The Berry Patch

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
We provide childcare and education for children aged 9 months to 11 years which includes breakfast, afterschool and holiday clubs.We operate from Finedon Community Centre .We have a room for children under 2 , a room for children aged 2 and above and a secure outdoor area which all children have access to,
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 29 February 2024
Total income includes £157,042 from 1 government contract(s)
People

4 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Education/training
- Children/young People
- Provides Human Resources
- Northamptonshire
Governance
- 28 September 1994: Standard registration
- ST MICHAELS PLAYGROUP (Previous name)
- ST MICHAELS PLAYGROUP (FINEDON) (Previous name)
- Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
4 Trustee(s)
Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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Rebecca Stanford-Durdan | Trustee | 15 May 2025 |
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Stephanie Churn | Trustee | 21 May 2024 |
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Laura Jane Hutchinson | Trustee | 16 April 2024 |
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Joyce Stanford | Trustee | 30 September 2021 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 29/02/2020 | 28/02/2021 | 28/02/2022 | 28/02/2023 | 29/02/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £95.06k | £84.47k | £104.28k | £146.35k | £174.70k | |
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Total expenditure | £88.46k | £83.28k | £106.27k | £147.95k | £189.39k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | £80.65k | £85.28k | £134.27k | £157.04k | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 29 February 2024 | 29 November 2024 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 29 February 2024 | 29 November 2024 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 28 February 2023 | 01 December 2023 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 28 February 2023 | 01 December 2023 | On time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 28 February 2022 | 02 December 2022 | On time | |
Accounts and TAR | 28 February 2022 | 02 December 2022 | On time | |
Annual return | 28 February 2021 | 25 January 2022 | 28 days late | |
Accounts and TAR | 28 February 2021 | 25 January 2022 | 28 days late | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 29 February 2020 | 07 May 2021 | 129 days late | |
Accounts and TAR | 29 February 2020 | 07 May 2021 | 129 days late | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 31 MARCH 1992 AS AMENDED 15 JULY 2008 AND 19 AUGUST 2008 as amended on 03 Apr 2025
Charitable objects
TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS.
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED
Contact information
- Address:
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Finedon Community Centre
71 Wellingborough Road
Finedon
WELLINGBOROUGH
Northamptonshire
NN9 5LG
- Phone:
- 07597557861
- Email:
- berrypatchfinedon@gmail.com
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