• Securing Our Legacy: Robinson College has thrived over the years thanks to the support of its Members and Friends. Your legacy gift helps preserve our rich history and traditions while ensuring our continued growth.
• Empowering Future Generations: Your contribution will provide future students with outstanding educational opportunities, cutting-edge facilities, and a vibrant community, much like the one you remember from your time here.
• Financial Stability: Legacies play a crucial role in ensuring the college's financial stability. Your gift will help us maintain and enhance our facilities, fund scholarships, and support the academic excellence that defines Robinson College.
• Long-term Planning: Legacy giving is an important aspect of long-term financial planning. It allows you to shape the future while providing peace of mind, especially regarding your financial affairs and responsibilities.

There are several forms of gifts that may be directed to specific areas of College life or for "the general purposes" of the College. Professional legal advice should be sought in deciding which is the most appropriate for you.

• A Financial legacy: This is where a specific sum of money is left. It's worth remembering, however, that the value of this gift can decline over time due to inflation. To prevent this, you can instruct your solicitor to make the bequest index-linked, so that over the years it grows in line with the Retail Price Index.
• Specific legacy: You may consider leaving a non-monetary asset to the College, such as artwork, a book, silverware, stocks, and shares, property, or jewellery. In some cases, you may wish to give the College the flexibility to sell these valuable items in the future. It's important to be clear about your intentions, as we will want to respect your wishes.
• Conditional legacy: This type of gift stipulates that if none of your named beneficiaries survive you, your estate will be directed to other named beneficiaries, which may include the College.

·         Residuary Gifts:

(a) Bequest of the Residue: You may choose to bequeath the entirety, a percentage share, or a fraction of what remains in your estate after settling other bequests, debts, taxes, and expenses. This relieves you from the need to specify an exact monetary value and concerns about inflation's impact.

(b) Reversionary Interest Bequest: This is a variation on the above option, allowing you to allocate your estate to dependents during their lifetime, with the estate eventually reverting to the College.

The above is a brief overview of the various methods of making a legacy. For more comprehensive advice, you should seek the advice of a qualified solicitor.

Your legacy will be acknowledged and celebrated by the College, ensuring that your contribution continues to be felt by future Robinsonians.

The Crausaz-Wordsworth Society has been established to acknowledge and celebrate those legacy donors who have informed us of their intention to leave a lasting impact.

Find out more about how you can make a lasting impact by leaving a legacy at Robinson College. You can access our legacy brochure by downloading the PDF here. You may also wish to download, print, and return the Legacy Pledge form If you have any questions or would like to discuss your intentions further, please contact Sarah, our Director of Development at sw344@cam.ac.uk or development-office@robinson.cam.ac.uk.

Together we can continue Robinson's legacy of providing an exceptional education for future generations.

These kinds of gifts are free of inheritance tax, making them especially beneficial to the College. In particular, they can help to reduce the overall tax liability of your estate, potentially benefiting other beneficiaries in your will.

At present, even a relatively modest estate can exceed the inheritance tax threshold and be subject to this form of taxation. By including a bequest to a recognised charity, such as Robinson College, it's possible to reduce the estate's tax liability. It's advisable to consult a solicitor to ensure that your gift qualifies for tax exemption, particularly in the case of bequests.