Cancer Research UK
Writing your Will for free can help us beat cancer for future generations.
Cancer Research UK
Gifts in Wills are vital because they enable long-term research projects to develop new treatments and cures that could save millions of lives.
Thanks to the generosity of people who leave gifts in Wills, and the researchers who are making life-saving scientific discoveries, together we are creating a future that’s free of the fear of cancer.
Write your Will for free
Our Free Will Service is for anyone aged 18 or over.
We cover the cost of a simple Will, and most people who use it choose to include a gift to Cancer Research UK.
Here are a few things to think about if you decide to leave us a gift in your Will.
£600
Could buy a handy tool that lets scientists accurately measure 12 samples at once, speeding up the pace of our life-saving research.
1% of a £250K estate
Could fund a kit to analyse blood samples for circulating tumour cells, helping us personalise cancer care.
£7500
Could fund 9 months of a clinical trial into improving treatments for lung cancer.
20% of a £400,000 estate
Could buy a time-saving robot to extract the DNA from cells, helping our scientists to find new ways to beat cancer.
Choosing how and where your gift is spent
If you’d like to, you can decide where the gift in your Will should go through ‘restricted giving’.
This means your gift can be restricted to a specific type of cancer or research institute of your choice.
Minimising inheritance tax liability
If you leave a gift in your Will, you may be able to reduce, or even eliminate your inheritance tax liability.
Gifts to charities are 100% tax-free and are taken out of your estate before tax is calculated.
Frequently Asked Questions
As a charity, we have to carefully consider how we spend every penny of our money.
We have fixed fees for the service agreed with our members which cover the cost of simple Wills.
You may be liable to pay any costs which exceed this agreed limit.
Please discuss this with us before you us the Free Will Service.
The most common types of gifts people leave to us in their Will are specific
amounts of money (pecuniary gifts) or a percentage share of an estate (residuary gifts).
A residuary gift is the most beneficial because it will retain its value and won’t be affected by inflation.
People also choose to leave us specific gifts, like jewellery, stocks and shares, or a property.
Cancer Research UK pays for supporters to write a ‘simple’ Will, mirror Will, single Codicil or mirror Codicil, as this helps to drive income from gifts in Wills by removing the need for supporters to pay for their Will.
You must be aged 18 or over to use the service.
If you’re writing a joint Will with your partner, only one of you needs to be 18 or over.
Yes.
We have Trust Corporation status which means we can act as an executor.
