Legal Wording

Leaving a gift to The Christie is simple and inexpensive. We strongly advise you seek professional advice as home-made documents can be ambiguous and lead to your wishes not being carried out properly.

When discussing your will with your solicitor it may be helpful to take these details with you so they are clear as to the exact wording required.

Refer to The Christie as:

The Christie Charitable Fund (The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester M20 4BX).

Charity Registration number 1049751

Residuary bequest wording

"I give to The Christie Charitable Fund (of The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Wilmslow Road, Manchester M20 4BX). Charity Registration Number: 1049751 (___% of residue) for its general purposes and I direct that the receipt of the Treasurer or other duly authorized officer shall be a sufficient discharge to my Executors."

Should The Christie merge with another body the following allows for the bequest to stand:

"If before my death (or after my death but before my trustees have given effect to the gift) any charitable or other body to which a gift is made by this will or any codicil to it has changed its name or amalgamated with any other body or transferred all its assets to any other body then my trustees shall give effect to the gift as if it were a gift to the body in its changed name or to the body which results from the amalgamation or to the body to which the assets have been transferred.".

To express a specific wish:

".....and I express the wish, but without creating any legally-binding obligation, that the said charity use the said bequest for (intended use)."

If you would like to know more about leaving a gift, contact us in confidence by calling John Bremend, Legacy Officer on 0161 918 7424, email john.bremend@christie.nhs.uk