COUNTRY DAYS LIMITED

Registered charity 1181833 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COUNTRY DAYS LTIMITED

outdoor educational courses

Objects

•TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 11 LIVING IN THE BOROUGH OF BEDFORD BY PROVIDING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING AGED 7 - 11 LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bedford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received total income of £55,148 and held unrestricted reserves of £99,609. The directors acknowledge that grant funding can be uncertain but remain confident that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future. The charity committee continues to explore new fundraising opportunities to support long-term sustainability.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 11433398 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Country Days (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• INNES, Claire Frances — director, appointed 08/07/2026on trustee list
• SERGEANT, Timothy — director, appointed 25/07/2025on trustee list
• LEWES, Anna Mary — director, appointed 25/07/2025on trustee list
• MCMAHON, Francis Joseph Eugene — director, appointed 15/03/2019on trustee list
• WATKINSON, Helen Teresa — director, appointed 12/01/2019on trustee list
• ORSSICH, Helen Sarah Elizabeth Havelock, Countess — director, appointed 26/06/2018on trustee list
• WATKINSON, Esme Victoria Ann Pickernell — director, appointed 26/06/2018on trustee list
• CAMPBELL, Margaret Hunter — secretary, appointed 28/06/2018

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Timothy Sergeantchair
• Anna Mary Lewes
• Claire Frances Innes
• Countess HELEN ORSSICH
• DR ESME VICTORIA ANN PICKERNELL WATKINSON
• Dr Thomas Aubrey Stambach
• Francis Joseph McMahon
• Helen Teresa Watkinson
• Susan Rose · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bedford

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COUNTRYSIDE LEARNING.

• COUNTRYSIDE LEARNING income £437k
• COUNTRYSIDE ACCESS income £100k
• CHESHIRE BORDER COUNTY GUIDES ASSOCIATION income £85k
• THE COUNTRY FOOD TRUST income £649k
• COUNTRY BUILDINGS PROTECTION TRUST LIMITED income £100k
• FULL CIRCLE DOCKLANDS LTD income £418k

Side by side with its peers

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