IIEGISTERED COMPANY NUMBEK. 02416Y900 (England and Wales REGISTERFJ) CHARITY NUMBER: ￿0410 ru5t8e5arLd Un•uthted Flrtan¢lal S tsrnentsfot theyeor E ed JIAll ￿¢2024 lor nca Dunkley's Wa¢Jdland56range Woodland5 lane Bradley Stoké Unitsd Klnudom BS32 4JY Fra foyt SL. 2024 RqportofthaTrustsey 1 10 3 IndependentÉ%amlneVJRoport Ststoment ol Fthanclal A¢tMtlos Balanc•She•l Notsstothè Nnandal Stat•memt$ 7 to 13 DetalledSt&tsMentol Hnanclal AetTvlll•s 14 to IS lè Francalse D• Brlstcl fortheYearEn aiA The tThJstee5 who erÈ also dIre£tO￿ of thè rhartty for the purposé5 of the Cornpanies Ad 2006, present thelr report wilh t flnancial 5tate]nents ol the th3rSty forthe year ended 31 AuEust 202Q The trustees have adopted the provlslon5 of Accounttng And RepDrtln8 by Charlf(es: Statement of Recommended Prartlce applicable to charltie5 preparln8 tholr actOLsnts In a¢cordance wfth the FlnJn¢lal RepprttngStsnda¥d appllcatjle In the UK bnd Republlc of Ireland IFRS 1021 lefIett￿ IlanuaTy 20191. (IBJEcllvES ANDAcllvFfiES Publlc benefft Presthotsl Prexhaol ch15dren aged 2 maybeentltled to a lunded ptatefor upto IS hours perweak. Preschool thlldren ttg￿ 3 and 4 are entltled to a funded placa for a rnlnlmurn of 15 hours per week and for up ts 30 hours pei weak. The French government may Pr￿de a 8iant for temis when psjplls are ellglljle tg only 15 hours, fundlw or ts Th)ne, subjict to varlous wndfdDns of ellglbilty. Par•nts prO￿ded with inFomi£tion on s¢hernes that m8yoffer ¥ redu¢Uor Sn lees. Fees chaiged t&malrt ¢omp8rable to those of most full nur5Pftos In the 3rea, despite thè speclflclty of the seNlcè provlded (Prench larouagepff)sramme run by quallfled leacheT51.ThEV wre 4mllar orbelowth05e of BTlstol¥ Chlldren's Centr8S. Dgyrele)$g . Feeschatyd are mtsderataforthe"aJy rn18ase" prfmary classqs l£round £6.38 perhourl e¥xclbUy as - Teachlns asslstsnts are ernplowjd formany classes, resulting lrt a hlgh ratlts tsf Stsfltod)I￿ren -All cly￿e5 are led bya quallfled teodxr The 5eho)I's bursary schgm• h•lped lower.Incomè lamlnes access the Se￿￿$ It Supported 8 puplls. Parents OTE provlded wlth Informatlcn on thls scheme. Oth&$enAces Fees charged Era cOm￿rablE*9 thDse for51mllar actIvI￿e5, The School's hursary s¢hemi cjn support Gcse puplls of1tr•s*r.In¢orne famllksj Parents are provlded wth Informitton on thls schèma. Events are or8anlsed wlth low entyfees ormne. P4ge I etok Franc thgTiuste fot the 2024 ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE ChaTitable a¢tlvlile$ The Ecole Fr4nsa15e de Brlstol I"The School") teaches chlldren 18ed from 3 to 16. It runs I presthod class 8 prfmary day release" cl&%s¥ for blllngual pup(k wlth wraparound care I'gardertel, 3 after-ychoovsaturdaydassesand if¢)ddler Group. Presthg01 wpll numberswere down l atjustaixsve 141fv11-tlme equlvalentoverth8yearl - Day release pupll nUM￿rS were down 10 atc 130(aveTrge over thBye7rl - Garderfe booklngswere stsble brftha 12 ch51dren persesslon Iwerage over the year) French a5 a Forel8n La￿￿a￿e pupll numbersthEre stsble atG 6 persesslon18verngeovertheyearl - GCSE pupll numbernwere closetrieApacfcy$tt. 161oveia8eov*r the yeèrl -sats1rd￿UUb pup51 numbers war• ctoseto rApadty atc. ￿ laverageover the￿ar) - 8ambSn$ IToddlerGroupl pupll numberswere c1osèto￿v4c1ty at c. 1418Yera4è Lwerthe yearl