Information for executors and solicitors

Teenage Cancer Trust’s registered charity number is 1062559 (England & Wales) and our registered office address is Teenage Cancer Trust, 5-11 Theobalds Road, London. WC1X 8SH
 

Please contact us by email [email protected] to let us know that you are ready to pay a legacy with the following details:

1. The full name of the deceased
   1. Their last address – this will also allow us to prevent any future mailings to their home, as we know this can be distressing at a difficult time
   2. Their date of death
   3. The Will clause where our legacy is mentioned (e.g. “I give £500 to Prostate Cancer UK”)
   4. Your name and address

After we receive this information, we will then contact you to provide our bank details and check whether you would like to receive a thank you letter by email or post. If any other information about the estate is needed by our charity’s auditors, we will let you know at that time

If you are administering a Will that includes a gift to Teenage Cancer Trust, you may have some questions. Please do get in touch with us:

By email: [email protected]

By post: Teenage Cancer Trust, 5-11 Theobalds Road, London. WC1X 8SH

By phone: 020 7612 0370

Our current name is Teenage Cancer Trust (registered charity number 1005541) and our registered address is Teenage Cancer Trust, 5-11 Theobalds Road, London. WC1X 8SH.

Our name has stayed the same over the years, but our address has changed a few times. Here is a list of our previous addresses:

• The Place, 175 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7AA
• 3^rd Floor, 93 Newman Street, London, W1T 3EZ
• 38 Warren Street, London, W1T 6AE

Please get in touch if you are unsure or want to double check the wording of a legacy with our team by emailing [email protected] 

Yes, please contact our Legacy Team on 020 7612 0370 or you can email [email protected].

If we have been left a fixed sum of money, when you make payment of the gift to us, please also send us:

• the name and address of the person who left the gift. This will mean we can make sure no further mailings are sent out
• a copy of the clause in the will that names Teenage Cancer Trust. This will help us ensure that the gift is spent in the way the deceased wished
• we would also love to know why we were remembered in someone’s will. This isn’t a necessity, but it does help put our work into perspective.

If we have been left a specific gift (for example, a car, china collection, stamp collection, or similar), we ask that the item is sold and the sale proceeds are paid to us.

If we have been left property or land, we would be grateful if you could obtain marketing appraisals from three estate agents. We also ask that the property is marketed online for a minimum of one month.

Please let us know when there is an offer the executors are considering accepting. To help us assess any offers, it would be useful for the estate agent to provide:

• Confirmation of how long the property has been on the market and where it has been advertised
• Details of the number of enquiries and viewings received
• A recommendation (with reasoning) on whether to accept the offer

Once an offer has been accepted, please note that if the sale value exceeds the probate value by more than the executors’ annual Capital Gains Tax (CGT) allowance, a CGT liability may arise.

We are here to help if you need support. Our team has many years of experience in selling a wide range of items, and we would be happy to work with you to make the most of the gift.

A residuary gift refers to whatever remains of an estate after debts, expenses, and any specific gifts have been settled.

We understand that administering an estate can take time, and that residuary gifts are usually the last to be distributed once everything has been sold. We completely appreciate this and want to support you throughout the process.

To help us identify any issues or assets where we may be able to assist, we usually ask for:

• A copy of the will
• A schedule of assets and liabilities

Providing these at the beginning of the administration will help ensure everything runs as smoothly as possible.

A life interest gift is one that we will receive once a trust benefiting someone else comes to an end. For example, this could be a property left for a spouse to live in during their lifetime, after which it passes to the chosen charity or cause. We hope that we do not benefit from this type of gift for many years, but we would be grateful if you could let us know about the gift as soon as you are able.

While the gift is held for the benefit of someone else, we ask to receive a copy of any valuations so that we are aware of the current value of the trust. We would also be grateful for occasional updates.

Once the trust ends, we would ask that you provide the same information as set out in the other sections of this guide, depending on the type of gift received.