Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 7

Support Score: 0

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 2

FRANCO-BRITISH COUNCIL - BRITISH SECTION

The charity exists to promote constructive dialogue and better understanding between Britain and France and to contribute to the development of joint action through bringing together leading representatives of the worlds of culture, politics, defence, science, education and business. It does this through four main programmes: Young Leaders, Local Leaders, Defence and Entente Cordiale.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£122	£177	£-55	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	£92	£96	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	£92	£96	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	£221	£191	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19	£167	£132	£35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	£148	£201	£-53	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17	£140	£78	£61	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16	£143	£175	£-32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15	£167	£146	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14	£146	£152	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13	£134	£127	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12	£139	£156	£-17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11	£158	£159	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10	£161	£145	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09	£158	£146	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08	£124	£130	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07	£117	£116	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06	£116	£120	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	£136	£138	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	£118	£107	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Balance Sheet History

Established: 30 years
(51 years as a company)

www.francobritish.org

info@francobritishcouncil.org.uk

02045483309

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

Legal & financial advice

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes grants to organisations
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

France, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 37-71

CATRIONA JANE SETH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: University Academic

DAVID WAHL Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Entrepreneur

DR BENJAMIN GUEDJ Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Research Scientist At Inria And Ucl

LORD PETER FORBES RICKETTS (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired Civil Servant, Member Of House Of Lords

MARISHA RAY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Parliamentary Candidate

ORIEL ELIZABETH PETRY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Vp, Head Of Public Affairs Uk, Airbus

PHILIPPE PIERS Appointed: 2016

PHILIPPE DORNANO Appointed: 2024

RUPERT REECE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Lawyer

SIMON RICHARD DAY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Diplomat

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/11/1994, number: 1042395
Registered at Companies House on 06/08/1973, number: 01126882

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE ENTENTE CORDIALE SCHOLARSHIPS TRUST on 03/10/2023

Main office

Franco-British Council
167-169 Great Portland Street
5th Floor
London
W1W 5PF

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN AND THE PROMOTION OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE BRITISH AND FRENCH WAYS OF LIFE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED