## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 01/09/2024 Period start date To 31/08/2025 Period end date**
## **Charity name: UN MATIN FRANCAIS**
**Charity registration number: 1165895**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To advance the education of French**
**speaking children in the French language**
**and the cultures of the French speaking**
**world.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**- To advance the education of children**
**by enabling those children who are**
**being educated in local English-**
**speaking schools, to practice French as**
**an extra-curricular activity and to extend**
**their linguistic skills (both written and**
**spoken).**
**- To advance the education of children,**
**by promoting the learning of the diverse**
**cultures of the francophone world, to**
**bilingual children within the local**
**community of Enfield and Barnet..**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**In 2024-25, the Charity has provided**
**more than 100 pupils the possibility of**
**practise French during 2 hours for 30**
**Saturdays.**
**Children from 1 to 16 years old were**
**able to learn French and the French**
**culture.**
**A playgroup for toddlers and young**
**children is organised so parents can**
**meet and expose their children to**
**the French language.**
**A library is organised at every session**
**to give access to the pupils to French**
**books depending of their age.**
**We confirm the trustees have had**
**regard to the Charity Commission’s**
**Guidance onpublic benefit.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**n/a**|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**n/a**|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Some parents come and help running the**
**playgroup, with guided reading and help**
**during fundraising events.**|
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**On top of our French classes, other**
**cultural activities such as musical,**
**artistic, theatre workshops have been**
**organised for our pupils.**
**The charity also help the French**
**speaking families living in London to**
**develop a network by organising**
**French speaking events.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**We have achieved our main objectives.**|
|---|---|---|
|||**We have achieved our fundraising**
**activities against our objectives. **|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**We have raised more money than last year**
**through different fundraising events.**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**n/a**|
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Despite the increase in rent and**
**payments made to our teachers we**
**managed to have a positive financial**
**position. This is due to an increase of**
**fundraising and careful budgeting.**
**We have cut few of our main fixed**
**costs.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We intend to maintain our reserves at a**
**level of one term’s operational**
**expenditure. This is to mitigate against**
**our principal risks of fluctuating pupil**
**numbers and in the eventuality of**
**having to find new rental premises**
**(£13040).The Charity maintains a**
**rigorous budgeting procedure every**
**year and forecasts are reviewed termly**
**to ensure our expenditure remains in**
**line with budget and that reserves are**
**adequate to fulfil our continuing**
**obligations.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**The Charity’s current reserves position**
**is as follows:**
**Unrestricted funds (reserves)**
**Our reserves result from accumulated**
**unrestricted surpluses. **|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**n/a**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**The main sources of funds of Un Matin**
**Francais are the tuition fees paid by the**
**families and the school membership**
**donations.**
**We also organised fundraising events in**
**the form of school fetes, sell of**
**personalised Christmas cards .**
**We offer a discount of 30% to**
**children who qualify for the Pupil**
**Premium Grant or School Free Meal**
**scheme at their own primary**
**school.**
**Funds go towards the remuneration of**
**staff, the rental costs of the premises,**
**the purchase of school supplies and**
**manage**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**We have a deposit account.**|
|---|---|---|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**A important drop in numbers of children**
**attending school.**
**To find a new school venue in the**
**vicinity.**|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:||**Constitution of a Charitable**
**Incorporated Organisation with voting**
**members other than its charity trustees**|
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed,royalcharter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Elected at the Annual General Meeting**
**by members of the Fondation**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**We have policies and procedure in place**
**and training provided par Parapluie**
**FLAM where a number of similar**
**charities can have training.**|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The charity is part of the Parapluie**
**FLAM an association of French**
**Saturday and provision schools based**
**in the UK .**|
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**n/a**|
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charityname|**UN MATIN FRANCAIS**|
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|Other name the charityuses||
|Registered charitynumber|**1165895**|
|Charity’s principal address|**10 FLORENCE AVENUE, ENFIELD EN2 8DE**|
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**||
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||Charlotte
Beddoes|President||||
||Cynthia Mike-Eze|Secretary||||
||Agathe Piederriere|Treasurer||||
||Héloise Ganesharuban|Trustee|02/09/2023|||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets n/a held in this capacity Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees' report above.**
## **Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary,** Charlotte Beddoes Cynthia Mike-Eze **Chair, etc)** Chair **Date** 19/02/2026 **\**
## **Un Matin Français 1165895 Recei ts and a ments accounts p p y**
|**For the period**
**from**|01/09/2024|**To**|31/08/2025|
|---|---|---|---|
## **CC16a**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds funds funds funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £**
**Total funds Last year**
**to the nearest £**
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**44,746**
**400**
**930**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**46,076**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**46,076**
**15,515**
**2,705**
**9,760**
**1,241**
**2,370**
**380 **
**5,950**
**313**
**690 **
**196**
**39,120**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**39,120**||**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**||**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**||**44,746**
**400**
**930**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**46,076**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**46,076**
**15,515**
**2,705**
**9,760**
**1,241**
**2,370**
**380**
**5,950**
**313**
**690**
**196**
**39,120**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**39,120**|||
|Tuition Fees|**44,746**||||||||**41,626**|
|Fundraising|**400**||||||||**225**|
|Registration Fees|**930**||||||||**850**|
|Room Hire|**0**||||||||**120**|
|AEFE Grant|**0**||||||||**652**|
||**0**||||||||**0**|
||**0**||||||||**0**|
||**0**||||||||**0**|
||**0**||||||||**0**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**46,076**||||||||**43,473**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||||
||**0**|||||||||
||**0**||||||||**0**|
|**_Sub total_**|**0**||||||||**0**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||||||
||||||||||**43,473**|
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|TeachingEmployees costs|**15,515**||||||||**16,752**|
|TeachingContractors fees|**2,705**||||||||**3,467**|
|Rent|**9,760**||||||||**7,973**|
|Stationaryand equipment|**1,241**||||||||**616**|
|Other runningcosts|**2,370**||||||||**3,374**|
|Events costs|**380 **||||||||**850**|
|Admin services|**5,950**||||||||**5,950**|
|Communication andpromotion|**313**||||||||**1,094 **|
|Insurance|**690 **||||||||**645**|
|IT|**196**||||||||**196**|
|**_Sub total_**|**39,120**||||||||**40,917**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
||**0**|||||||||
||**0**|||||||||
|**_Sub total_**|**0**||||||||**0**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
||||||||||**40,917**|
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||**6,956**||**0**||**0**||**6,956**||**2,556**|
||**0**|
|**0**|
|**0**|
|**0**|
|**0**|
||**7,312**||**0**||**0**||**7,312**||**4,756**|
||**14,268**||**0**||**0**||**14,268**||**7,312**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
08/03/2026
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
Bank
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**14,268**
**0**
**0**
**14,268**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**0**|
|||||**0**|
|||||**0**|
|||||**0**|
|||||OK|
|||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|||||**-**|
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|||||**-**|
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|||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
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**(optional)**|
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