ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE YORK

Registered charity 1171386 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of the public of York and the surrounding region in French language and culture.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC OF YORK AND THE SURROUNDING REGION IN FRENCH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:• ORGANISING COURSES IN FRENCH LANGUAGE, CIVILISATION AND LITERATURE;• PROMOTING SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, RELATING TO FRANCE AND FOR FRENCH SPEAKERS IN YORK AND SURROUNDING AREA (SUCH AS LECTURES, MUSICAL CONCERTS, DRAMA, EXHIBITIONS, FILM SHOWS);• COLLABORATING WITH THE CULTURAL SERVICE OF THE FRENCH EMBASSY IN LONDON; AND• SUPPORTING FRENCH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND THE DIFFUSION OF FRENCH CULTURE IN SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £6,003 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £31,477. Trustees report difficulties in recruiting students and increasing costs, noting that they are considering the implications of these continuing deficits for the charity's longer-term sustainability.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2025) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark Eganchair
• Anne Margaret Harley
• Barbara Celia George · trustee of 1 other charity
• Matthew John Watson

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

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