Company registration number: 01126882 Charity registration number: 1042395
## The Franco-British Council - British Section
(A company limited by guarantee) Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
Field Sullivan Limited 9 Hare & Billet Road Blackheath SE3 ORB
## The Franco-British Council - British Section
## Contents
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|Reference|and|Administrative|Details|1|
|Trustees|Report|2to5|
|Independent|Examiner's|Report|6to7|
|Statement|of|Financial|Activities|8|
|Balance|Sheet|9|
|Notes to the|Financial|Statements|10|to|20|
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## The Franco-British Council - British Section
## Reference and Administrative Details
Trustees Stephen Crabb Simon Day Philippe D'Ornano Benjamin Guedj Marion Laboure Philippe Peirs Oriel Petry Marisha Ray Rupert Reece Lord Peter Ricketts Catriona Seth David Wahl Secretary David Mackintosh Charity Registration Number 1042395 Company Registration Number 01126882 The charity is incorporated in England and Wales. Registered Office 167-169 Great Portland Street Sth Floor London W1W 5PF Independent Examiner Field Sullivan Limited 9 Hare & Billet Road Blackheath SE3 ORB
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## The Franco-British Council - British Section
## Trustees Report
The trustees, who are directors for the purposes of company law, present the annual report together with the financial statements and auditors’ report of the charitable company for the year ended 31 March 2025.
## Trustees
Rt Hon Stephen Crabb (appointed 18 October 2024)
Simon Day (stood down 12 September 2025)
Philippe d’Ornano (Treasurer from 19 August 2025)
Benjamin Guedj
Marion Laboure (appointed 11 September 2025)
Philippe Peirs (stood down 12 September 2025)
Oriel Petry
Marisha Ray
Rupert Reece (stood down 12 September 2025)
Lord Peter Ricketts (Chair)
Catriona Seth
David Wahl (Treasurer until 19 August 2025) / (stood down 12 September 2025)
The trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025. This is a directors' report required by s417 of the Companies Act 2006 and all trustees are directors. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements and the requirements of the Memorandum and Articles of Association.
Structure, governance and management
## Governing document
The Franco-British Council - British Section (‘The Council’) is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 6 August 1973 and registered as a charity on 29 November 1994. The company was established under a memorandum of association which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its articles of association.
The Council is distinct from the Conseil franco-britannique - Section Francaise ('Le Conseil') which was established simultaneously under French law to share the same mission. Both have their own governing documents. In 2016, Le Conseil established a separate non-profit organisation (I'Association Loi 1901 Franco-British Young Leaders / Avenir Franco-Britannique) with which the Council entered a Memorandum of Understanding for the joint governance and delivery of the Franco-British Young Leaders programme.
## Appointment of members
The Trustees serve as members of the Council. Membership is by invitation and the Council seeks to achieve gender balance and diversity. Members of the charitable company guarantee to contribute to amount not exceeding £10 to the assets of the charitable company in the event of winding up. Members meet annually at the AGM and are invited to contribute ideas and to assist in activities of The Council on a voluntary basis.
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## The Franco-British Council - British Section
## Trustees Report
## Appointment of trustees
The Council has 8 trustees who are the directors of the charity. Trustees who served during the financial year are listed on page 1. Trustees are subject to retirement after three years in office and are subject to reappointment by the board up to a maximum of nine years. Nominations are put to the board of trustees. The trustees have no beneficial interest in the charitable company.
## Organisation
The day-to-day operation of the Council's affairs is delegated to the Director. Since January 2019 this has been David Mackintosh. Strategic and policy matters are referred to the full board at regular trustee meetings and meetings of the Joint Board which also receive reports on activities, future programme plans, personnel, finance and other matters arising. Four such meetings were held in the year ending 31st March 2025. Other staff included a part-time administrator and interns who have provided administrative help and support.
A merger of the organisational structures of the Franco-British Council and the Conseil Franco-Britannique took place on 1st January 2020 with the Director and staff working for both British and French section under the direction of a Joint Board with twelve members. Six of the Trustees from the British section serve on the Joint Board.
