THE APL WELFARE FUND

Registered charity 1082875 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LFCG Families Charity Fund

The object of the charity is, first and foremost, to serve the students from the Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle and their families by helping with school fees payments, financing school trips, and supporting children with Special Educational Needs SEN. Should the opportunity arise, it can also financially support projects that benefit the entire school community.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME TO APPLY THEM IN ORDER TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF THE PARENTS AND GUARDIANS OF ANY CHILD ATTENDING THE LYCÉE FRANÇAIS CHARLES DE GAULLE IN LONDON (THE “LYCÉE”) AND/OR TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS OF THE LYCÉE, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PAYMENT OF ALL OR ANY PART OF THE SCHOOL FEES OF SUCH CHILD OR PAYMENT FOR OR TOWARDS FIELD TRIPS, SCHOOL LUNCHES, COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, BOOKS AND ANY OTHER GOODS OR SERVICES USED BY SUCH CHILD IN ATTENDING SCHOOL; AND B) ORGANISING AND ENGAGING IN ACTIVITIES, EVENTS OR PROJECTS WHICH SUPPORT THE LYCÉE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ITS PUPILS, THEREBY PROMOTING THE CONTINUED BENEFICIAL ATTENDANCE AND EDUCATION OF PUPILS AT THE LYCÉE (THE “OBJECTS”).

Area of benefit: GREATER LONDON

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £84,454 for the year ended 30 April 2025, funded by donations, trading activities, and investment income. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £556,191, which the Trustees consider sufficient to cover the fund’s costs for the forthcoming year. The charity reported no support costs and maintained a surplus despite higher charitable grants paid out.

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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrien Cassanet
• Afef Hamzaoui
• Benoit Lacour
• Julie Hoarau Bizet
• Manal Tolba
• Pascale Alvanitakis-Guely
• Sonia Gharbi

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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