Key findings include:
- Legacy income has reached a new milestone—now worth over £3 billion
- 6.3% of the population leave a bequest in a Will
- 123,235 bequests were recorded in wills, an increase from 122,849 in 2017
- There were 37,856 charitable estates reported. 16.7% of their value of charitable estates went to charities
- The typical profile of a legator is a female from the South of England who is aged 77 when she writes her Will and leaves three charitable
- bequests
- The most popular cause for sole bequests is places of worship
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