Charity Box - probate asset?

Malthusian

unforeseen wrote: »

I think the assumption that the deceased was a bone fide fundraiser for the charity is erroneous. Charities such as the one mentioned hand out collection boxes willy nilly to any member of the public , more as a visible memory jogger than anything else. There is no registration of the fundraiser or any other check, not even address recording.

If the box contained £1.47 in 5ps and coppers I would agree with you. The fact that there's around £150 in there (plus a post-it note indicating that a charity rep had been round to count and collect the money) suggests it was used for collecting donations from others.

unforeseen

Malthusian wrote: »

If the box contained £1.47 in 5ps and coppers I would agree with you. The fact that there's around £150 in there (plus a post-it note indicating that a charity rep had been round to count and collect the money) suggests it was used for collecting donations from others.

The information about the rep wasn't known when I made my post that you quoted

Linton

Malthusian wrote: »

If the box contained £1.47 in 5ps and coppers I would agree with you. The fact that there's around £150 in there (plus a post-it note indicating that a charity rep had been round to count and collect the money) suggests it was used for collecting donations from others.

Yes, though if your analysis is correct it would mean that the charity collecting box is totally irrelevent. The same would apply if the box contents were in an envelop labelled "charity", contrary to some other arguments presented in this thread.

Another thought for what it's worth.....
If the law doesnt clearly state the ownership then the only way for the money to be assigned one would be for a court to decide. In this case a judicial decision is rather unlikely so the ownership is undefined and it is reasonable for the OP to make an assumption taking whatever action is appropriate.