## Reserves policy
The Council's Memorandum of Understanding with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), our core funder, states that it cannot carry over from one financial year to the next any substantial portion of the authorised grant-in-aid. The Council has this year operated within these restrictions.
## Funding
Income included £50,000 funding by the FCDO and £25,000 in private and grant funding (restricted) which included activities like the Young Leaders seminar in London, an Al Conference in Paris and an energy visit to Dunkirk. We express our gratitude to all our generous funders and supporters this year again.
In June 2025, the Franco-British Council and the Government of Jersey signed a new five-year partnership for the period 2025-2030 as part of working together to enhance Franco-British cooperation.
## Risk statement
Following reductions in core funding by the FCDO since 2015-16, trustees have identified the primary risk as any further withdrawal of the FCDO grant-in-aid which is applied for annually. Other risks include loss of staff.
## Purpose, activities and review
## Purpose
The Council was established for the ‘advancement of education in both countries and the promotion of general knowledge of the British and French ways of life’. Since its creation in 1973, it has performed its mission through a programme of meetings and reports, with contributions from leading representatives of the worlds of culture, science, the arts, education, politics and business.
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## The Franco-British Council - British Section
## Trustees Report
## Activities
In 2016-17, the Council launched the Franco-British Young Leaders Programme, a major new bilateral initiative with the support from the British and French Governments which was endorsed at the Sandhurst Summit in January 2018. The programme's objectives focus on the engagement of established and emerging leaders in building the future of the Franco-British relations. The support of both the UK (through the FCDO) and the French governments have been a key enabling factor to this year's achievements.
## Achievements
Selected 23 Young Leaders and 4 Local Leaders as part of the cohort in 2024 and Alumni projects for the Young Leader were also undertaken and promoted the wider Franco-British relationship.
## Statement of public benefit
The trustees confirm that they have complied with their duty to have due regard to the Charities Commission's public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant.
## Statement of Responsibilities
The trustees (who are also the directors of The Franco-British Council - British Section for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees’ report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland".
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law the trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- ° select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
- e observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
- ° make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable accounting standards, comprising FRS 102 have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that can disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
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## Trustees Report
## Small companies provision statement
This report has been prepared in accordance with the small companies regime under the Companies Act 2006.
Approved by the trustees of the charity on 5 December 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
Lord Peter Ricketts Trustee
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## The Franco-British Council - British Section
## Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of The Franco-British Council - British Section (‘the Company’)
| report to the charity trustees (who are also Directors for the purpose of company law) on my examination of the accounts of the The Franco-British Council - British Section (‘the charitable company’) for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet and related notes.
This report is made solely to the charity’s trustees, as a body, in accordance with section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. My work has been undertaken so that | might state to the charity’s trustees those matters | am required to state to them in this report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, | do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity’s trustees as a body, for my work, for this report, or for the opinions | have formed.
## Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity’s trustees of The Franco-British Council - British Section you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of The Franco-British Council - British Section are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, | report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination | have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5}(b) of the 2011 Act.
An independent examination does not involve gathering all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently does not cover ail the matters that an auditor considers in giving their opinion on the financial statements. The planning and conduct of an audit goes beyond the limited assurance that an independent examination can provide. Consequently | express no opinion as to whether the financial statements present a ‘true and fair’ view and my report is limited to those specific matters set out in the independent examiner’s statement.
