Charity number 296085 The French pOr￿lain Society Report and Unaudited Accounts 31 March 2025 The French Porcelain Soclety Report and accounts Contents Page Charity information Trustees. report Indpendent examiners. report Statemenl of financial activities Balance sheet Notss to the accovnls The French Poreelaln Soclety Charity Information Currant Trustèès Antoinette Megens-Kuhn - Chairwoman resigned August 2024 Amelia Jackson - Co chair apointed August 2024 Nick Stagliano- Co chair appK)inte(J August 2024 Micheline Espeland - Treasurer Helen Jacobsen - Secrelary Rebecca Klarner John Whitehead Carolina McCaffrey-Howarth Peter Burton Letitia Roberts Errol Manners Elisa Sani Cyrille Froissart Sophie Freiin Von Der Gollz Simon Spier Tamara Preaud Independent examlner Catherine A William5 Ltd The Old Bank Beaufort Street Crickhowell Powys NP8 1AD Bank•r$ HSBC Bank PIC 94 Kensington H￿h Street Kensington London W8 4SH Charlty's prlnclpal addr•88 from 15th Nov•mb•r 2024 Waddesdon Manor Waddesdon Aylesbury BUckIngh8￿$hire HP18 OJH Charlty's prlnclpal address to 15th November 2024 9 Lloyd Street London WC1X 9AN R•glst8r8d numb8r 296085 The French Porcelain SoGiety R8gisterBd nufflbpr.. 296085 Trust8os' R8port The Iruslees rKesent tsr anNal finanud 51alem￿ ol the thaiity for the ￿ ended 31st March 2025. The finarKJal sta￿mem$ have been prePa￿d hl ar£Ordan￿ the ies sei out In note 1 to the aCC￿nts ar￿ comrAy ¥Trilh Ihe ctsriiies tr￿1 deed. the Chanues AL* 2011 and the sts*meni ol ReCr*nMe￿ed PlaC￿e aprI￿L￿e 10 chaMÈS ￿epari￿ tr*ir acC￿nL￿ in accordance with the Finanud Siarthrd a￿￿able ￿ tr* UK and Rewtrlc of IrdaThl published on 16 July 2014 struGtur•. gO￿rnan￿ and fflanagvm￿• The Sotheiy IS 8 Wiste￿ chÈnty. n￿lber 29￿ L% OO¥emed by Sotsety iules. ThÈ chani*s *Mty dutsw the sear &fvthYJn9 the sw d FreN Ptsrcdaln ofall pedods and to krKYh4*And ar¥*et1&￿ ofrt. TNstees are apwnied by th9 5oKxty Votiry l*es fv arew4yal Ge￿al Me8ting14GMI Usualy￿ ￿ June. Truslees We￿￿1b1? ts reapwntrenl every￿r al Ihe Atsm and remain In offi0¥. unbl erth8rtrwrp￿ is thaleryod￿ Wrewgn AvJrrenl listof trustse5 and theirro1B¥lSO￿taITrBd inlhe inltymakn py. Flhahelal A+￿•￿ The SOC￿ Is Self.fU￿xVj and ￿ adthbJntoinLuMwed y1am￿bIrthp and wsffs ar8 organ154d each ￿31 to¢nable app￿3¢￿￿ of Fffjnch Porc¢kin. Th¢ ofrnèral fund 1$ vnresti*&l ond are swni a$Trusw mem the aims or tho Society. Tho Speaal lund. PutrAica￿￿Sffund. Ma￿$ Watrwy SrGwfftvydè Wava¢ e¢qi All rbsirictsd tyr￿sAnd rn¢ni¢$ arp spent In Accudw• f￿￿$￿r[￿￿. Malts Obj•¢￿¥•• Tho ¢h8¢iV$ Qnnti￿l 8(thityt1uthw th8 tot* 8rKI otl*r Europ68n w¢•Lqin and wtiwyof*l hi$iNt41 8n¢ 10 •ThJ 8PPl*¢i8bon ofil TThO8t wm6 ¥1 I￿1118¢ wlh an *ivt w¢*w1meofl•￿VW. s￿1￿$18. *10 ¢¢lle¢ti¢n¥ wlthin UK 8h¢ styro￿. S¢rK4•tywn4$ 8180 to hdp tychiovo Iho Socieys 8im$. Th0￿￿$￿0 IS a ￿1￿1¢ Swtrty¥v*4t$10 ¢(4ettJty￿. $ludyd8yS handling se$$w$. puYi¢*th& 11 k)tyJrBubJBL*. $8¢Iws on itte French P￿￿1n 18ths. ¢er8ffi￿ M8t*i*. mgrks. arrfj Ihk¥¢O Soriebes cdkntions 8round the wyld. The French Poredain Scoeiyis on 5c4## wnc*AeoJr41stieai ineyjsteneo. Our finoncial siren9lh IS 0￿r￿j tothe 9OTrBrosty otoui Memb￿5. pagi [￿•$￿. and iotha manA9ement of OLY ￿$418 by post irnasureis. Ma Jatkson ar￿ N￿k SthG4iaMcornrAètBd tsrfirst ar Bs Cr*ChaYs. 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The French Porcelain SoGiety R8gistered nufflbpr.. 