Leave a Legacy

You can help other people enjoy living in Buckinghamshire after you've died.

Leaving a gift in your Will is an easy way to make a huge difference to your local community long after you've passed away. When you leave a gift in your Will, we ensure your gift stays local and supports the causes you care about most.

Your parting gift to Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire Community Foundation welcomes gifts of all sizes.

Leave a gift in your Will of £20,000 or more to set up your own Named Fund. You choose the name of your Fund and causes you want to benefit. Buckinghamshire Community Foundation will ensure grants are awarded according to your wishes forever.
Leave a gift of any size to the unrestricted Small Grants Endowment Fund. This Fund responds to the changing needs of our communities over time.

You can take advantage of the same benefits as a gift made whilst you're alive when you set up a legacy based Named Fund, with the added bonus that legacy funds have no inheritance tax liability, saving your estate up to 40% in tax. There are no lengthy legal tasks involved, so there's no need for large solicitors bills. We just complete a simple agreement form together that outlines how the fund will operate.

There are several ways to leave a gift in your Will to Buckinghamshire Community Foundation:

A Residuary Legacy - is the remaining value of an estate when all other bequests to family and friends have been made.
A Pecuniary Legacy - is a fixed amount or item specified in a Will
A percentage of your Estate - specify a gift of a percentage of the value of your estate.
A Reversionary Legacy - allows a surviving partner to benefit from the estate during his or her lifetime and then for the balance of the estate to be passed to Buckinghamshire Community Foundation.

Several solicitors' firms will help complete a Will including Pickup & Scott www.pickupandscott.co.uk

To find out more please contact Richard Dickson, Development Director, on 01296 330134, 0771 359 4506 or email rdickson@buckscf.org.uk