There are a number of ways to pay in a legacy. You can use our easy online payment method, make a direct bank transfer or send a cheque. You will find further details on each of these methods below.

All generous gifts in Wills, or legacies, are looked after by our Admin Team, based at our head office in Elland. To properly administer these gifts to the Charity, there are some details we need to request from you as Executor and also about the person who has kindly left the gift.

We would be very grateful if you could provide a covering letter or email which includes the following information (if you choose to pay in the gift online, you will be able to provide these details during the online process):

• The full name and title of the deceased
• Their last address
• The date of death
• The Executor’s name and contact details
• A copy of the will and any codicils (photocopy/scan/photo acceptable). This shows our auditors that the Charity is entitled to the legacy gift and that the charity has complied with any special wishes
• If the gift is a residuary legacy, where Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) is left a share or percentage of an estate, please include a copy of the final estate accounts
• If possible, please include any information about the reason for the legacy

Please post to our head office: Yorkshire Air Ambulance, Cayley House, 10 South Lane, Elland, West Yorkshire, HX5 0HQ or email to info@yaa.org.uk

This information is required for us to be able to issue the Executor with a receipt and discharge. As a registered charity, it also helps us comply with Charity Commission auditing requirements. You can read further guidance about administering residuary gifts in the Administration of a charitable estate – notes for executors leaflet.

We will also be able to amend our donor record for the deceased, if applicable.

Thank you for all that you are doing as Executor, enabling the Charity to receive the Testator’s kind gift.