About Kettering
Allotments
Kettering Allotments Asociation is registered under the Industrial
and Provident Societies Act 1965 and Friendly and Industrial and
Provident Societies Act 1968 (Company registration 6160R). The
legislation is now covered by the Co-operative and Community
Benefit Societies Act 2014. We have to send our audited accounts
to the FSA (financial services authority), now called the FCA or
Prudential regulation Authority of the Bank of England. Our
accounts are audited annually by a chartered accountant and
presented at our Annual General Meeting (AGM). See
this link for more information.
Members of the association are those individuals who have rented
an allotment plot and paid their membership fees and rent. Members
agree to the
rules of the association. Disciplinary
procedures are laid down if the rules are broken.(click
for link)
We are managed by an elected management committee. All members of
the association may vote at the AGM. Committee members serve for
two years and are elected at the AGM. The AGM also appoints the
secretary and treasurer. The committee chooses its
chairman/chairwoman by election in the first meeting following the
AGM.
The management committee appoints field stewards to serve the
day-to-day management needs of the different allotment fields in
Kettering. More information on the role of field stewards is found
on a different page of this website. (click
here
for link).
Our land is owned by Kettering Borough Council (KBC). Kettering
Allotments has a lease for each field and pays rent to KBC. KBC
plays no role in day-to-day management of allotments, as it
has negotiated these leases with us. If a member of the
association has a problem on their allotment, they should see
their field steward and then follow procedures within our
democratic organisation rather than complain to KBC. See complaints also (see problem page).