L'ECOLE FRANCAISE DE BRISTOL

Registered charity 900410 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Classes for bilingual children from 3 to 16 and French as a Foreign Language classes for children aged 3 to 12 years.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE STUDY OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE AND THE STUDY OF FRENCH LITERATURE, HISTORY AND CULTURE. FOR DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £40,301 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £281,758. The trustees report that these reserves are held in savings accounts to meet emergency expenditure or temporary drops in pupil numbers, with no property assets or loans tied up in the funds. While the charity faces risks from inflation outpacing government funding and staffing challenges, it has introduced fee premiums and marketing initiatives to ensure financial sustainability.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02463900

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• NOTTINGHAM, Wade Thibaut — director, appointed 11/06/2026on trustee list
• ESCURIER, Emma — director, appointed 20/05/2026on trustee list
• GODIN, Aurelie — director, appointed 20/05/2026on trustee list
• VIS, Gabriella — director, appointed 20/05/2026on trustee list
• POLETTO-LAWSON, Emilie — director, appointed 02/07/2024on trustee list
• STECHMAN, Amber — director, appointed 01/03/2024on trustee list
• VAGG, Christopher Randell Mcintosh — director, appointed 01/03/2024on trustee list
• ARDON, Etienne Marie — director, appointed 12/12/2022on trustee list
• HATTON, Nicolas Claude Paul — director, appointed 18/07/2014on trustee list
• CREN, Serge Alphonse Marie — director, appointed 01/04/2002on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (74% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• AMBER STECHMAN
• Aurelie Godin
• CHRISTOPHER RANDELL McINTOSH VAGG
• EMILIE POLETTO-LAWSON
• ETIENNE ARDON
• Emma Escurier
• Gabriella Vis
• NICOLAS HATTON
• SERGE CREN
• Wade Nottingham

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

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