“It’s never too early to teach children about the tool of money. Teach them how to work for it and they learn pride and self-respect. Teach them how to save it and they learn security and self-worth. Teach them how to be generous with it and they learn how to love." Judith Jameson - African American dancer and choreographer
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Without your help, Behind Closed Doors cannot provide the vital information, support and services that help hundreds of women and children every year.

You can now make a donation to Behind Closed Doors online.

Simply click the link below and it will take you through a secure website where you can make a donation via credit or debit card. Please remember to tick the Gift Aid box if you are a UK taxpayer.

You may also send a cheque payable to "Behind Closed Doors" and post it to:

PO BOX 275, LEEDS, LS19 9BN

Leave a Legacy

Imagine a world where all women are free to live their life without fear of abuse to keep them ‘in their place’. By remembering Behind Closed Doors in your Will, you can help achieve this, a little bit at a time.

A gift in your Will to a charity is tax efficient

If your estate is currently worth more than £300,000 it may attract inheritance tax. That means, 40% tax being payable on anything over that threshold. The good news is that a gift to Behind Closed Doors can be given out of your estate tax free, so it can help you too. Please speak to your solicitor for guidance.

What if I don’t have a Will?

If you haven’t made a Will yet, deciding to leave something to Behind Closed Doors is a good reason for going to see a solicitor.

Without a Will, your estate will simply be distributed according to the law, which cannot take into account wishes you may have expressed verbally during your lifetime. If you want a partner to whom you are not married to benefit from your estate, or if you want to say who you would like to care for any children should you die before they reach 18, this can be done by making a Will. Making a Will also enables you to get a feel for whether your estate is likely to attract inheritance tax, and to make plans for reducing the amount payable if you wish.

What if I already have a Will?

Adding a gift to Behind Closed Doors to an existing Will is easy. Your solicitor will write a ‘codicil’ for you, which you simply keep with your Will, though you mustn’t attach it physically to it.

What kind of legacy is most useful to Behind Closed Doors?

You can arrange your gift in different ways:

• a pecuniary legacy means a gift of a specific sum of money or item
• a residuary legacy means leaving all or a proportion of whatever remains of your estate after all other gifts, debts and liabilities have been paid out
• a reversionary legacy means leaving to Behind Closed Doors something that you would like someone else to have use of for their lifetime – for example, a house, money invested in a trust, or even stocks and shares.

Leaving Behind Closed Doors a percentage of your estate protects your gift from being nibbled away by inflation, as a gift of a specific sum of money might be.

Wording for a residuary legacy to help your solicitor

'Subject to the payment of my debts, funeral and testamentary expenses, I give the whole/___% of my estate not otherwise disposed of by this my Will to Behind Closed Doors BCD(Registered Charity Number: 1116500) of Carlton House, Grammar School Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD1 4NS, for the general purposes of Behind Closed Doors. I further direct that the receipt of the Executive Director or other proper officer of Behind Closed Doors for the time being shall be a full and sufficient discharge of the said legacy.’

Wording for a pecuniary legacy to help your solicitor

‘I give free of tax to Behind Closed Doors BCD(Registered Charity Number: 1116500) of Carlton House, Grammar School Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD1 4NS , for the general purposes of Behind Closed Doors. I further direct that the receipt of the Executive Director or other proper officer of Behind Closed Doorsfor the time being shall be a full and sufficient discharge of the said legacy.’

Organising a reversionary legacy

If you would like someone you care about to benefit from your assets during their lifetime, and then for the gift to pass to Behind Closed Doors, please speak to your solicitor. He or she will be able to guide you through the options available to you.

Behind Closed Doors would like to express our deep gratitude for your support.