LE SOUVENIR FRANCAIS AU ROYAUME-UNI

Charity number: 1185088
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The French War Graves Commission honours men and women who died serving France in the First and Second World Wars and subsequent conflicts and ensures they will never be forgotten. Le Souvenir Francais a pour vocation de maintenir la memoire de tous ceux qui, combattants de la liberte et du droit, sont morts pour la France, ou l ont bien servie.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £0
Total expenditure: £365

People

4 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Isle Of Man
  • Jersey
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 29 August 2019: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • FRENCH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION IN THE UK (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Thomas Liaudet Chair 29 August 2019
None on record
Edouard Jean De Guitaut Trustee 14 March 2025
None on record
Louis Trincano Trustee 29 August 2019
None on record
Gerald Carton Trustee 29 August 2019
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £709 £280 £1.72k £0
Total expenditure £553 £0 £1.53k £365
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 24 October 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 24 October 2024 On time
Annual return 31 December 2022 28 October 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 28 October 2023 On time
Annual return 31 December 2021 26 October 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 26 October 2022 On time
Annual return 31 December 2020 31 October 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 31 October 2021 On time
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 29 Aug 2019

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: (A) TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF GRAVES, CEMETERIES, BUILDING AND MEMORIALS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE NAVAL, MILITARY AND ARMED FORCES FROM FRANCE, INCLUDING THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN ALLIED FORCES AND JOINT TASK FORCES, WHO WERE KILLED DURING THE NAPOLEONIC WARS, THE FIRST WORLD WAR OR THE SECOND WORLD WAR, AS WELL AS OTHER CONFLICTS, INCLUDING RECENT ONES, WHERE SUCH FORCES WERE ENGAGED, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION), THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN GLOBALLY BY LE SOUVENIR FRANCAIS; (B) TO ADVANCE CITIZENSHIP AMONG THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OF FRANCE THROUGH THE COMMEMORATIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE NAVAL, MILITARY AND ARMED FORCES FROM FRANCE, INCLUDING THOSE SERVING IN ALLIED FORCES AND JOINT TASK FORCES, WHO WERE KILLED DURING THE NAPOLEONIC WARS, THE FIRST WORLD WAR OR THE SECOND WORLD WAR, AS WELL AS OTHER CONFLICTS, INCLUDING RECENT ONES, WHERE SUCH FORCES WERE ENGAGED; AND (C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF MAJOR CONFLICTS INCLUDING THE NAPOLEONIC WARS, THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR, AS WELL AS OTHER CONFLICTS WERE THOSE FORCES WERE ENGAGED, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION), THROUGH ADVANCING EDUCATION IN THE LIVES OF THOSE COMMEMORATED BY LE SOUVENIR FRANCAIS AND IN THE HISTORY OF RELEVANT CEMETERIES, BUILDINGS AND MEMORIALS LOCATED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Contact information

Address:
12 Connaught Square
LONDON
W2 2HG
Phone:
02074323725
Email:
information@le-souvenir-francais.uk
Website:

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