“We were in profit in our first month and we haven’t looked back really,” said Mr Robertson.
He said all money raised from the cafe, in Hamblin Court, goes back into the charity which has meant it has funded additional volunteers to do welfare and outreach work in Northampton.
“It’s grown steadily. We’ve become well-established in such a short space of time. We’ve really become part of the community,” he said.
Linda Nightingale, from Raunds, made a special point of visiting the cafe to taste the “famous sausage rolls” when she came on a pensioners’ trip to Rushden.
“It’s a fantastic idea; it’s word of mouth that has spread the news that it is such a lovely, welcoming, bright, wonderful facility,” she said.
She said she would be back as “the prices are so good”.