JOY BAKER FUND — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 30 May 2023
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 November 2024 – 31 October 2025
Latest income: £3,779
Latest expenditure: £222
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: Freestone Lodge, Addington Road, Irthlingborough, WELLINGBOROUGH, Northamptonshire, NN9 5UU

Website recorded by the regulator: joybakerfund.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

We provide grants to relieve the financial hardship of home educating families in the UK by funding access to legal advice, assistance and representation on issues affecting a parent's duty to ensure their child receives an education where persons could otherwise not afford them through lack of means. The charity also provides grants relating to the education of the public on home education law.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 August 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 27 August 2026
Date Accounts Received: 27 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £3,779
Total Gross Expenditure: £222

Fin Period Start Date: 30 May 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 August 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 18 August 2025
Date Accounts Received: 18 August 2025
Total Gross Income: £739
Total Gross Expenditure: £105

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 November 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 August 2026
Ar Received Date: 27 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £3,779
Total Gross Expenditure: £222
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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: 1

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 30 May 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 August 2025
Ar Received Date: 18 August 2025
Total Gross Income: £739
Total Gross Expenditure: £105
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
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: 1

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Scotland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Northern Ireland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

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

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

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

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 117
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Other Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 115
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: JOY BAKER FUND
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2023-05-30T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 30 May 2023
Charitable Objects: 3.1. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP FOR ‘HOME EDUCATING’ FAMILIES (INCLUDING THOSE WHO WISH TO HOME EDUCATE OR WHO HAVE HOME EDUCATED/BEEN HOME EDUCATED) BY FUNDING ACCESS TO LEGAL ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, AND REPRESENTATION INVOLVING A PARENT’S DUTY TO SECURE EDUCATION SUITABLE TO THEIR CHILD’S AGE, ABILITY, APTITUDE AND SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, WHERE PERSONS COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THEM THROUGH LACK OF MEANS.3.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC REGARDING HOME EDUCATION LAW, IN PARTICULAR THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK WHICH UNDERPINS EDUCATION OTHER THAN BY ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL, BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS, INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC, AND BY COMMISSIONING RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management