Young entrepreneurs set up their own catering business and raised more than £2,000 for charity – having started with just £10 each.

A group of six Year 10 pupils from Mill Hill School, in The Ridgeway took part in the Young Enterprise Tenner Challenge in memory of two-year-old Joel Prince, who died earlier this year from cancer.

The team - Reuben Brown, Jaime Prunas, Brandon Johnson, Remy Hart-Badger, Sophie Fresco and Robert Klein - sold hot dogs, cakes and ice creams in school, and at a Saracens’ match at Allianz Park in March.

They decided to donate their earnings to the Joel Prince Starlight Fund, set up by the toddler’s parents, who are friends of Brandon’s family.

After weeks of hard work, the group presented a cheque on Monday to Joel’s mother, Melanie Abrahams, and Ashley Gamble, executive director of the Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group.

Jane Sanchez, principal deputy headteacher at the school, said: “I am immensely proud of them, they did a phenomenal job. Obviously with these things they have their bumps and lumps along the way, but they raised a lot of money.

“They really learnt a lot from the experience. They were trailblazers, as we are going to carry this on next year. We have already got a group ready.”

To find out more about the charity, visit http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/SomeoneSpecial/JoelPrinceStarlightFund