yorkshirelad1 wrote:Setting up a charitable trust in a will may just add a layer of complexity and cost for your exors. You could earmark a certain amount to be given to charity, the charity/charities left to your exors' discretion, and leave a letter of wishes identifying those charities, as other have said. You could also leave the that same certain amount to e.g. a Legacy account at CAF. You add a list of charities attached to the Legacy account, which you can change from time to time (easier than changing your will). Just a thought. I have no connection with CAF https://www.cafonline.org/my-personal-giving/long-term-giving/legacies. Other providers may exist.
Ok but to add/change the list of charities you send CAF a letter of wishes, so it's not clear to me what the advantage is over doing the same to the holder of your will ... esp. given that CAF charge 1% of the legacy you leave through them.