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Leave a gift in your Will

You can change patients’ lives by leaving a gift in your Will. Gifts like these make up vital life changing funds, so we can be stronger for the future.

We appreciate every single penny left to us. It helps us to provide extraordinary care for everyone that needs it – whether that be funding innovative technologies or collaborating with groups tackling health inequalities.

Support our staff to do what they do best – taking care of the people who take care of you. Or help more people to live healthier, happier lives, reducing the pressure on our hospitals by empowering positive change.

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How to leave a gift in your Will
What types of gifts can you leave?
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The most common types of gifts left in Wills are:

  • Residuary gift: the residue (or a proportion of the residue) of an estate after all other gifts, debts and expenses have been paid.
  • Pecuniary gift: a fixed sum of money. This type of gift will, over time, devalue with inflation. If you want to future-proof your legacy you can ask your solicitor about index-linking your gift so its value keeps pace with inflation.
  • Specific gift: a particular asset, for example an investment or property.
  • Reversionary gift: a two-stage gift where assets are first held in a trust to provide some benefit to an individual. This could be a property for them to live in or income generated by investments.  Once that individual’s need for the property (or trust) ends, the assets then pass to a second beneficiary, such as a charity.
How do I leave a gift in my will to RUHX?
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We recommend you use a solicitor or professional Will writer to have your Will drafted. The cost is relatively modest and it can help reduce the likelihood of your wishes being challenged after you pass away. You can inform your solicitor or professional Will writer that you would like to leave a gift to RUHX and they will help you to include it in your wishes.

We operate a free Will service which allows you to have a simple Will drafted professionally at no cost to yourself.

Read about the free Will services available to you. These services give you the option to leave a gift to RUHX and they will help you to include it in your wishes.

The full legal description that should always be used to describe the charity in a Will is: RUHX, Royal United Hospitals, Combe Park, Bath, BA1 3NG (Registered charity No. 1058323).

Making a simple change to your Will
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You can easily update your Will using a legal document called a codicil. A codicil is used to make simple amendments to your current Will without revoking it. It’s completed in the same way as your Will and should be stored with your Will for safekeeping. We recommend checking with your solicitor or professional Will writer to ensure your wishes will be met.

Making a significant change to your Will
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It’s important and good practice to review your Will regularly as circumstances change. Significant life events can often lead to a shift in priorities and the causes you support. If you would like to make significant changes to your Will you may feel that your Will should be redrafted. This will revoke any existing Will and we recommend that you consult your solicitor or professional Will writer to ensure that your Will is drafted and executed correctly.

Write a free will online

We’ve partnered with Beyond, the online Will experts, to offer a fuss-free will writing service for people across the UK. Rated 5* on Trustpilot and recommended by thousands of families, Beyond allows you to write a will in as little as 15 minutes, and from the comfort of your own home. It will be double-checked by a team of in-house legal experts, and can be updated anytime to suit you.

Your gift will be used where people need it most, to give every patient the extra extraordinary care they deserve. Alternatively, you can specify an area of work to donate to in your will. Ultimately, leaving a gift in your will, no matter the size, can make life-changing differences to our staff, patients and everyone who cares for them.

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Registered Address and charity number
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The charity’s registered address and charity number are:

RUHX, Royal United Hospitals, Combe Park, Bath, BA1 3NG

Registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Registered charity No. 1058323

Other names
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We officially changed our name to RUHX in 2022. Other ways in which we are commonly named in a Will are:

  • The Forever Friends Appeal – our working name until 2022
  • RUH Charitable Fund – our official registered name
  • Royal United Hospitals Bath – we are the official NHS Charity of the hospital
  • RUH Bath – we are the official NHS Charity of the hospital
  • Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (RNHRD) – the RNHRD merged with RUH in 2015

If the name mentioned in the will you have is not listed above, but you think RUHX may be the intended beneficiary, please get in touch with us.

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