MAKE MUSIC YOUR LEGACY
By bestowing a gift to The Royal Society of Musicians in your will, you are helping musicians across the UK to continue doing what they love, making music.
Your support will continue the tradition began in 1738 of helping musicians in their time of need, which has allowed the UK’s musical life to flourish for centuries, and with your help, into the future.
A gift in your will is a personal decision that you will want to discuss with friends and family. If you wish to leave a gift to The Royal Society of Musicians, read on for some helpful information about how to do so. Please contact us on legacy@rsmgb.org or 020 7629 6137, if you have any questions.
WRITING A WILL
If you have not written a will, it’s never too early to think about it. You can ask a solicitor to help you, or a professional will writer. The Law Society can help you find a local legal firm to help, or a professional will writer can be found via The Institute of Professional Will Writers.
Make a list of who you want to remember in your will and how. You will need an idea of what your estate consists of to help you work out your assets and debts, so you can understand its extent. Remember to consider property, cash, savings, shares, pension funds, loans and other debts.
WHAT TO LEAVE
Any gift to The Royal Society of Musicians will make a real difference. You can leave money, property or specific items. You can even leave a musical instrument or royalties to a piece of music in your name.
There are three main types of legacy – pecuniary, specific, and residuary.
Pecuniary: A gift of a fixed sum of money.
Specific: A gift of a named item, such as a musical instrument, a building, painting or royalties.
Residuary: A gift of the residue (or a share of the residue) of your estate once all other legacies, debts, taxes and expenses have been deducted.
Your solicitor or will writer can help you to make sense of these terms and ensure that your will is worded correctly.
LEAVING ROYALTIES
Ever since Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music, composed in 1938 for the Henry Wood Jubilee Concert, members and supporters of the Society have generously left us their royalties as a lasting memorial.
If you receive royalties or copyright payments, you can gift these to the Society in your will. By leaving your royalties as a legacy you are giving us a gift that could last for 70 years. As a legacy, royalty payments given to us will be exempt from Inheritance Tax. We suggest you contact your royalty company about how to do this. The MU, PPL (for performers) and PRS for Music (for composers and songwriters) each collect royalties on behalf of musicians.
Listen here to some of the music for which we receive royalties. Every stream earns us funds to help musicians in need.
LEAVING A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
The Society owns high-quality stringed instruments which are loaned to talented musicians through our Fine Instrument Scheme.
Through the generosity of their former owners, professional musicians who would otherwise not be able to gain access to such instruments now have the opportunity to play on them. We welcome further bequests which will enable the Society’s portfolio to continue to develop over the coming years. Please contact us if you have an instrument that you would like to give the Society in your will.
HOW TO LEAVE A LEGACY
To leave a gift to The Royal Society of Musicians please make sure you include the following details. We have also prepared a factsheet which you or your solicitor can use when making your gift.
Our full charity name: The Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain
Our address: 26 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 6BT
Our registered charity number: 208879
The type of gift you wish to leave and the details of specific or pecuniary gifts.
THANK YOU
If you decide to leave a gift in your will to The Royal Society of Musicians, we would love to thank you. We can only do this if you let us know about your decision, and we respect your wish to remain anonymous if you choose. We are extremely grateful for any gift you decide to leave us – your investment in the future of the music will make a such valuable difference to our work supporting musicians. RSM is hugely grateful to everyone who has left us a gift in their wills.
If you have any questions, or would like to let us know about a gift you intend to leave, please contact us on legacy@rsmgb.org or 020 7629 6137.
Jennifer Bate
Hilary Bracefield
Julian Bream CBE
John Edney
John Glenister
Andrew Hamilton
Elizabeth Levy
Veronica Lucas
Aileen MacArdle
Jane Manning OBE
WB Major
Pamela Munks
Anthony Payne
Ronald Redfern
Mary Remnant
Geoffrey Shaw
Michael Skinner
John Stenhouse
Peter Teague
JW Thompson
Anthony Tunstall
Dorothy Turner
Christina Ward
Una Warnes
Marion Wells
THANK YOU
If you decide to leave a gift in your will to The Royal Society of Musicians, we would love to thank you. We can only do this if you let us know about your decision, and we respect your wish to remain anonymous if you choose. We are extremely grateful for any gift you decide to leave us – your investment in the future of the music will make a such valuable difference to our work supporting musicians. RSM is hugely grateful to everyone who has left us a gift in their wills.
If you have any questions, or would like to let us know about a gift you intend to leave, please contact us on legacy@rsmgb.org or 020 7629 6137.
Jennifer Bate
Hilary Bracefield
Julian Bream CBE
John Edney
John Glenister
Andrew Hamilton
Elizabeth Levy
Veronica Lucas
Aileen MacArdle
Jane Manning OBE
WB Major
Pamela Munks
Anthony Payne
Ronald Redfern
Mary Remnant
Geoffrey Shaw
Michael Skinner
John Stenhouse
Peter Teague
JW Thompson
Anthony Tunstall
Dorothy Turner
Christina Ward
Una Warnes
Marion Wells
THANK YOU
If you decide to leave a gift in your will to The Royal Society of Musicians, we would love to thank you. We can only do this if you let us know about your decision, and we respect your wish to remain anonymous if you choose. We are extremely grateful for any gift you decide to leave us – your investment in the future of the music will make a such valuable difference to our work supporting musicians. RSM is hugely grateful to everyone who has left us a gift in their wills.
Jennifer Bate
Hilary Bracefield
Julian Bream CBE
John Edney
John Glenister
Andrew Hamilton
Elizabeth Levy
Veronica Lucas
Aileen MacArdle
Jane Manning OBE
WB Major
Pamela Munks
Anthony Payne
Ronald Redfern
Mary Remnant
Geoffrey Shaw
Michael Skinner
John Stenhouse
Peter Teague
JW Thompson
Anthony Tunstall
Dorothy Turner
Christina Ward
Una Warnes
Marion Wells
If you have any questions, or would like to let us know about a gift you intend to leave, please contact us on legacy@rsmgb.org or 020 7629 6137.
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