Il)e4¢countsforthgyegr ended 31 Ay8USt2024show& defidt of £27.481. Incom• fees make up ¢105e to 80%of overnll Inmme, Thls proportlon Is r151 Th?othw makn scure4 ofIn￿m*11th• Nursqry Educatlon Grartmthkh InancÈsfunded sesslons lft thÈ Preschcol: . for 2*ear.olds for up to 15 houts per week IFundln8 we$ oxténdqd to chlldrÉn In this age ran8e from Apdl 20241. Fundln81s £7.84 haurty. . and for3 and4yearg.olds for up to 30 hourg per week. Fundlnsls £5.10 hourty. Fundlng Is below cosL ￿ert more 50 for a ipeclallst (French Language and ￿r￿cUlUmI progrnmrne, For >yeaTrolds, fund1￿ has barely Increased sInc&A￿l 2017, d•splt• hlgh Inflatlon wrs and lar8elntrease5to the National Mlnlmum LMW Wage. T￿ Sthool rttelved Interest of £1,123 on reserves deposited In sovlngs ac¢¢unts. It Ye￿4Ved a credlt from Brlstol atyCourKil of E5.389 on ut11￿Y chaT805 (VAT relundl, ExpendlturÈ . The School Investd in staff ts relnforce the te.a£hing, teachlnK ￿15￿￿( admlnbtrètfvè and leadÈrshlp tÉams and ralsed salarles to retaln Its hishly 4ualtffedi speda115t bllln8uèI workforce, - It also Invested In [￿t0 malntaln or rnDdérnlso worklngtadsand to Improve efflclenry. Itsubscrlbed to orllne servleestt) adve￿58 Staff vacandes and aiyo. t05UPPOrt best practlce govarNr￿. Tho abDvevmntloMd LTedltexcéplonally r•duc•sthÈ cost tsf utllkles. Pzge 2 . The stho)1¥1È4déYsFdp strucwre 1$ Cha￿1n8. 71Are15 rwJw heJdteather,' thrther manD8￿eThI •pon¥lDn Is Tiat•SSary forakhooi oflh1551ze (SnorethpN2￿ pu￿￿) andknmbnb4eNx¢ethl thyrde45epartnor5hlps. - adwdnlstrntton gtaff h•sb&n iecrntttd ts Mlny adml41(mi 45 45 **wnes e$finatyJ hourÈ forth¥ pre5Ehool I Involdnsetc. -TIM stho¢l ljln¥¢stkn8ln l.T. s￿lemS￿lIh¢r, toftt￿ effldenclo% Is ￿11 •stode*lop mirkth8 8nd Conwnurtk￿1on toots Ilnk¢d toitswebs -Ih¢Khuol Is brln8ln8AlarT&sdostrtomirk•trnt*toroowltond ret•Tn 5￿cIall*bIlln8U1l&trff. -Tr*M 1$ i Jtrntw to ￿the5$ low preKhod pupN numb¥ whlch Is thpected to Impxt on reaf5￿￿￿9 for ihe rnxt •domlcyttr. .DlrethfsoTe￿rkIr4OTr￿uff1nB0nOt￿rlOIS4trn1lts11fr¢m gthllJty sfRumiRIIKIVERNANCEANDMANACEIAENr The thB)lty tsc¢ntroled by its wventy dowm•n4 • deed oftNrt cofAUIth a Itmltsd cowwty, Imked bywarants dth)td Conwnk&Art2LYJ& REFIWNC£ MDADMINI$T114TNEDEfAIiS i•r•dCompmynuDth•i 024639cK*{ty8ndindWal•l 900410 8Temple W Bt¢k&st atyol grtstsl TnMt418 $Crern N Hthon 6 Fral551 Ir•5fvd 1.2.241 Ms AStethmaThlippalntsd 3,3241 C R MV￿110PP￿lfilèa L3,241 Mrn E pe4étttrL•w&on(4ppolnted2.7241 E Mlxdcn ET4nant Ind•pandohtEMomTnff Usa Whlts FCCA Wo¢thJnds(ta Woodknndslano 8ral8y Stoke Brfstol Unlted KIWM &5324JY Apwvedbyorder olth I￿ard01￿J$reQs0ll. 4ndsl8m¢dtr)IlsbÉhaWbr. S Cfen-Trustee Pa8e3 Inde endent Examiner's Re L'e¢ole Francaise De Bristol ort lo the Trustees of Independent examlner's report to the trustees of L'ecole Francalse De 8rlstol I'the Company'l I report to the charity trustee5 on my examination of the accounts of the Company forthe year ended 31 August 2024. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees of the Company land a150 Its directors for the purposes of company lawl you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requlrements of the Companies Act 20061'the 2006 Act'l. Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Art and are eligible for independent examination. I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under Section 145 of the Charities Act 20111'the 2011 Act'l. In carrying out my examination I have followed the Direction5 given by the Charity Commission under Section 145151 Ibl of the 2011 Act. Independent examSneVs statement Since your charity's gross income exceeded £2SO,000 your examlner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that l am qualified to undertake the examination because l am a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountsnts. which is one of the listed bodles. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination glvlng me cause to believe: a¢¢ounting records were not kept in respect of the coM￿nY as required by Sectlgn 386 of the 2006 Act- or the account5 do not accord with those records- or the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of Sectlon 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts glve a true and tair view which 15 not a matter considered as part of an independent examlnation,. or the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and printlples of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charitie5 lapplicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 10211. I have no concerns and have come across no other matter5 in connection with the examlnation to which attention should be drawn in thls report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Lisa White FCCA The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Dunkley'5 Woodlands Grange Woodlands Lane Bradley Stoke Bristol United Kingdom BS32 4JY Page 4 Stai4méMI DI FlfiaA£ialActivities 31A.24 Unrestrthd fund 31.8.23 TDtal fund5 Notes INCOMEAND ENDOWMENt5 FROM Donatlons aThg legades 89,915 88,019 Othertradln8 att￿ltIeS Investment income 333,18D 1.123 06,642 578 Total 424218 395,239 EXPENDITURE ON Ralsln8 funds L719 1,099 Charltable activttks charSlable ACt￿Ttle5 Support¢05t5 387,312 62.668 332.763 60,022 45L699 393 NETINCOMEIIEXPENDrruAEI 127,4811 RECONaLIATION OFFUNDS Total funds ￿0￿htf0IW4rd 268,938 287,583 TOTAL FiINDS CARRIED FORWARD 24L4S7 268,938 The notes foTm part oFthesefinancial sEatèments PBge S 1s00É 31A.24 rU￿￿ed 31223 fimds F￿ED￿mIs Tllnlbloos￿ts 906 643 Q￿RENTA$sErS 14,202 349,ID3 4L228 )W6 Cash atbonk 341724 JYORS AMountsfalkn&duevAthlncne￿1r iira,7S41 {7482P) NeTaiRRRNfASSErs 268295 TOTALASSEISLEssaJRRENfLIPAIfflIS 24L457 N&TASWS 2649¥ UD￿￿￿1dfvlld$ 268P311 TOTAL FiVIOS 24W7 268.99 Ih ¢hèrhW• ccryMw1s to wmMTon from iudlt under ￿On 477 01 the CoNyoths Art 2&J6 for year 31Auouit20X Tho mambers hM¥e not r•qulr8d the Mmpany to obt41n in oudtt of ￿thIn¢741 thtIm￿tr forttfft yEir thded 92 Ausurt 2024 In a¢cord4nr•vAthsac1kn476ofthtC¢thp￿l￿Att10O& Thelru$tee¥a¢kn04yled84 thIlY rnspon51blllttesfor ekWrtn8 thrt the chBrlt*ble ¢ompan¥ keeps leo)￿tIng ￿ydI ih&t wmply wlh Sthm J86 and 387 orth• C¢MpAnl Lt and pr4pDrln8 fkna#dal stat•nonts whkF> th i tru*4rNI faIr￿l￿W olthejtèts of &ff4lrJ olthe charltabfe c¢mpw as Jtth¢ end of each Imandal year of tts ￿rP[W or defidl for each flrmnchl year In qccor(knce wlth thll requlrémonts of SaCttoD$ 394 and 395 •Jd whlch oth?rvA$e comply wfth the r¢4ulYtynents ol Ihg Conynh% Att 2006 r•l•tlni to *ittments, iafar4SaFv51cAbleiolhe¢hwItibla comwy. (bl Thwo flnandal thlernents have bB8npr?prnd vmh th•provWona •ppllrabk tochllrltsblo comportss subJe¢t to the 5mallcoMpanlq5 re*tM Tl¢a ffin4n¢&l Gtatsm¢nts w¢rn ippro¥•d by thè knrd of rnd Wtherfs￿ forlssuo war4 IT￿ on5ts boh4lfhw. srJen.Trustee Tho notesfrjmipartof the5ethJn¢lal#atmTr15 Page 6 eFYancalse Dq Brfslo eYearE ACCOUNTING POUCIES B￿15 DfPreparl￿tkQ fIn￿l#l sthments The financlal statements of thè char￿a￿e compary, whlth Is a publlc benaflt under FRS 102, have èeen prepared In accordance wlth the Chadtle5 SORP IFRS 1021 'A¢countln8 ond Aeportlng by c￿rttle$. Statement of PlecommendeLt Praitl appllcable to ch£rltles prep8rlnB thelr accounts In accurdance wSth the Fln8nc131 Reportllli Standard appllcablE In the UK and Repu￿1£ af Ireland IFRS 1021 leFfe¢tive l January 10191,, Flnanclal Reportlng Stand8r1 102 Yhe Flnanckl Reporti standard appllcable In the UK and Aepubllc of Ireland, and the C¢mp8nies Att ziJ06. The Ilnandal statements have been prepèr¢d urtdérthè hlstorkal ti)st ¢onvéhtltsn. Incorne I Incorne Is recognlsed In the Staternent of Flnancial Actlvttles On￿ the charity ha5 enthlement to the funfts, It Is probable thtthe Incom¢wlll be recelved and the 8mouiit can be measured rellably. E￿erKlIt￿r￿ Uabilities are recognlsed as eXper￿lI￿re a$ soon as there Is a lerdl or ¢onstw¢Ovo obligatlon commltttng the charity to that expendItU￿1 It15 probable that a transfer of economlc benefts I￿11 be requlred In settlement ?nd the amount of the ebllgallon can b8 measured rellably. EXpand￿llre Is accounted for on an accrua15 b4515 and has b8èn classlAed urKler hoadkn8s that aBÈreg*è ill ¢0st r¢lètèd t'o thè category. Where costs cannot be dlrectly attrtbuted to paMAcular headln8s they hayp bBen alloraled to athltles on a ba51$ ￿n$[sI￿nt wtth the use of rewr￿5. Rol￿￿ funds Ra151nB ftjnits Includ¢$ sll eXp￿d{l￿re In¢urred by the ch¥rlty to ralse lunds for Its chaTitsble puryoses and Inclqdes costs of all fundrglslng a￿vIlle9, event5 and non-chailtable tradln8. Allocltlan tynd •pportlonment of tos Staff costs are illocated on the basls of ertlmated tlme spent on iny ¥¢tyvliy dUrf￿ the year, All ork￿r $UPPDrt cost5 that cannotbo allccatsd dlrectly are appordtsned onthe samÈ bals as staff costs, Tan8lbl•fu¢erl DeP￿Clot10n 1$ prO￿ded gtth? followln8ahnual rnte5 Irtorder to write ofl¢a¢h assetoverlts estlmpted usefijl lire. Flxture$ 8nd Ilttln&% Camputeraqulpmerbt 2S% an cost 33.33% on cort Taxatlon Tho tharlty Is axempt from Eorpoyatlon tax on Its chadtablE B(Ilvltles. Fund o¢¢ountlnE Unre5Lflcted funds ¢an be used In act0rda￿8vJ1th the tharttsble obl£ctfvesatthe dlscretlon ofthe Irustses. Restricted funds can only be wed for partlujlar restrlcted purposes w5thln ihe oble¢ts ol ihe charfty. Restrkttons arlse when spetlfled ty the di)rtor orwheTh funds are ralsed for par￿(ularresÈr[cted purposes. FurtherÉxplanatlon of tho natureand purpose of each fund ts ltr)cludod Inthè note5to the ftn3nclal statements. DONATIONSAND LEGACIES 31.8.24 YIB,21 Nur5eryeductlongrdrt SEN Grant Ea¥￿ ￿ar$ pupl premlum Donatlons Sundryin¢ome STAFE Grant 89,582 274 87,975 59 fj57 89,915 88,677 Grants recewed included In thè above ar¢ asfollows.. 31.8.24 31%.23 Page 7 ontinued.., 'ecole Frantalsè De ntln thoYearEnded 31A ust DONATIONSAND LE6ACIES-a>nUnued otherGrants OTHER TRADINfj ACTWITIES 31.8.24 31A.23 Feey rece1￿4blefrOM provt5kn ofeducatlon 333,180 306.642 INVESTMENT INCOME 31.