How to include a gift in your Will to Blue Cross

If you do decide to leave us a gift in your Will, here are the details you'll need:

Blue Cross
Registered address: Blue Cross, Shilton Road, Burford, Oxfordshire, OX18 4PF
Registered charity number: 224392

Note

To make sure your wishes are carried out, we strongly recommend getting independent, professional advice on the contents of your Will, but the following suggested wording will assist your solicitor in drawing up or amending your Will.

Leave a residuary legacy (to include a share of your estate):

I give to Blue Cross, registered charity number 224392 (England and Wales) and SC040154 (Scotland), of Shilton Road, Burford, Oxfordshire, OX18 4PF [enter percentage] per cent of my residuary estate and I express the wish (but without imposing any binding obligation) that such estate be used for the general purposes of Blue Cross.

Or

The benefit of [insert specific area of work/name and address of centre].

The receipt of a Duly Authorised Officer of Blue Cross shall be a good discharge to my trustees for the gift.

Leave a pecuniary legacy (cash sum):

I give to Blue Cross, registered charity number 224392 (England and Wales) and SC040154 (Scotland), of Shilton Road, Burford, Oxfordshire, OX18 4PF the sum of [insert amount in figures and words] and I express the wish (but without imposing any binding obligation) that such estate be used for the general purposes of Blue Cross.

Or

The benefit of [insert specific area of work/name and address of centre].

The receipt of a Duly Authorised Officer of Blue Cross shall be a good discharge to my trustees for the gift.

Get in touch

If you have any questions at all, our team are here to help.

Call: 0300 777 1945

Email: [email protected]

Thanks to generous supporters like you, over half the work we do is funded by gifts in Wills. We simply wouldn’t be able to care for as many pets without this vital support.

— Page last updated 28/05/2025