L'ecole Francaise de Bristol

Analysis

L'ecole Francaise de Bristol is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in April 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02463900). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, L'ecole Francaise de Bristol reported income of £592k and spending of £551k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £264k to £592k (+124%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, L'ecole Francaise de Bristol sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ashton Gate Out of School Care (£591k), Emmanuel Christian School Oxford (£592k) and Solutions Not Sides (£590k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 74% and donations and legacies 26%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £282k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.