There's no generous party in our case, but that would work for someone else I think. In that case (I'm told) they also want to see if the generous party has funds left over to cover living costs etc.
Ah so you saved up the deposit yourselves, but over a shorter time period than 6months? Surely then you can show payslips, invoices etc and that's it sorted?
The generous party saved it over a period >=6months and bank statements can show that. I think this would cover @disq ?