DUNTON COMMUNITY GARDEN GROUP — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 7 March 2006
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 February 2025 – 31 January 2026
Latest income: £25,939
Latest expenditure: £20,991
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: GREAT CLOSE, Church Farm, Church Street, Dunton, BIGGLESWADE, SG18 8RR

Website recorded by the regulator: www.duntongarden.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

A community garden that focuses on organic principles while providing workshops and events to further practical learning opportunities and developing gardening skills.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 February 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Reporting Due Date: 30 November 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 14 August 2026
Date Accounts Received: 14 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £25,939
Total Gross Expenditure: £20,991

Fin Period Start Date: 1 February 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 November 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 22 June 2025
Date Accounts Received: 22 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £32,069
Total Gross Expenditure: £29,788

Fin Period Start Date: 1 February 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 November 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 1 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £5,363
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,516

Fin Period Start Date: 1 February 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 November 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 11 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £2,629
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,995

Fin Period Start Date: 1 February 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 November 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 2 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £3,084
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,030

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Fin Period Start Date: 1 February 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Due Date: 30 November 2026
Ar Received Date: 14 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £25,939
Total Gross Expenditure: £20,991
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 6

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 February 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 November 2025
Ar Received Date: 22 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £32,069
Total Gross Expenditure: £29,788
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £13,057
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 8

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Bedford
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Cambridgeshire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Hertfordshire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Central Bedfordshire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Buckinghamshire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Northamptonshire
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: DUNTON COMMUNITY GARDEN GROUP
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2006-03-07T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 6 JANUARY 2006
Charitable Objects: THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF BEDFORDSHIRE AND ITS SURROUNDING COUNTIES (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT"). IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS, BUT NOT OTHERWISE THE GROUP SHALLA) ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR IN ORGANIC GARDENING;B) PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN PARTICULAR BY RUNNING AN ORGANIC GARDEN AND DEMONSTRATING ORGANIC GARDENING METHODS WHICH INCLUDE HORTICULTURE AND RECYCLING;C) PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFITS OF THE INHABITANTS OF DUNTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.
Area Of Benefit: BEDFORDSHIRE AND ITS SURROUNDING COUNTIES

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures