LES CROCODILES

Registered charity 1158669 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education for the public benefit by teaching the French language and French culture, heritage and history to children in East and North London and to adults through the provision of after school, weekend and holiday classes and through organising events open to the general public as the trustees shall determine.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY TEACHING THE FRENCH LANGUAGE AND FRENCH CULTURE, HERITAGE AND HISTORY TO CHILDREN IN EAST AND NORTH LONDON AND TO ADULTS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF AFTER-SCHOOL, WEEKEND AND HOLIDAY CLASSES AND THROUGH ORGANISING EVENTS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE.

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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Latest income

£142k

Latest spending

£138k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the period with unrestricted reserves of £89,746, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of £78,285 (equivalent to six months' turnover). The charity reported a surplus of £3,294 for the year, supported by incoming resources of £141,586 against total resources expended of £138,293.

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 4 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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Camille Raymond Alain Blateau
Makila Nsika Nkaya
Martina Ninetta Larkin
Nicholas Paul Ryan
Olivier Somsay
Zoe Tatiana Elisabeth Salim

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Camden · Enfield · Hackney · Haringey · Islington · Newham · Redbridge · Tower Hamlets · Waltham Forest

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2025	£142k	£138k
31/05/2024	£121k	£105k
31/05/2023	£109k	£85k
31/05/2022	£83k	£75k
31/05/2021	£61k	£49k

Common questions

Is LES CROCODILES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the period with unrestricted reserves of £89,746, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of £78,285 (equivalent to six months' turnover). The charity reported a surplus of £3,294 for the year, supported by incoming resources of £141,586 against total resources expended of £138,293. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COLLEGE FRANCAIS BILINGUE DE LONDRES LTD.

COLLEGE FRANCAIS BILINGUE DE LONDRES LTD income £11.1m
PETITE ECOLE D'EALING income £159k
LYCEE INTERNATIONAL DE LONDRES income £13.9m
GRENADINE income £104k
The English Language Centre income £6.8m
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE LONDRES LIMITED income £152k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LES CROCODILES	£142k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
COLLEGE FRANCAIS BILINGUE DE LONDRES LTD FY2025	£11.1m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
PETITE ECOLE D'EALING FY2025	£159k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LYCEE INTERNATIONAL DE LONDRES FY2024	£13.9m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
GRENADINE FY2025	£104k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
The English Language Centre FY2024	£6.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.