A Gift in your Will



Leaving a Gift in your Will for Open Arms after you have remembered your family and friends

For many people, leaving a gift in your Will to a charity is an opportunity to make a lasting gift that is greater than anything they could have given in their lifetime. For others, it’s a way of remembering a loved one and paying tribute to their life.

By including a gift in your Will to Open Arms International you will be leaving a precious gift after your death. It enables you to support the work that you truly believe in. Your gift will make a vital difference raising children in Africa and India orphaned by AIDS, civil warfare, disease or other tragedy to reach their full potential.

Gifts in Wills are a vital source of income for Open Arms International.  Each gift is an investment in the future where every child is cherished in a loving Christian home and gets the opportunity to receive the best education.

You can leave all or part of your estate to Open Arms – money, property, shares or specific items.

Tax Effective

What’s more, gifts in Wills to UK registered charities are exempt from Inheritance Tax, reducing the tax threshold of your estate. Whatever the value of the gift in your Will, you are helping to make the world a better place.

How to leave a Gift in Your Will

Open Arms International would advise anyone making or updating a Will to get in touch with a practicing Solicitor to help you do this.

There are different kinds of gift you can leave in your Will. The most common are:

Residuary bequest

A gift of the remainder of the estate after all other bequests have been made and debts cleared is called a residuary bequest.

Pecuniary 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.

Specific bequest

A particular named item left as a gift in your Will is known as a specific bequest - for example, a piece of jewellery.

Contingent bequest

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 Open Arms International in your Will you might wish to take the following wording suggestions to your Solicitor for a residuary and a pecuniary bequest. They will ensure that your wishes are accurately followed:

Examples of Wording

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 Open Arms International Limited (English Company No. 1095664) of Text House, 152 Bawdlands, Clitheroe, Lancs, BB7 2LA) and the receipt of the Honorary Treasurer or the proper officer for the time being of Open Arms International shall be a complete discharge to my Executors.

Pecuniary bequest (a set sum)

I give the sum of ...... pounds to Open Arms International Limited (English Company No. 1095664 and Text House, 152 Bawdlands, Clitheroe, Lancs, BB7 2LA and the receipt of the Honorary Treasurer or other proper officer for the time being of Open Arms International shall be a complete discharge to my Executors.

It is important to ensure that the following clause below 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 Open Arms International and the correct registered address and charity number:

Text House
152 Bawdlands
Clitheroe
BB7 2LA

Charity number: 1095664

Let us know

If you would like to tell us that you have remembered Open Arms International in your Will, you can do so by sending us an email or short letter. We really appreciate this, as it allows us to thank you, and keep you involved in our work.

Donate in memory

If you would like to remember someone close to you by making a donation in their memory, you can do so at our bespoke Donate in Memory website. The secure, easy to use site makes it simple to create a personalised page for people to visit and send their condolences and donations.