FINANCE expert Sue Counsell will add up three sets of figures and hope they total 11,176 feet.

Sue, of Heyworth Avenue, Blackburn, is member of a team taking on the Three Peaks Challenge next month, which involves scaling Ben Nevis, 4,406ft; Snowdon, 3,560ft and Scafell Pike, 3,210ft, inside 24 hours.

They hope to raise £5,000 in sponsorship, most of which will go to the NSPCC.

There will also be £500 each for Derian House Children's Hospice, Chorley, Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary, Shuttleworth and the 4th Fulwood Methodist Scout Group, Preston.

Sue, a partner in Charter Financial Planning, Preston, has already proved she has a head for heights. Last year she raised £3,000 for the Imperial Cancer Research Fund with a Himalayan trek. The event raised more than £250,000 for the fund.

Sue will be joined on the Three Peaks Challenge by colleagues Barry Woolley, John Grindley, Philip Wall, Richard Garratt and Richard's brother, James.

They will make their attempt on June 23 and 24.

Pictured are Sue and fellow 'challengers' (from left) Philip Wall, Richard Garratt and Barry Woolley.