La Societe Franco Britannique De Cardiff
What it does
A programme of lectures in French (normally about 6 lectures per year); cultural and social evenings (normally about 7 per year); organised visits in France and the United Kingdom.
Its charitable purposes
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND, AS ANCILLARY TO THAT OBJECT, TO INCREASE AND DISSEMINATE IN THE UK, KNOWLEDGE OF FRANCE AND THE FRENCH WAY OF LIFE, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO ITS ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL, HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS AND TO AFFORD OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STUDY OF ALL ASPECTS OF FRENCH LIFE AND THOUGHT
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Arts, culture, heritage and science
- Who it helps
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides services
Where it works
- In Wales
- Cardiff
- Vale of Glamorgan
Area of benefit in its governing document: Cardiff and Surrounding Area
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 May 2025, it had income of £2,963 and spent £3,666.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2025 | £2,963 | £3,666 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 May 2024 | £3,432 | £3,319 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 May 2023 | £3,432 | £3,319 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 May 2022 | £585 | £1,620 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 May 2021 | £393 | £817 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Up 654%, from £393 in the year to 31 May 2021 to £2,963 in the year to 31 May 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 124% of its income in the year to 31 May 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
6 trustees run the charity.
- Bethan Lewis
- Francoise Madeleine Stephens
- John Cranwell
- Margaret Bolton Smales
- Paul Richard Marshall Stephens
- Stephen James O'Regan
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2025 | 31 March 2026 | Received 2 March 2026, 29 days early | Not required |
| 31 May 2024 | 31 March 2025 | Received 4 March 2025, 27 days early | Not required |
| 31 May 2023 | 31 March 2024 | Received 27 June 2024, 88 days late | Not required |
| 31 May 2022 | 31 March 2023 | Received 26 February 2023, 33 days early | Not required |
| 31 May 2021 | 31 March 2022 | Received 25 March 2022, 6 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1056433
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 27 June 1996
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 20 MAY 1995 AS AMENDED 15 JUNE 1996
- Website
- www.francais-a-cardiff.org.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Vale of Glamorgan
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.