Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 3
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE MANCHESTER 

French Language and Cultural centre
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests 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
  • Spending is declining
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£330£315£14n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£335£357£-22n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£361£470£-109n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/12/19£393£512£-120n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/12/18£408£407£1£0£0£0n/a02
31/12/17£417£448£-31£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£405£419£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£367£365£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£369£351£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£372£363£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£352£300£52£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£312£312£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£279£260£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08*£290£258£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07*£294£259£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/05*£292£227£64£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£280£223£57£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 26 years

www.afmanchester.org

reception@afmanchester.org

01612367117

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Other individual and family services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/02/1998, number: 1068084
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR08: 24 days late, AR07: 90 days late, AR06: 463 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

125 PORTLAND STREET
MANCHESTER
M1 4QD

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY BUT PARTICULARLY WITHIN GREATER MANCHESTER AND ITS ENVIRONS CONCERNING FRENCH LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, CULTURE AND ASSOCIATED MODES OF THOUGHT AND TO ADVANCE CULTURAL HARMONY AND LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY BY ENCOURAGING LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES, AND TO DO SO IN A MANNER THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CONSTITUTIONAL DOCUMENTS OF THE ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE DE PARIS FOUNDED IN 1883, THE WORK OF WHICH HAS BEEN CONTINUED, SINCE 2008, BY THE FOUNDATION ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE.THE ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE DE MANCHESTER IS FOUNDED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND HAS NO POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS AND PROHIBITS ANY FORM OF DISCRIMINATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NO LIMITS BUT PARTICULARLY WITHIN GREATER MANCHESTER AND ITS ENVIRONS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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