Emphasis of matter We draw your attention to the going concern policy of note 2 of the financial statements, that explains why the going concern basis is appropriate for the preparation of the accounts. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter
## Independent examiner's statement
| have completed my examination. We draw your attention to the going concern policy that explains why the going concern is appropriate for the preparation of the accounts. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
| confirm that no other matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect;
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of The Franco-British Council - British Section as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
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## The Franco-British Council - British Section
## Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of The Franco-British Council - British Section (‘the Company’)
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financia! Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Tim Sullivan FCA Field Sullivan Ltd
9 Hare & Billet Road Blackheath SE3 ORB
/@ December 2025
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## The Franco-British Council - British Section
## (Registration number: 01126882) Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025
|||2025|2024|
|---|---|---|---|
||Note|£|£|
|Current assets||||
|Debtors|13|12,996|30,358|
|Cash at bank and in hand|14|4,107|3,654|
|||17,103|34,012|
|Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year|15|{8,103}|(25,416)|
|Net assets||9,000|8,596|
|Funds ofthe charity:||||
|Restricted income funds||||
|Restricted funds||(58,382)|(60,585)|
|Unrestricted income funds||||
|Unrestricted funds||67,382|69,181|
|Totalfunds|16|9,000|8,596|
For the financial year ending 31 March 2025 the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
## Directors' responsibilities:
- e The members have not required the charity to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476; and
- e The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
The financial statements on pages 8 to 20 were approved by the trustees, and authorised for issue on 5 December 2025 and signed on their behalf by:
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The notes on pages 10 to 20 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 9
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## Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## 1. Charity status
The charity is limited by guarantee, incorporated in England and Wales, and consequently does not have share capital. Each of the trustees is liable to contribute an amount not exceeding £10 towards the assets of the charity in the event of liquidation. The address of its registered office is: 167-169 Great Portland Street Sth Floor London WIW 5PF These financial statements were authorised for issue by the trustees on 5 December 2025.
## 2 Accounting policies
Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.
## Statement of compliance
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102) - Second edition October 2019), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102). They also comply with the Companies Act 2006 and Charities Act 2011.
## Basis of preparation
The Franco-British Council - British Section meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy notes.
## Going concern
The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis as we believe that adequate cash resources will be available to cover the charity’s requirements for working capital and capital expenditure for at ieast the next twelve months.
The charity are aware of the risks relating to any changes in government funding which could put into jeopardy the charity’s going concern status during or beyond this period and they have taken steps to monitor this so any appropriate action could be taken.
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## Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the charity’s accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the periods in which the estimate is revised where revisions affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revisions affects both current and future periods.
## Income and endowments
All income is recognised once the charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of the income receivable can be measured reliably.
## Donations and legacies
Donations are recognised when the charity has been notified in writing of both the amount and settlement date. In the event that a donation is subject to conditions that require a level of performance by the charity before the charity is entitled to the funds, the income is deferred and not recognised until either those conditions are fully met, or the fulfilment of those conditions is wholly within the control of the charity and it is probable that these conditions will be fulfilled in the reporting period.
Legacy gifts are recognised on a case by case basis following the grant of probate when the administrator/executor for the estate has communicated in writing both the amount and settlement date. in the event that the gift is in the form of an asset other than cash or a financial asset traded on a recognised stock exchange, recognition is subject to the value of the gift being reliably measurable with a degree of reasonable accuracy and the title to the asset having been transferred to the charity.
## Grants receivable
Grants are recognised when the charity has an entitlement to the funds and any conditions linked to the grants have been met. Where performance conditions are attached to the grant and are yet to be met, the income is recognised as a liability and included on the balance sheet as deferred income to be released.
## Deferred income
Deferred income represents amounts received for future periods and is released to incoming resources in the peviod for which, it has been received. Such income is only deferred when:
- The donor specifies that the grant or donation must only be used in future accounting periods; or - Tne donor has imposed conditions which must be met before the charity has unconditional entitlement.
## Investment income
Dividends are recognised once the dividend has been declared and notification has been received of the dividend due.
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## Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## Expenditure
All expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to that expenditure, it is probable settlement is required and the amount can be measured reliably. All costs are allocated to the applicable expenditure heading that aggregate similar costs to that category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated on a basis consistent with the use of resources, with central staff costs allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the asset’s use. Other support costs are allocated based on the spread of staff costs.
## Charitable activities
Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.
## Support costs
Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, for example, allocating property costs by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage.
## Taxation
Tne charity is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes. Accordingly, the charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively to charitable purposes.
## Tangible fixed assets
individual fixed assets costing £250.00 or more are initially recorded at cost.
## Devreciation and amortisation
Depreciation is provided on tangible fixed assets so as to write off the cost or valuation, less any estimated residual value, over their expected useful economic life as follows:
Asset class
## Furniture and equipment
Depreciation method and rate 20% straight line method
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## Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## Trade debtors
> ofTrade dbusin **e** ss.btors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course
Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction Price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the charity will not be able to collect ail amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.
## Cash and cash equivalents
Casn and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.