296085 Trust8os' R8port Ac¢ounting •nd r•pDrbng rfjspon¥ib4rf The chanty trustees are respon￿b￿ fcrf ￿e￿ir￿a an amud aThJ fin￿la sts*ments aCeCrfdan￿ the applicaNe and UK GAAP Acwied AcctrJrtry Prxtrel. T Chanik% Aci 2011 wi￿$ the chanty ￿$tee$ to ryep3￿ financial sts*ments far give 8 true End fBif VWI Of1￿ of èffaifs ol the tharityfor that p¥th. In tr* finanti71 ststements, the trustses ale r￿ul1￿ to., . s81gct6uita￿e a¢counbng w￿l￿and .Obserye the fflethovJ5 pnKWes In 1￿cha￿S Stalepn￿I of ReC￿Mer￿d Pr - MakelL￿gementS and esbrnaieslhal arfr reasona14&arwJ - Slate whether appIl￿ble aouunting staThJ￿dSha￿ bBen tLkn*d. toany rnalwial - Prepare Ihtr fin$nri¥l $tsttmenbffi tk*goiry It* to we¥L¥ne • tho ¢h￿tyv￿ll The trustees are Fewn%ble foi keerAThJ a2coJntirorn￿s thai diseltssa *ith ￿tt￿r8¢Y al any lime the fin￿thIj rM)Sibon ofthe chtyand to anaNèthBm ￿en$￿elhat thè fiThanc￿ ststements comply¥wth the Chariiie5 Aet 2011. tha Chariiies (A￿￿16 a R£ponsi R8gulatKJns and the Irnsitlaod. res￿1*A￿A￿ lor sofeguwding Ihfr è8S£t8 Oft￿ thamy re•w*Je stws fvytr*ry¢￿ 8TrJ ¢¢tectknn olfrAud ar￿ ¢thorlrwv￿nb￿S. Amalla J8¢k8 Co Chalr The French Porcelaln Soclety Independent examiners. report to the board of trsutees on the preparation of the unaudited aeeounts of Thè Frènch Poreèlaln Soel8ty for th• y•ar èndéd 31 March 2025 We report on the examination of the accounts of The French Porcelain SocAety for the year ended 31 March 2025 which are set out on page5 1 to 6. R•spèetlv• rèspanslbllltl•s af trust••s and •xamln•r The Charilys trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Charitls trustees consider that an audit is not required lor this year lunder section 14412> of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Acll and that an independent examination is needed. It Is our responsibility lo., - axamine the accounts under secbon 145 01 the 2011 Act- - lo follow the procedures laid dovm in the General Directhons given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the 2011 Act ,'and lo slate whether particular matters have come to OUT aitentic Ba$18 of th• Ind¢￿nd¥￿t exomln•e$ r•port Our examination was carried oul in accordance with Ihe General directs'ons given by the Charity Commissioners. An ex8min8tion include5 a review of the accounting rocords kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presenleil wth those records. 11 also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts anil seeking explanalions Irom you as trustg9S concerning such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required of an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. Ind•p•ndènt ¢xamln•r'8 Stat•m•nt In thg course ol our axaminalion, no mailer has comg io attenlion; IA) which gives us reasonable cause lo believe that in, any material respect, thè trustee5 have not mel the requirements to ensure Ihal.. ' prop8r accounting records are kepl in accordance wilh seciion 130 of the 2011 Act., and ' accounts are prèpared which agree with thé accounling records and comply with th8 a¢¢ountin9 requirements ol Ihe 2011 Aci,. or IBI lo which, in my oplnion. attention should be drawn in ¢yder lo onable a propfrr undgrstandlng of the accounts to be reach8d. Catherine A Williams Ltd Charttsred Accountants The Old Bank Beaufort Street Crickhowell Powys Npe 1AD 16 September 2025 *W The French Porcelaln Soclety Registered number- Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025 296085 Notes 2025 2024 Current ass Debtors Cash at bank and in hand 8,745 92,844 101,589 8,450 118,602 127,052 Creditors.. amounts fallSng du• wlthln one year 11.2251 11,9271 Not curront asséts 100.364 125.125 N•t a$$•t$ 11Y),364 125,125 Capltal and reserves Profil and loss a¢¢ounl 1(Kl,364 125,125 Sharehold•r8' funds 1(Kl,364 125,125 The dir8Ctors arg satisfigd that th& ¢ompany is entidgd lo exempti¢)n trom the rgquirgmenl lo obtain an audit under sects'on 477 of the Companies Acl 2006. The member5 have not required the company lo obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the A¢1. The directors a¢knowle