Welcome to the Charities Aid Foundation

We help donors to give more impactfully and charities to build their resilience so they can do more of their life-changing work.

Personal giving From one-off donations to long-term giving, or designing your personal philanthropic strategy, we work together to help you realise your giving ambitions. Corporate giving You have the vision for making a difference. So do we. We help you plan how to give based on your goals. Services for charities Helping your charity or social enterprise become more resilient. Insights Discover the latest insights for donors and charitable organisations to help create a greater impact About us We are a leading charity, working at the centre of the giving world. We help donors to give more impactfully and charities to build their resilience so they can do more of their life-changing work. Donate  
 
 
 

Personal giving

From one-off donations to long-term giving, or designing your personal philanthropic strategy, we work together to help you realise your giving ambitions.

DISCOVER OUR PERSONAL GIVING SOLUTIONS

Corporate giving

You have the vision for making a difference. So do we. We help you plan how to give based on your goals.

DISCOVER OUR CORPORATE GIVING SOLUTIONS

Services for charities

Helping your charity or social enterprise become more resilient.

DISCOVER HOW WE SUPPORT CHARITIES

Insights

Discover the latest insights for donors and charitable organisations to help create a greater impact

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About us

We are a leading charity, working at the centre of the giving world. We help donors to give more impactfully and charities to build their resilience so they can do more of their life-changing work.

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Charitable Legacy Service

You have the will, we have a simpler way. Our legacy service makes leaving money to charity in a will straightforward for you and your clients.

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Why work with us?

Our Charitable Legacy Service offers a flexible way for your clients to leave one gift in their will to benefit as many charities as they like.

We are CAF and we exist to make giving go further, so together we can transform more lives and communities around the world. For over 90 years, we’ve been helping donors, companies, charities and social organisations make a bigger impact.

We're proud to support a range of legal, tax and Will writing professional partners. Leaving multiple charitable legacies in a Will involves a lot of work, which is why we've designed our legacy service to make it straightforward for you and your clients.

  • Your clients can give to as many charities as they wish.
  • Your clients can change their minds as often as they like without having to amend their Will.
  • It saves time and expense for executors. 
Discover more about our legacy service How we can help your clients

Benefits of our Charitable Legacy Service

Easy

Your clients can support all their favourite charities with just one gift.

Flexible

Your clients can change their charities as many times as they wish without amending their Will.

Practical

By naming us as the only charity, your clients save time and cost for executors.

Secure

As a registered charity, we can ensure any tax benefits that your client's estate attracts will be valid.

Leave a lasting legacy in three easy steps

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1. Name CAF

We provide you and your client with the exact wording, making it easy for everyone. 

2. Choose the causes 

Your clients identify the charities they'd like to support. Our expert advisers can help them if they are unsure who to give to.

3. Letter of Wishes

Your clients list their chosen charities or charitable causes in our Letter of Wishes and send it to us.

Neil Fraser, Director at Northumberland Wills & Probate

"The legacy offering at CAF is great because it saves people the hassle of having to make a decision right then and there. Even if someone wants to give to a specific charity, I would still recommend CAF because of all the benefits."

- Neil Fraser Director at Northumberland Wills & Probate & member of the Institute of Professional Will Writers

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Tax-effective giving from an inheritance

If your clients have received a legacy, they may decide that they would like all or a part of it to be donated to charity. However, they may not want to donate the money all at once and they may want some time to choose which causes to support - if so, we can help.

A CAF Deed of Variation to a Will is a flexible, tax-effective way for your clients to create a charitable giving fund from a legacy that they have received.

Create a flexible gift for your clients
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"I have used CAF for many years as they make giving to charity easy and flexible. In a few simple steps, you can change the charities in a CAF Letter of Wishes without having to change the Will. The expert Legacy team can help with any aspect of your client's gift. They make it simple to set up and will work with the executors to carry out your client’s wishes."

- Gary Morgans Director at Freedom Wills Ltd & member of The Society of Will Writers