# Legacy income grows 6.3% in past 12 months as growth flattens

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/05/17/legacy-income-grows-6-3-past-12-months-growth-flattens/
- Published: 2017-05-17T08:30:50+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Total legacy income rose 6.3% in the last 12 months according to Legacy Foresight.**

 

In the 12 months to March 2017, [Legacy Foresight](http://www.legacyforesight.co.uk/)’
s 83 Legacy Monitor Consortium members received £1.43bn in legacy income and 53,800
bequests. However, while Consortium legacy income grew strongly in the first half
of 2016, climbing from £1.3bn to £1.4bn, since summer 2016, growth has started to
flatten off.

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According to Legacy Foresight, rising death rates continue to boost legacy numbers,
which rose by 3.6% in the past 12 months. However, its figures suggest that Brexit
is having a slight impact on residual legacy values.

 

In the year to March 2017, average residual values rose by 3.4% to reach £58,600.
Despite this, looking ahead over the next five years Legacy Foresight is not expecting
a fall in legacy incomes, even in real terms, but neither is it expecting a high
growth rate.

 

The Consortium’s 83 UK charities account for 55 per cent of the legacy market. The
next quarterly data will be available in August 2017.

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