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Steve Wright’s Will Reveals Modest Estate with Charity Gifts and Bequests to Children

The will approved this week details £15,000 to Cancer Research UK; £10,000 to the British Heart Foundation; the rest of Wright’s £40,623 personal estate split between his children.

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Overview

  • The will was signed in 2023 and approved by the High Court this week.
  • Wright’s personal estate was valued at £53,623 before probate costs, leaving £40,623 available for distribution.
  • He gifted £15,000 to Cancer Research UK and £10,000 to the British Heart Foundation, both free of inheritance tax.
  • His children, Tom and Lucy Wright, serve as executors and will split the remaining estate under the will’s terms.
  • While his personal estate was modest, his company, 22 Media Limited, held £3.3 million in cash assets in 2023.