Centre éducatif et culturel Saint-François

Centre éducatif et culturel Saint-François is a registered arts & culture nonprofit based in Ath, Hainaut, Belgium. It is registered with the Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO). It was founded in 1974 and has been operating for 52 years. Its registration number is 0414.231.966. GiveRadar's Integrity Assessment for the organization is 73/100, which reflects how much public information is available, not whether the charity is legitimate. The organization reports €10M in annual revenue. No red flags have been detected.

Centre éducatif et culturel Saint-François's official registration number is 0414.231.966, as recorded in the national registry of Belgium.

Centre éducatif et culturel Saint-François has a GiveRadar Integrity Assessment of 73/100. This score combines five components: Registration (20 pts), Financial Transparency (30 pts), Governance (20 pts), Contact Availability (10 pts), and Data Recency (20 pts), with negative adjustments for any red flags. A score of 73 ('Strong transparency') reflects well-documented governance, recent financials, named leadership, and working contact details. For comparison, the average integrity assessment for arts & culture charities in Belgium is 70/100.

Centre éducatif et culturel Saint-François is located in Ath, Hainaut, Belgium. The organization was established in 1974 and has been active for 52 years.

Based on official tax filings, Centre éducatif et culturel Saint-François has €10M in annual revenue. Its revenue is significantly above the peer average of €2M. Create a free GiveRadar account to view the complete financial breakdown with year-over-year trends.

Centre éducatif et culturel Saint-François is classified as an Arts & Culture organization, registered in Belgium. It operates as a VZW / ASBL. It has €10M in annual revenue.

No red flags have been detected for Centre éducatif et culturel Saint-François. GiveRadar automatically screens charities for concerning patterns including high executive compensation, low program spending, and missing financial filings. Based on available official data, no issues have been identified.

According to GiveRadar's records, Centre éducatif et culturel Saint-François is registered with the Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO) and overseen by the KBO. GiveRadar provides data for research and does not endorse any organization. A GiveRadar Integrity Assessment reflects how much public data is available, not whether an organization is safe to donate to, so it is always smart to do your own research before giving.

Among arts & culture charities registered in Belgium: Its annual revenue of €10M is well above the peer average of €2M.

Centre éducatif et culturel Saint-François is registered in Belgium. Donations of at least 40 euros per year to recognized Belgian nonprofits are tax-deductible, providing a tax reduction of 45% of the donated amount. The organization must have formal recognition from the Federal Ministry of Finance.

Centre éducatif et culturel Saint-François is a Belgian non-profit association (VZW in Dutch / ASBL in French) - the country's standard legal form for civic, cultural, charitable and sports associations. A VZW/ASBL is a separate legal entity governed by a general assembly and a board of directors, regulated by the Code of Companies and Associations (CSA / WVV). VZW/ASBL is the dominant legal form for Belgian charities, civic associations, cultural and sports groups: there are roughly 145,000 of them on file at the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO). It is registered with the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen / Banque-Carrefour des Entreprises), with KBO number 0414.231.966.

You can verify Centre éducatif et culturel Saint-François's legal status in three ways. First, look up the KBO record directly: https://kbopub.economie.fgov.be/kbopub/zoeknummerform.html and enter 0414.231.966 (or 0414231966). The result page shows the official name, legal form, address, status, and registration date. Second, look up the most recent annual accounts at the National Bank of Belgium Central Balance Sheet Office (https://consult.cbso.nbb.be/consult-enterprise) using the same KBO number - Belgian non-profits above the small-association threshold (around €312,000 in revenue, or any with paid staff) are legally required to file there each year. Third, every legal-form change, board appointment, statute amendment, dissolution and registration appears as a public notice in the Moniteur belge / Belgisch Staatsblad (https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be) - searchable by KBO number. If those three sources agree on name, address and current legal form, the organisation is legitimate.

Contact Centre éducatif et culturel Saint-François directly for current donation methods. Belgian charities typically accept domestic transfers via Bancontact, SEPA bank transfer, and online payment processors (Mollie, Stripe). A large share of larger Belgian charities channel donations through the King Baudouin Foundation (KBS-FRB / kbs-frb.be), which administers project funds and issues the fiscal certificate on behalf of the recipient charity. International donors can give by SEPA transfer (Belgium is in the eurozone, so intra-EU transfers are inexpensive), PayPal, or fundraising platforms common in Belgium such as iRaiser, HelloAsso, Donorbox, and GoFundMe. Always confirm the recipient's IBAN and KBO/enterprise number before sending funds, and ask the organisation to send the fiscal certificate (fiscale attest / attestation fiscale) for donations of 40 euros or more if you intend to claim the 45% tax reduction.

Yes - Centre éducatif et culturel Saint-François filed its FY2025 annual accounts with the National Bank of Belgium Central Balance Sheet Office (NBB CBSO). The filing is public and can be downloaded (PDF, XBRL or CSV) at https://consult.cbso.nbb.be/consult-enterprise/0414231966. Headline figures for the latest filing: total operating income €10,303,929; total operating expenses €9,969,462; total assets €9,251,529. Belgian non-profits above the small-association threshold are legally required to file annual accounts with the NBB; small VZW/ASBL below the threshold may file an abbreviated micro-model or no filing at all.

Centre éducatif et culturel Saint-François is based in Ath, in the Walloon Region (French-speaking). Belgium is a federal state with three regions (Flemish, Walloon, Brussels-Capital) and three official language communities (Dutch, French, and a German-speaking community in the east). Charities may operate in one or all of these.