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Leave a Gift in Your Will for Animal Welfare

How to leave a gift in your will for animal welfare through WARN — exact legal wording, registered office details, and honest answers on CIC status versus registered charity.

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In brief

You can leave a gift in your will for animal welfare to WARN using the exact legal name World Animal Rescue Network CIC and company number 17298990 — your solicitor should use the registered company name and number in the will clause; WARN is a UK CIC global not-for-profit, not a registered charity.

CIC

Legal form

17298990

Company number

Legacy

Partner grants abroad

Solicitor

Use exact name

Guide 1

Why Supporters Leave Legacy Gifts for Animal Welfare

A gift in your will extends your compassion beyond your lifetime — funding CNVR programmes, wildlife rehabilitation and working-equine clinics that continue for decades. Legacy gifts help WARN plan long-term partner grants across the 17-country network.

Guide 2

Exact Legal Identity for Your Solicitor

WARN is a CIC rather than a registered charity, so we do not have a charity number — our registered company name is World Animal Rescue Network CIC, company number 17298990, registered office 71-75 Shelton Street, London, England, WC2H 9JQ. Your solicitor should use the exact legal name and company number in any will clause.

Guide 3

Suggested Will Wording

"I give [X% of my residuary estate / the sum of £X] to World Animal Rescue Network CIC (Company number 17298990), a Community Interest Company registered in England and Wales, to be applied for the benefit of its community purposes." Your solicitor should verify wording against current legal advice.

Guide 4

CIC Versus Registered Charity — What Legators Should Know

WARN is a Community Interest Company with a statutory asset lock dedicating assets to animal welfare community purposes — not a Charity Commission registered charity. Legacy gifts still fund partner-led rescue abroad through transparent grant-making.

Guide 5

What Legacy Gifts Fund

Residuary and pecuniary legacies fund partner-led CNVR, orangutan forest school, pangolin triage, working donkey clinics and anti-trafficking programmes — the same field work as lifetime donations, with multi-year planning capacity.

Guide 6

Notifying WARN of Your Intent

Email [email protected] if you wish to notify WARN of a planned legacy — this is optional and helps long-term programme planning. WARN treats legacy conversations confidentially with no pressure.

Guide 7

Inheritance Tax and Legal Advice

WARN cannot provide tax or legal advice. Consult your solicitor about inheritance tax implications for gifts to a CIC. Registration details for verification at registration status.

Guide 8

Codicils and Existing Wills

A codicil can add WARN to an existing will without rewriting the full document — your solicitor prepares this using the exact legal name and company number above.

Explore Related Rescue Work

Wildlife guide

Orangutan

Orangutans are Critically Endangered great apes found only in Borneo and Sumatra; all three species — Bornean, Sumatran, and Tapanuli — face extinction driven mainly by habitat loss from palm oil and logging, plus the illegal pet trade.

Wildlife guide

Elephant

Asian elephants are Endangered; their main threats are habitat loss and human-elephant conflict, while African elephants also face poaching for the illegal ivory trade.

Wildlife guide

Street Dog

An estimated 200 million street dogs live worldwide; they are the same species as pet dogs (Canis lupus familiaris), and WHO-endorsed Catch-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return programmes are the proven humane way to reduce their numbers and control rabies, whereas culling does not work.

Country programme

Indonesia

Indonesia is a Southeast Asian archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, home to Bornean and Sumatran orangutans, Sumatran tigers, Javan and Sumatran rhinos, the Komodo dragon and the sun bear; its wildlife is under sustained pressure from palm-oil and pulpwood deforestation, the illegal pet trade, and one of the world's largest contributions to marine plastic.

Country programme

Malaysia

Malaysia is a Southeast Asian range state for Bornean orangutans (Sabah), sun bears, Sunda pangolins, clouded leopards and the Malayan tiger; it is a top-tier transit country for trafficked wildlife, with Kuala Lumpur's airports and the Port Klang container hub repeatedly identified by UNODC as wildlife-crime chokepoints.

Country programme

Pakistan

Pakistan is a South Asian country where WARN's planned work focuses on humane street-dog management in Karachi and Lahore through catch-neuter-vaccinate-release clinics, mobile working-equine clinics in industrial districts, and supporting partner work on the snow leopard in the country's high north.

Country programme

Kenya

Kenya is an East African country where WARN's planned work focuses on snare-removal patrols and rapid-response veterinary darting in the Tsavo and Maasai Mara ecosystems, sea-turtle triage on the Indian Ocean coast, and supporting partner work on lion, elephant, rhino, cheetah and African wild dog welfare.

Source Notes

WARN uses named intergovernmental, conservation and animal-welfare sources for numeric claims. These notes summarise the source basis for this page.

WARN registration status

Full legal identity at registration status.

Companies House

Public CIC register entry.

CIC Regulator

Community Interest Company asset lock guidance.

Leave a Gift in Your Will for Animal Welfare: Frequently Asked Questions

Can I leave a gift in my will to WARN?
Yes — use World Animal Rescue Network CIC, Company number 17298990, in your will clause.
What is WARN's registered company name for wills?
World Animal Rescue Network CIC — company number 17298990, registered office 71-75 Shelton Street, London, England, WC2H 9JQ.
Is WARN a registered charity for legacy purposes?
No — WARN is a UK CIC global not-for-profit with a statutory asset lock, not a Charity Commission registered charity.
Should I tell WARN about a planned legacy?
Optional but helpful — email [email protected] confidentially for long-term planning.
What will my legacy gift fund?
Partner-led CNVR, wildlife rehabilitation and working-animal programmes across the 17-country network.
Can my solicitor verify WARN registration?
Yes — registration status and Companies House public register.
Can I leave a percentage of my estate?
Yes — residuary legacies are common. Your solicitor drafts the exact clause.
Does WARN provide will-writing services?
No — consult your solicitor. WARN provides legal identity details only.

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World Animal Rescue Network CIC (Company no. 17298990) raises funds for established local partners. Your support helps build the rescue capacity these animals need.

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