Funding
The Broomhouse Centre is a Registered Scottish Charity (No. SC 00 3706). We depend on the generosity of our funders to operate the projects which support the local community and disadvantaged citizens who use the Centre and work to help people to improve their quality of life.
If you would like to make a donation or discuss establishing a legacy to fund and support The Broomhouse Centre's ongoing work in the community please contact Marie Anderson on 0131 622 7787 or email admin@broomhousecentre.org.uk. Further details of ways to make a donation or leave a legacy in your Will are included below.
Donations
To make a donation through our secure online site please click on the Donate Button below. This function is managed by Charity Choice and The Co-operative Bank and any donations made are entirely free of charges. This means that 100% of your donation will be received by The Broomhouse Centre. Additionally, if you are a UK taxpayer an additional 28% can be reclaimed by The Broomhouse Centre as a tax refund from the Government at no cost to you.
You can donate to the Broomhouse Centre through www.charitychoice.co.uk.
Legacies
Legacies are an important source of potential funding for The Broomhouse Centre. A legacy is a specific type of donation included in a Will that reflects your wishes for distribution of your estate in the event of your death.
When you are making your Will there are several things to be considered, such as:
- making a list of your assets
- thinking about the way in which you want to divide your estate
- thinking about who to appoint as executor of your will
- The Broomhouse Centre would advise anyone making or updating a Will to get in touch with a practising solicitor to help you do this.
There are a few different kinds of gift you can leave in your Will. The most common are described below:
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).
Please click here for a glossary of terms relating to Wills.
Example Legacy Forms of Words
Should you wish to remember The Broomhouse Centre in your Will you might wish to take the following wording suggestions for a residuary bequest and a pecuniary bequest to your solicitor. They will ensure that your wishes are accurately followed.
It is important to ensure that the following clause below is inserted, whichever wording you need to use:
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 The Broomhouse Centre (Registered Scottish Charity No. SC 00 3607) of 79/89 Broomhouse Crescent, Edinburgh, EH11 3RH and the receipt of the Honorary Treasurer or the proper officer for the time being of The Broomhouse Centre shall be a complete discharge to my Executors.
Pecuniary bequest (a set sum)
I give the sum of ...... pounds to The Broomhouse Centre (Registered Scottish Charity No. SC 00 3607) of 79/89 Broomhouse Crescent, Edinburgh, EH11 3RH and the receipt of the Honorary Treasurer or other proper officer for the time being of The Broomhouse Centre shall be a complete discharge to my Executors.
For advice or suggested wordings for index-linked pecuniary gifts, please contact Marie Anderson on 0131 455 7731.
Additionally, it is important to ensure that the following clause 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 The Broomhouse Centre and the correct registered address and charity number.
79/89 Broomhouse Crescent
Edinburgh
EH11 3RH
Registered Scottish Charity number: SC 00 3706