COLLEGE FRANCAIS BILINGUE DE LONDRES LTD

Registered charity 1027932 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as L'ILE AUX ENFANTS LIMITED

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Latest income
£11.1m
Latest spending
£10.7m
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £438,394 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £11,138,600 against expenditure of £10,700,206. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £3,592,990, which the trustees consider to be approximately four months of expenditure, meeting their policy target of a minimum of three months.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months' expenditure (minimum three months) (held: £3.6m)
The trustees consider that unrestricted reserves of between three and six months’ expenditure will ensure that, in the event of a significant drop in funding or exceptional expenses, the charity’s current activities will be able to continue while considering ways to raise additional funds. On 9 November 2020, the trustees adopted a reserves and budget policy aimed at returning the school’s free reserves to a minimum of three months of expenses by 2025/2026 — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by KLSA LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£11.1m
Total spending
£10.7m
Reserves (reported)
£3.6m
Employees
108

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£11.1m£10.7m
31/08/2024£10.6m£9.9m
31/08/2023£9.5m£8.9m
31/08/2022£8.9m£8.5m
31/08/2021£8.0m£7.9m

Common questions

Is COLLEGE FRANCAIS BILINGUE DE LONDRES LTD financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £438,394 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £11,138,600 against expenditure of £10,700,206. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £3,592,990, which the trustees consider to be approximately four months of expenditure, meeting their policy target of a minimum of three months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by KLSA LLP.