## Trade creditors
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the charity does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.
theTradeeffectivecreditorsinterest are recognisedmethod. initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using
## Furid structure
Unrestricted income funds are general funds that are available for use at the trustees discretion in furtherance of the objectives of the charity.
Restricted income funds are those donated for use in a particular area or for specific purposes, the use of which is restricted to that area or purpose.
## Pensions and other post retirement obligations
The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme which is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the charity has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.
Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities when they are cue. If contribution Payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.
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## Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## 3 Income from donations and legacies
||Unrestricted||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||funds|Restricted|Total|Total|
||General|funds|2025|2024|
||£|£|£|£|
|Donations and legacies;|||||
|Donations forYoung Leaders|-|33,008|33,008|12,293|
|Donations for Defence Conference|-|-|-|22,500|
|Donations|6,000|-|6,000|5,000|
|Gift aid reclaimed|2,528|-|2,528|-|
|Grants, including capital grants;|||||
|Foreign, Commonwealth & Development|||||
|Office grant|-|50,000|50,000|60,000|
||8,528|83,008|91,536|99,793|
## 4 Income from charitable activities
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Unrestricted
funds Total Total
General 2025 2024
£ £ £
Subscriptions 565 565 480
Investment income
Unrestricted
funds Total Total
General 2025 2024
£ £ £
receivable and similar income;
Interest receivable on bank deposits 28 28 22
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## 5 Investment income
Interest receivable and similar income; Interest receivable on bank deposits
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## Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## 6 Other income
||Unrestricted|||
|---|---|---|---|
||funds|Total|Total|
||General|2025|2024|
||£|£|£|
|Other income|90,670|90,670|79,058|
|Fees and supplies|9,600|9,600|9,600|
||100,270|100,270|88,658|
## 7 Expenditure on charitable activities
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Expenditure on charitable activities||||
|---|---|---|---|
|||Total|Total|
|||2025|2024|
||Note|£|£|
|Defence seminar and report||163|23,110|
|Young Leaders||74,253|17,912|
|Events and venues||12,423|20,958|
|Staff costs|8|88,894|88,971|
|Allocated support costs|9|16,262|19,939|
|||191,995|170,890|
## 8 Staff costs
The aggregate payroll costs were as follows:
|The aggregate payroll costs were as follows:|||
|---|---|---|
||2025|2024|
||£|£|
|Stati costs duringthe year were:|||
|Wages and salaries|79,598|79,498|
|Social security costs|3,128|3,305|
|Pension costs|6,168|6,168|
||88,894|88,971|
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## Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
The monthly average number of persons {including senior management / leadership team) employed by the charity during the year expressed as full time equivalents was as follows:
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|---|---|---|---|
|2025|2024|
|Charitable|activities|No|No|
|3|2|
|ed|VC|
|Contributions to the employee pension schemes for the year totalled £6,168 (2024|- £6,168).|
|No employee received|emoluments|of more than £60,000 during the year.|
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The total employee benefits of the key management personnel of the charity were £61,431 (2024 - £61,301).
## 3 Analysis of support costs
## Support costs
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Total|Total|
|2025|2024|
|Rent|and|rates|£|£|
|Insurance|547|3,367|
|Telephone|and|fax|65|-|
|SundriesComputer|software and maintenance|4,007513|3,247386|
|Trustees'|expenses|672|367|
|Travel|and|subsistence|-|480|
|Independent|examination|5,048|6,941|
|Bookkeeping|2,760|2,646|
|Legal|and|professional|1,802|2,005|
|Bank|charges|-|138|
|Other|interest|payable|190|122|
|Depreciation|of office|equipment|658|-|
|Allocation|to|charitable|activities|-|240|
|(16,262)|(19,939)|
|ed|ll|
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## The Franco-British Council - British Section
## Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## 10 Trustees remuneration and expenses
No trustees, nor any persons connected with them, have received any remuneration from the charity during the year.
## Li Taxation
The charity is a registered charity and is therefore exempt from taxation.
