ENSEMBLE MANCHESTER

Registered charity 1165797 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Training for French tutors with inbuilt placements.Volunteering opportunities for young peopleGenerations Cooking Together (Grand Kitchen) French Supplementary SchoolSign posting and advocacy support for individuals and families of French African heritage

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1)THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN ALL ASPECTS OF FRENCH AFRICAN CULTURE AND HERITAGE, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND CULTURAL EVENTS.2)TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE FRENCH AFRICAN COMMUNITY IN MANCHESTER BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.3)TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FRENCH AFRICAN COMMUNITY OF MANCHESTER IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £19,145 for the year ended 5th April 2025, resulting in total net assets of £38,007. Per the trustees' report, the charity relies on volunteers rather than paid employees to deliver its charitable activities. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accorded with those records.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dany Njiadeu
• Dr O N Albert
• Dr Samuel Oseghale
• Fatima Bangoura
• Frank Djomou Ngonji
• Joel Felix Dongo
• Nogaya Faye

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

Operates in: Bolton · Bury · Manchester City · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford City · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford · Wigan

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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