Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 3

Reasonable growth: +1
Volatile income
spending growth: -1
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 6

THE FRENCH PROTESTANT CHURCH OF LONDON

The Church exists to advance the Christian religion primarily towards the French-speaking community in the United Kingdom. It makes charitable payments to charitable organisations.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

Established: 26 years

www.egliseprotestantelondres.org.uk

secretariat@egliseprotestantelondres.org.uk

020 7437 5311

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22		£214	£182	£32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/12/21		£150	£179	£-29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/12/20		£431	£172	£259	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	19
31/12/19		£621	£140	£480	£0	£1,659	£1,005	85.9	1	25
31/12/18		£370	£105	£265	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	15
31/12/17		£456	£127	£329	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£148	£134	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£149	£117	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£136	£103	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£113	£112	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12	*	£110	£107	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11	*	£110	£113	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10	*	£84	£119	£-35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09	*	£124	£147	£-23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08	*	£134	£136	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07	*	£121	£145	£-25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06	*	£154	£153	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05	*	£148	£162	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	*	£149	£165	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
20 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to The French Protestant Church of London
£10,000	09/04/2020	A one-off, unrestricted grant of £10,000, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation’s current grant. COVID19
City Bridge Trust - Grant to The French Protestant Church of London
£98,500	25/07/2019	£98,500 towards the capital costs of providing disabled access facilities.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

ANNE BESSON ROBERTS Appointed: 2012

BENEDICTE FOUGIER Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: THE FRENCH HUGUENOT CHURCH OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUST,

FABIEN LEREDE (Chair) Appointed: 2020

GHISLAIN BRICE LEUGUE YOMBA Appointed: 2016

JOHN BEVIL HAGG Appointed: 2022

PHOEBE MAY WOODS Appointed: 2020

REV PASCALE RENAUD Appointed: 2023

THIBAULT LAVERGNE Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/07/1998, number: 1070623

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR12: 5 days late, AR11: 139 days late, AR10: 504 days late, AR09: 745 days late, AR08: 313 days late, AR07: 14 days late, AR06: 68 days late, AR05: 184 days late, AR04: 59 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from HUGUENOTS OF SPITALFIELDS on 20/07/2023

Main office

FRENCH PROTESTANT CHURCH
8-9 SOHO SQUARE
LONDON
W1D 3QD

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY BEARING WITNESS OF THE GOSPEL IN THE TRADITION OF THE CONFESSION OF FAITH DRAWN UP AT PARIS IN 1559 (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE CONFESSION) AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH PRIMARILY TOWARDS THE FRENCH SPEAKING COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. THE DISCIPLINE ECCLESIASTIQUE OF 1641, THE REGLEMENTS DU CONSISTOIRE OF 1754, THE REGLEMENTS DES ANCIENS OF 1767 AND SUBSEQUENT REGLEMENTS (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO TOGETHER AS THE REGLEMENTS) FORM THE HISTORICAL BASIS OF THE CHURCH'S PRACTICE AND DOCTRINE AND ITS ADHERENCE TO THE REGLEMENTS IS DECLARED AND AFFIRMED INSOFAR AS THE CONSISTORY DECIDES THEM TO BE APPROPRIATE TO CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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