## 12 Tangible fixed assets
|12 Tangible fixed assets|||
|---|---|---|
||Furniture and||
||equipment|Total|
||£|£|
|Cost|||
|At 1 April 2024|1,199|1,199|
|At31 March 2025|1,199|1,199|
|Depreciation|||
|At 1 April 2024|1,199|1,199|
|At 31 March 2025|1,199|1,199|
|Net book value|||
|Az 31 March 2025|-|-|
|At 34 March 2024|5|-|
|13 Debtors|||
||2025|2024|
||£|£|
|Prepayments|-|3,000|
|Gtherdebtors|12,996|27,358|
||12,996|30,358|
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## The Franco-British Council - British Section
## Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## 14 Cash and cash equivalents
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|---|---|---|---|---|
|2025|2024|
|£|£|
|Cash|on|hand|27|22|
|Cash|at|bank|4,080|3,632|
|4,107|3,654|
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## 15 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|2025|2024|
|£|£|
|Trade|creditors|96|13,725|
|Other|taxation|and|social|security|3,690|7,538|
|Other creditors|793|707|
|Accruals|2,724|2,646|
|Deferred|income|800|800|
|8,103|25,416|
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## 26 Funds
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Balance|at|
|Balance|at|1|Incoming|Resources|31|March|
|April 2024|resources|expended|Transfers|2025|
|£|£|£|£|£|
|Unrestricted|
|General|
|General|Funds|69,181|109,391|(52,738)|(58,452)|67,382|
|Restricted|
|Young|Leaders|Programme|(7,698)|68,008|(122,133)|54,599|(7,224)|
|vefence|Conference|(52,887)|-|(4,701)|4,561|(53,027)|
|Science|and|Society|-|8,750|(7,776)|(3,619)|(2,645)|
|Climate|change|and|energy|-|6,250|(4,647)|2,911|4,514|
|(60,585)|83,008|(139,257)|58,452|(58,382)|
|Tcxal furds|8,596|192,399|(191,995}|-|9,000|
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## The Franco-British Council - British Section
## Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
||||Balance at|Balance at|1|Incoming|Resources|Balance at31|Balance at31|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||April|2023|resources||expended|March 2024||
||||£|||£|£||£|
|Unresiricted||||||||||
|General||||||||||
|General Funds||||24,696||106,391|(61,906)||69,181|
|Restricted||||||||||
|Young Leaders Programme|||||-|60,062|(67,760)||(7,698)|
|Defence Conference|||(34,163)|||22,500|(41,224)||(52,887)|
||||(34,163)|||82,562|(108,984)||(60,585)|
|Total funds||||(9,467)||188,953|(170,890)||8,596|
|The
Franco-British|Young|Leaders|Programme|is|overseen|by
the|Franco-British
Council|and|Conseil|
|franco-britannique.||||||||||
For the Young Leaders programme, the trustees confirmed that there will be sufficient funds in 2025 as we will receive money from both governments and private sponsors for it.
The next Defence Conference is due to be held in France in 2025 and will be funded by the French Ministry of Defence and sponsors, and so we will expect very little expenditure for the FBC British section.
The Conference is held alternatively in France and the UK. Once the conference date is agreed, we will receive the income for the conference.
Conseil Franco-Britannique transfers Franco British Council annually for Young Leaders (in both 2024 and 2025)
Conseil Franco-Britannique also transfered Franco British Council in 2024 relating to Defence Conference.
Restricted expenditure from 2024 has been brought in as a transfer for the new restricted funds (Sceince and Society and Climate Change).
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## The Franco-British Council - British Section
## Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
## 17 Analysis of net assets between funds
## 2025 net assets between funds
|2025 net assets between funds||||
|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted||Totalfundsat|
||funds|Restricted|31 March|
||General|funds|2025|
||£|£|£|
|Current assets|75,485|(58,382)|17,103|
|Current liabilities|(8,103)|-|(8,103)|
|Total net assets|67,382|(58,382)|9,000|
|2024 net assets between funds||||
||Unrestricted||Totalfunds at|
||funds|Restricted|31 March|
||General|funds|2024|
||£|£|£|
|Currant assets|94,597|(60,585)|34,012|
|Current liabilities|(25,416)|-|(25,416)|
|Totalnetassets|69,181|(60,585)|8,596|
## 18 Related party transactions
There were no related party transactions in the year.
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