Leaving a Legacy to Buttercups

By remembering the sanctuary in your will, you can enable us to continue and extend our work to protect goats in need.

Leaving a legacy or bequest also means you can take advantage of the substantial tax privileges available to encourage such support. These can substantially reduce, or even eliminate, tax payable on the balance of an estate and, are themselves, completely exempt from inheritance tax.

In recent years, we have taken in many goats that have been left to the care of relatives, who don't really know what to do with them and have consequently passed the unfortunate goats on to the first person who wants them. Why not leave instructions for your goats to be transferred into the care of Buttercups, together with a bequest towards the costs involved?

With regards to the writing of wills, consulting a solicitor or professional will writer is advisable to ensure your will is legal and valid. However, if you chose to make your own will, the following is an appropriate wording for a legacy:

I hereby bequeath to the Trustees of the Buttercups Sanctuary for Gaots, registered charity number 1099627, Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, ME17 4JU the sum of £_____ free of all taxes and other fiscal impositions and the receipt of the Treasurer or other proper officer for the time being shall be good charge for my executors.

If you are amending an existing will, all you need is the following simple codicil:

By this codicil to my last Will I give to the Trustees of the Buttercups Sanctuary for Goats the sum of £____.

Be sure to sign the will and have it signed by a witness.

For more information about leaving a legacy to Buttercups, please contact us.