In UK, it is necessary to take into account the validity of the testaments granted in accordance with the legislation of some Autonomous Communities such as Catalonia, the Basque Country or Navarra. But limiting ourselves to the Civil Code there are two fundamental types of testament and in both you can include as heir the NGO or NGOs that you choose:

Common Testaments:

The open testament is made before a Notary who advises on the process, knows the content, normally draws up and responds to the legality of the same. You can choose the cause with which you want to collaborate in your will and the Notary can help you include it as an heir in your will or designate the solidarity legacy you want to allocate.In addition, the Notary or whoever succeeds him in the notary, is obliged to always keep the original, issuing as many copies as necessary. Despite being called “open” it is totally secret, and the Notary will not be able to communicate its contents to anyone, except you as a testator, until the death. The Notary informs the Ministry of Justice (General Register of Acts of Last Will) only of the existence of a will granted on the date and by the person who did it, but without indicating more information.

The open testament is the most recommendable, safest, most comfortable and most used modality.

Its cost is close to $ 40, the fees of the Notary being a matter regulated by the Government at the national level.

Another common modality is the closed will, for which it is not necessary to disclose your last will but you declare that it is contained in a sealed statement that is delivered to the notary. The notary authorizes the act and keeps the sealed and sealed sheet. The lack of advice from a connoisseur of the law makes this a dangerous testament and, in addition, with more costs than the previous one. It has little practical use but also for this modality you can include a non-profit entity in your will or leave a solidarity legacy in your name.

The third modality in this category is the holographic testament that would be drawn up by your own handwriting. It is subject to some minimum but essential formalities (date, unequivocal will, signature at the end …) and, in the case of choosing to collaborate with one or several non-profit entities, they must be included as heirs or specify in writing the solidarity legacy that you want to donate It needs, for its effectiveness, special procedures with judicial intervention, the death of the testator. It is a document, sometimes dangerous, because it lacks advice and more cost than any other, by the subsequent judicial procedure.

The special testaments:

• Military Testament: intended for Army employees in time of war.
• Maritime Will: made by crew or passengers on board a ship.

Will carried out in a foreign country: the one made by a UK citizen outside the national territory, and in accordance with the laws of the country in which he is located, or before a diplomatic or consular official of UK, in accordance with UK law.