&24 31.823 P051t xcount Intwésr 1,123 578 RAISING FUNDS RJlJln8dorntloM ond l•ycl 31,8.ZA 312,23 Athortlslng 1,719 I,(￿9 CHARITA8LE ACTivmE5 COSTS DSrert Costs Isee Tr*e 71 Support costs Isee e81 Tot8ts CharirableACtl￿tteS Support costs 329,697 57,615 62,668 387,312 61668 329,fj97 110,288 449S80 DIREcfcosTSOFCHARITA8IEAcmimES 31,8,24 31,8.23 Stsff cosis Books and materlols Tralnlng Bad debt5 Offlce eKpens8S FNltand snacks AEFE mernbershlp lee Icrsupport Costs Travel & rneEtln8S EFB day reteasegranis 310,631 5,238 719 1,046 1,385 3,061 1,681 4596 137 1,203 258.313 7,120 1,292 6,041 2,617 1,155 633 52 329,697 277,703 Pt6e 8 Continued... ear Ended SUPPORT COSTS Gowmance Costs MaR￿emOnt Toti15 Charftable N£t[v￿leS Support costs 57,6 727 57,615 62,668 6L941 941 58,342 121283 Supportcrnpllrt￿ net movementln fundj. Induded In thp 8bgve area5follows', In¢omlnB resources Resources expended ovement Infvnds Unr¢3trfrted fLtnds General fur¢d 395,239 1393,8841 L35S TOTAL FUNDS 395,139 1393,8841 L355 A ¢urrentyear 12 mgnths aNf pyloiyear 12 month5 comblnad posltlon15 B5follcw5: Net mohEmttnt In fund5 Atl.9.22 31.8.Z4 Un￿1rfGtsd funds Genernl fund Is7￿83 125.126) 241,457 TOTAL FUN 2EI,583 126,1261 241,457 A currentyear12 months and prlor year 12 month5 ¢omblnad net mwement Infund5, tncluded In the aboveare as follow5.. In¢m>ln8 resources Resource5 eKpended Movement Infunds Unre5trlcted fund$ General fund 819,457 I845￿88) 126,1261 TOTAL F4JNDS 819A57 1845,5831 126,1261 Page IZ ontlnued... ole Francalse Dé Brlsto ear Ende st2 17. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES ThETe were no TElated partytsan5aCtlons forthe year ended 31 ￿￿gts5t 2014. PoK2 13 Detalledstatsment tsf U5t 202 31.8.24 31,8.23 INCOMEAND ÉNDOWMENTS i)on•tlons andl a¢le$ Nursery Educatlon Grarf t>onatlons 89,856 88,0 19 89,915 81019 OthertradInsa¢E￿[tles Feesrece￿blefrorn provlston of eduutlon 333,180 306ffj42 Ihveitmènt Inrom Deposll ac¢ount Interest 1,123 578 Total Ihcomlng rowurc•5 424,218 395,239 EXPENDITLlit Advèrtlslng 1,719 IC89 a￿lItable￿il￿os Salartes and $upplyteac411Th8 B(vJ(s and materfals Tralnltr) Bad debt5 Offi￿e)penJes FruR llnd Snacks AEFE m¢mber5hlp fee Icrsupport costs Travel & meetlrgs EFB day release 8rants 310,631 5,238 719 lff)46 1,385 3,OSI 1681 4596 137 1,203 25&313 7,UO 1292 6,041 2,617 633 52 329,697 277.703 Support cos1$ Monagement Rent and rale5 Insurance L￿t and he* Telephone Sundrf Malntenance cleaning 33,817 5,797 10,8& 2,952 258 2,262 5,972 33170 S,672 10,521 2,S76 361 2,672 4,750 61,941 60,022 Govarn8Ke¢osts Wage9 In5ur?n¢e Llgl7t and heat Yelephone Sundiles Accountsmyfees CArrled I0￿rd 44,271 41,859 630 L170 285 1209 328 29 2.458 48,939 2,256 46241 Thls page dces notfomi part of the st31utory flnahclal 5tatèmants Pa8e 14 lal foyt 3L8.24 31.8.23 Gtsvemance Eo#$ BrouBhtforward Le8al fe Malntenarce Tralnln8 Bgd debts Cleanlng Rentand rates Other professlonal SeNI¢&s I￿SUPport Travel & medinBS site manaBernent Govern8nce Flxtyres and flttlng5 ComputÈr equlpment 48,939 46241 zio 297 53 80 116 664 3,757 In3 511 528 3,719 2.470 251 104 623 282 S,04Q 58,342 55,Of Tolal resources expeNtsd 451,699 393,884 N•t{•pendltuY*lliM¢ome 127,4811 1,355 Thls paga do￿ not fomi part olthe st*utory15nanclal 5tatem8rrts P¥8e IS