Gifts to the Feeney Trust

If our objectives appeal why not make a gift to the Feeney Trust or leave a legacy in your will?  Your gift or legacy can either be added to our capital fund (about £1.5m) to produce additional income for our grants or it can be ear-marked for some particular project to which you would like us to give extra support. Please get in touch with our secretary, Katie Banks, at admin@feeneytrust.org.uk.  The following notes on the tax incentives that are available may assist.

“I first came across the John Feeney Charitable Trust in Richard Bratby’s book Forward. The aims of the Trust matched my own hopes for Birmingham in terms of promoting art and enhancing public spaces. The Chair of the Trust took the time to explain fully how the Trust works and after this conversation, I felt that my donation would be well spent. I then arranged to make a contribution on a yearly basis and also to leave a legacy in my Will for the Trust”

Feeney Trust Donor

Gift Aid

If you are a UK taxpayer, you can increase the value of your gift to Feeney by 25%, at no cost to yourself, by allowing us to claim tax back under the Gift Aid Scheme. One declaration can cover every gift to Feeney and can also cover gifts you have already made. But you must be paying more income tax or capital gains tax than the value of your gifts to Feeney and other charities in the same tax year. If If you are a higher-rate taxpayer, you can claim back the difference between the higher and basic rate of tax on the gross value of your gift (ie its value plus the 25% we can claim).

Gift by Will

A legacy to Feeney or another charity will be exempt from Inheritance tax (IHT). If you don't already have a Will, a solicitor will be able to draft one for you. This is usually inexpensive and with a proper Will in place, you can be sure your wishes will be carried out. If you have a Will, it's easy for the solicitor to add a gift by writing what's known as a 'codicil'. And if there has been a change in your personal and financial circumstances it may be time to think of revising your current Will and seeing whether there are other changes you might wish to make at the same time as you add a gift to Feeney.