body then my Executors shall give effect to any gift made to such charity as if it had been made (in the first case) to the body in its changed name or (in the second place) to the body which results from such amalgamation or to which such transfer has been made.
Please also remember to use our full name Bedfordshire Wildlife Rescue and our Registered Charity Number (1110714)
