Many of you have been asking us for a final, full account of the money raised (and spent) on this year’s ride.
Firstly, please accept our deep thanks and gratitude to all of you who turned out to make this such a wonderful event (again!) and for raising funds for our troops and their families. Afghan Heroes will be using your donations to continue our work over the coming year, including sending out comfort boxes to over 10,000 of our troops serving overseas. Once again, a huge thank you to all the biking community, the organisers and to all who gave freely of their time and resources to make this such a fantastic event.
Here is the full break down for the event as of 02/05/11.
INCOME
| Donations from Registrations | £102,260.00 |
| Donations from Non-Registered Riders* | £tbc |
| Additional Donations (via web site) | £5,719.00 |
| Additional Donations (on the day) | £1,677.97 |
| Tubs in Wootton Bassett | £267.10 |
| Postal Donations | £2,448.19 |
| Regional Rides** | £6,434.25 |
| Gift Aid*** | £28,584.92 |
| TOTAL INCOME | £147,391.43 |
EXPENDITURE
| St John Ambulance | £960.00 |
| Dragon Loos (toilets) | £1,800.00 |
| The AA (signage) | £3,600.00 |
| The Ministry of Defence (licence) | £156.00 |
| Prestige Comms (radios) | £120.00 |
| JC Leisure (bike tags) | £612.00 |
| Wrist Bands & Postage Costs | £7,400.00 |
| Julia Stevenson (misc expenses) | £2,950.40 |
| Anne Cole (misc expenses) | £2,362.83 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURE | £19,961.23 |
GRAND TOTAL RAISED £127,430.20
* note on Non-Registered Riders:
On the day of the ride a good number of riders arrived at Hulluvington without registering – these riders all made donations on the airfield and took part in the ride. At the time of writing we have not received these donations or details of numbers. Once the Ride of Respect organisers have provided us with these details we will post them here.
** note on regional rides:
We are still waiting on the figures/donations from one of the rides. We do not yet have the breakdown for each ride or how many riders/pillions took part. Once the Ride of Respect organisers have provided us with these details we will post them here.
*** note on gift aid:
Gift aid is reclaimed from HMRC for all donations that were eligible. As gift aid must be confirmed at time of donation, only the online donations can be included. Gift aid is claimed at the rate of 28%.
12 Comments
absolutely amazing amount raised well done to all who took part, big thanks to ALL the organizers and to Wiltshire police for doing an outstanding job
steve
Big up the organising team and all others who volunteered their time, I thought it was a very well organised respectfull thanks to the good people of Wootton Bassett the Boys and Girls at RAF Lyneham.
To have made such a wonderful amount for charity for a one day’s ride shows the generosity and good nature of Bikers.
A day of fun, Sadness,Humility and Respect so many mixed immotions all rolled into one it is beyond my words to describe. Support our Forces Army, Navy, RAF and all the backroom Boys and Girls for what they give for us.Barnsey
Fantastic result and well done to everyone who made this day very special roll on next year.
Regards and Respect
Sas
Fantastic day, Awesome ride!!!
I was very proud to be part of it. And it was very nice to meet you Denise, you work so hard,….your a real star!
What a great sight it was to see that Police expenses were zilch, I would like to commend all the Police men and women that turned out on the day to organise and marshal us all …
Well Done
Agreed, fantastic how so many gave and asked nothing in return (like our boys do), just a shame it wasn’t everyone.
Fabulous amount,, well done to all involved,, was proud to be a marshall on the day to give my support. See you all next year, and hope to top this years total,,,
I thought this year was another fantastic ride to show our respect to our troops that paid the ultimate price, and also to give the people of Wootton Bassett our thanks for what they do all year, and to put a smile on there faces and give them a happy day. Yours Faithfully, Malcolm Orr,Colchester,Essex
There are organisations here that have taken no expenses that would have certainly deserved to, while there are others that have taken and do not deserve when all they needed was a clap.
Well done to everybody a great sum of money, however a little disappointed in the current crap on facebook from the ror team, I am not suprised AH dont want to be associated with you if you look at last years figures I would like to know were the food money is and the merchandise money and why when last year there was no expenses are julia and anne taking over 5000 grand from the pot.
It would seem that instead of investing there own money to set up the ror they have stolen the bikers
It was a great honour to be part of both rides, I am humbled by those who did things for free (like the police) and ashamed at the likes of the AA (multi million pound company) and the others that did not do this for free, even with all the publicity they have and will receive) well my AA membership has now been cancelled and I ask everyone else does the same
The amount of time and money put in by all the organisers and participants will have been in multiples of the amount raised. The goodwill of 10k bikers cannot be measured in financial terms, although, all the recipients of the funds raised will be extremely grateful. It is sad that this will be the last Wootton Bassett Ride-of-Respect ride, but being part of the two runs, the memories will last a lifetime.
Thank you to all those that gave their time and resources to make this event happen.