GRENADINE

Registered charity 1185734 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the CIO is the provision of a Saturday school for children who have a French speakingparent or carer or live in a French speaking environment but attend English speaking schools. The schoolwill expand the abilities of the children attending to speak and write in French and give them exposure tothe diverse cultures of the French speaking world.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE PROVISION OF A SATURDAY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE A FRENCH SPEAKINGPARENT OR CARER OR LIVE IN A FRENCH SPEAKING ENVIRONMENT BUT ATTEND ENGLISH SPEAKING SCHOOLS. THE SCHOOLWILL EXPAND THE ABILITIES OF THE CHILDREN ATTENDING TO SPEAK AND WRITE IN FRENCH AND GIVE THEM EXPOSURE TOTHE DIVERSE CULTURES OF THE FRENCH SPEAKING WORLD.

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

£104k

Latest spending

£97k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £52,655. Per the trustees' report, the charity met its reserves policy target of maintaining at least £25,000 in financial reserves to mitigate operational risks. The trustees confirmed that the school's financial framework remained sustainable and healthy throughout the period.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: above a minimum threshold of £25,000 (held: £53k)

“With current annual costs of around £96,000, the target is for the financial reserves to be above a minimum threshold of £25,000.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (02/07/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

CAROLINE PRADIERchair
Daria Karagasheva
ROMAIN MENEGHINI

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

Operates in: Lewisham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£104k	£97k
31/08/2024	£98k	£85k
31/08/2023	£95k	£80k
31/08/2022	£68k	£76k
31/08/2021	£62k	£71k

Common questions

Is GRENADINE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £52,655. Per the trustees' report, the charity met its reserves policy target of maintaining at least £25,000 in financial reserves to mitigate operational risks. The trustees confirmed that the school's financial framework remained sustainable and healthy throughout the period. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE DULVERTON TRUST	1	£5k
THE THOMAS WALL TRUST	1	£5k
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PETITE ECOLE D'EALING.

PETITE ECOLE D'EALING income £159k
LES CROCODILES income £142k
COLLEGE FRANCAIS BILINGUE DE LONDRES LTD income £11.1m
JEANNINE MANUEL SCHOOL income £17.7m
DE NEDERLANDSE REGENBOOG SCHOOL income £212k
PROGRAMME FOR APPLIED CHRISTIAN EDUCATION income £169k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GRENADINE	£104k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
PETITE ECOLE D'EALING FY2025	£159k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LES CROCODILES FY2025	£142k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
COLLEGE FRANCAIS BILINGUE DE LONDRES LTD FY2025	£11.1m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
JEANNINE MANUEL SCHOOL FY2025	£17.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DE NEDERLANDSE REGENBOOG SCHOOL FY2024	£212k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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