Partnership Revenue Sharing

The Partnership Revenue Sharing system is an optional feature that allows companies within a partnership to automatically pool a portion of their flight revenue into a shared account. This collective fund is then distributed automatically to all members each month based on configurable percentages.

This system is entirely opt-in and is disabled by default for all new and existing partnerships.

The Partnership Holding Account

When you enable revenue sharing, a dedicated bank account is automatically created for the partnership. This account acts as the central "holding account" for all contributed funds.

You can view this account's balance and transaction history at any time by navigating to your partnership's new PartnershipFinancesTab. All member companies with the View Finances permission can see this history, which includes every contribution from members and every payout to members.

Revenue Contribution

Money enters the holding account through member contributions. This is controlled by the Contribution Percentage set for each member.

When a member company earns revenue by fulfilling passengers (both via their own and others' flights), the system automatically calculates the contribution based on that flight's gross revenue. This amount is then transferred from the company's bank account to the partnership's holding account.

For example, if a company has a 10% Contribution Percentage and completes a flight that grosses £50,000, £5,000 will be automatically transferred to the partnership holding account upon flight completion.

Monthly Payouts

Money is distributed from the holding account monthly on the 1st of the month (03:00 UTC). This distributes the entire balance of the holding account to the members.

The amount each member receives is determined by their Share Percentage. If the holding account has £1,000,000 and a member has a 40% Share Percentage, they will receive a payout of £400,000. After the distribution, the holding account balance will be £0 until members begin contributing new revenue.

Only the partnership's lead member can enable or disable revenue sharing.

Navigate to the Partnerships page in your Operations Cockpit.
Select the partnership you wish to manage.
Go to the Finances tab.
You will see a toggle switch for Revenue Sharing. Click this switch to the "on" position.

When you enable revenue sharing, the following actions occur immediately:

A bank account for the partnership is created.
All current members are automatically set to 100% Contribution Percentage and an equal Share Percentage (e.g., three members would each be set to 33.33% share).
All members receive a company notification that revenue sharing has been enabled.

Configuring Member Percentages

After enabling the feature, your first step should be to configure the percentages for each member. This is done from the Members tab.

On the Members tab, click the Update Revenue Sharing Percentages button (a percent icon).
A dialog will appear listing all accepted members of the partnership.
For each member, you must enter two values:
- Revenue Contribution: The percentage of flight revenue (0-100%) they will contribute.
- Share Percentage: The percentage of the monthly payout (0-100%) they will receive.
The dialog will show a running total of the Share Percentage. You can only save your changes when the total share exactly equals 100%.

These two percentages are independent. A member could contribute 5% but receive 20% of the share, or vice-versa, allowing for flexible partnership agreements.

Handling New and Leaving Members

The percentage system has specific rules for when a partnership's membership changes.

New Members: When a new company accepts an invitation to a partnership with revenue sharing enabled, they are automatically added with a 0% Contribution Percentage and 0% Share Percentage. They will not contribute revenue or receive payouts until the lead member manually reconfigures all member percentages using the Update All Revenue Sharing Percentages dialog.
Leaving Members: When a member leaves or is removed from the partnership, their Share Percentage is automatically redistributed proportionally among all remaining members. For example, if a member with a 20% share leaves, the remaining members' shares will all be increased to fill that 20% gap while maintaining their relative proportions.

Disabling revenue sharing is also done from the Finances tab by clicking the Switch to the "off" position. The outcome depends on the partnership's bank balance at that moment.

Case 1: The holding account balance is £0.
The system will disable revenue sharing immediately. The partnership bank account is closed, and all member percentages are reset to 0.
Case 2: The holding account has a positive balance.
The system will enter a Pending Final Payout state.
- Revenue contributions from all members will stop immediately.
- The Revenue Sharing toggle will appear "off," but a Pending Final Payout badge will be visible.
- The system will wait for the next monthly payout (1st of the month, 03:00 UTC) to distribute the entire remaining balance to members one last time.
- After this final payout is complete, the system will automatically perform the full cleanup: the bank account will be closed, and all percentages will be reset to 0.

If you change your mind before the final payout occurs, you can re-enable revenue sharing by clicking the toggle back "on." This will cancel the pending cleanup and immediately resume revenue contributions.

Dissolving a partnership that has an active Partnership Holding Account requires extreme caution. This action is immediate and irreversible.

When you dissolve a partnership, its associated Partnership Holding Account is immediately and permanently deleted. Any funds remaining in the account at the time of dissolution are permanently lost. They are not distributed to members as a final payout.

To prevent accidental loss of funds, the system will check the partnership's balance when you attempt to dissolve it. If the balance is greater than £0, a prominent warning message will appear, displaying the exact amount of money that will be permanently lost. You must then explicitly confirm this destructive action before the partnership is dissolved.

Recommended Procedure for Safe Dissolution

To safely close a partnership and ensure all members receive their funds, follow this procedure:

Navigate to the Finances tab and disable Revenue Sharing.
If the holding account has a balance, this will place the partnership into the Pending Final Payout state.
Wait for the next monthly payout (on the 1st of the month at 03:00 UTC) to distribute all remaining funds to the members based on their Share Percentage.
After this final payout, the system will automatically close the partnership's bank account, and the balance will permanently become £0.
Once you have confirmed the balance is £0, it is safe to proceed with dissolving the partnership without any loss of funds.