NOTRE DAME DE FRANCE – SOCIETY OF MARY
Registered charity 1177995 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NDF, NOTRE DAME DE FRANCE, THE FRENCH CHURCH
establishment and maintenance of a French Roman Catholic Church in London for such lawful charitable purposes connected with the advancement of the Roman Catholic religion in England and Wales primarily among persons of French nationality or extraction or being French speaking
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £671,307, which the trustees consider to be in line with their stated policy target of 3 to 9 months of budgeted operating costs (£260,000 to £790,000). Per the trustees' report, the financial situation is described as sound, with total net assets of £29,127,598, and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Investment income (41% of income)
“Most of the regular income is derived from the Charity’s investments, the main components of which are the rental income from the investment properties and church hall totalling £588,016 (2024 - £590,788).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to nine months of budgeted operating costs (held: £671k)
“The trustees have agreed a reserves policy of free reserves totalling 3 to 9 months budgeted operating costs (£260,000 to £790,000 based on 2025/26 budgeted expenditure), with an absolute minimum of the higher of 3 months budgeted operating costs or £200,000.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees made donations totaling £35,260 to the charity.
“The total value of donations made by the trustees of the charity during the year was £35,260 (2024 - £18,166).” — page 41
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Fr Martin McAnaney — Superior (source)
- Mrs Elodie Brian — Chair (source)
- Fr Pascal Boidin — Rector (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£72k
Reported reserves equal ~7.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (42% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (16/08/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: City Of Westminster
Income and spending
Common questions
Is NOTRE DAME DE FRANCE – SOCIETY OF MARY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £671,307, which the trustees consider to be in line with their stated policy target of 3 to 9 months of budgeted operating costs (£260,000 to £790,000). Per the trustees' report, the financial situation is described as sound, with total net assets of £29,127,598, and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.
Who funds NOTRE DAME DE FRANCE – SOCIETY OF MARY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name NOTRE DAME DE FRANCE – SOCIETY OF MARY as a grant recipient include THE SOCIETY OF MARY (MARIST FATHERS) CIO.
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