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finance

There are three ways that your supporter can fund their challenge:

self funder

With this option, your supporter personally covers the full cost of the challenge (which generally includes a £100 donation to your charity). This means that the charity receives a £100 donation and every pound that your supporter raises. The full cost is made up of the deposit due at the time of booking, and the balance due eight weeks before departure. The self funder option generally has no minimum sponsorship requirement although on exclusive challenges you can dictate a minmum on top of the participant paying their full cost. The participant is always encouraged to raise as much as they can for the charity and provided with fundraising advice and support. About 40% of our participants choose this option.

minimum sponsorship

With this option, your supporter pays the deposit when booking the challenge, and pledges to raise a minimum amount of sponsorship for your charity. They will need to send their sponsorship money to the charity as they raise it. At least 80% of the minimum sponsorship must be sent to the charity ten weeks before departure, along with pledges for the remaining 20% (which is due in at the very latest within 4 weeks of returning to the UK). You can amend the terms of this final 20% deadline if you desire. We do encourage all participants to get the funds in before departure.

If they have raised the necessary funds, the charity will then pay the balance of the challenge costs (which will not exceed 45% of the minimum sponsorship target). The charity benefits by keeping the remaining sponsorship money and every pound over and above that their supporter raises.

For example, the cost of a challenge is £1425:
Your supporter pays the deposit at the time of booking the challenge (£300).
They then commit to raise a minimum sponsorship in aid of your charity (£2500).
They must send 80% of the minimum sponsorship to the charity ten weeks before departure (which equates to £2000).
At this time, the charity will pay the balance of their challenge costs (45% of £2500 = £1125).They will have to send the remaining sponsorship money to the charity within four weeks of completing the challenge.
The charity keeps £1375 of the minimum sponsorship and every pound over and above that their supporter raises.

flexi

With this option, your supporter pays the deposit when booking, and commits to make a second contribution towards the costs of the challenge eight weeks before departure. This means that overall they are making a bigger contribution towards costs so less needs to be paid by the charity. They will also pledge to raise a (lower) minimum amount of sponsorship for your charity. They will need to send their sponsorship money to the charity as they raise it. At least 80% of the minimum sponsorship must be sent to the charity ten weeks before departure, along with pledges for the remaining 20% (which is due in at the very latest within 4 weeks of returning to the UK). You can amend the terms of this final 20% deadline if you desire. We do encourage all participants to get the funds in before departure.

Your supporter pays the deposit at the time of booking the challenge (£300) and commits to paying another £300 8 weeks before departure.
They then commit to raise a (lower) minimum sponsorship in aid of your charity (£1835).
They must send 80% of the minimum sponsorship to the charity ten weeks before departure (which equates to £1468).
At this time, the charity will pay the balance of their challenge costs (45% of £1835 = £825).
They will have to send the remaining sponsorship money to the charity within four weeks of completing the challenge.
The charity typically keeps about £1005 of the minimum sponsorship and every pound over and above that their supporter raises.

NB: For each trip there is a travel insurance premium, and this is due at the time of booking. All costs, sponsorship levels and travel insurance premiums are indicated on the relevant itinerary in the brochure and also on our website.

The flexi option is aimed at people who during the current economic downturn are concerned about raising high levels of sponsorship but cannot afford to pay the full challenge cost.

Please click here to get a diagram explanation of how the finance works.

how much sponsorship do my supporters have to raise?

Accepting the physical challenge is just the beginning. To participate, your supporters will also be required to raise substantial sponsorship for your charity. The level of minimum sponsorship is indicated on each of the itineraries. Participants are sent fundraising ideas and sponsorship forms but the more you can provide them in the way of fundraising ideas, and information about the work of the charity – the more they are likely to raise. All money should be sent directly to the charity as and when it is collected. You should indicate who they should make cheques payable to.

what is included in the price?

International flights (and UK air taxes) to and from the UK (usually London) booked in economy class.; all accommodation during the challenge (usually twin basis), if camping we provide all necessary communal camping and cooking gear; three meals a day (unless otherwise stated); drinking water on challenge days; entrance fees to national parks or other places of interest visited on the itinerary; internal road and air transfers; all ground staff including English speaking guide, drivers, cooks, and porters; full back-up support including first-aid qualified staff and first-aid supplies; activity equipment including bikes, tents, and rafts; a donation of USD$20 to a local community project in the area of the challenge; carbon offsetting for international travel; a Charity Challenge T-shirt; and discount on personal equipment from selected stores.

what is not included?

Transfers to and from UK departure airport; entry visas (if applicable); vaccinations (if applicable); personal equipment; support team tips; personal spending money; overseas airport departure tax (if applicable) and additional activities not included in the itinerary such as excess baggage charges, hotel porterage, all items of personal nature such as laundry, room service charges, drinks, phone calls etc. NB: We advise participants on the specific requirements of these items in the fact file & Q&A's for the chosen challenge.

can your charity claim back gift aid on donations made?

Gifts of money made by taxpaying individuals to charities in respect of sponsoring Charity Challenges will attract 25% tax relief under the Gift Aid scheme. If someone makes a donation to the charity of say £100, the charity can recover a further £25 from the Inland Revenue. Furthermore, if the person making the donation is a higher rate taxpayer then they in turn will recover £23 when they submit their tax return. Sponsorship payments made by persons connected to the participant fail the donor benefit rules and so are not eligible for tax relief under the Gift Aid scheme. Sponsorship payments made by persons not connected to the participant can be made under the Gift Aid scheme. So, if all the sponsorship raised by a participant is donated to the participating charity by persons not connected to the participant then all of those individual payments can be Gift Aided. A connected person is the wife or husband, a relative (brother, sister, ancestor (e.g. mother) or lineal descendant (e.g. grandson), the wife or husband of a relative, a company under the control of the donor, or under control of connected persons. For more information, please refer to the following link from the Inland Revenue website and enter Gift Aid into its search engine.

how much can I expect to raise on average from these challenges?

If someone funds the challenge through the minimum sponsorship option, you should receive at least 55% of the minimum sponsorship plus every penny over and above the minimum. This is typically about £1450 per person (minimum).