The Caen Memorial :  
Company Status : S.A.E.M.L. (Société Anonyme d'Économie Mixte Locale - Local authority semi-public limited company)
Majority shareholder : Caen town council (51,5 %).
Capital : 1,216,350 €
Chairman : Brigitte Le Brethon, MP and Mayor of Caen
Executive Manager : Stéphane Grimaldi
Turnover in millions of euros
(exclusive of tax): :
     


The Caen Memorial is self-financing for 95 % of its running costs.
We receive a 460,000-euro (2002 figures) annual subsidy from the Caen town council. This finances the Memorial's scientific activities.
   
A Quality Charter:
  The Caen Memorial has an ISO 9002 certification for all the services provided for our visitors. Certified in 1999 with a renewal in 2002, we were the first museum in France to obtain the qualification.
Shareholders :
Local authorities :
Caen town council: 51.5 %
Regional Council: 2%
County Council: 2%
Support Committees abroad :
 American Foundation: 6.5 %
British Foundation: 6.5 %
Canadian Foundation: 1 %
Banks :
Crédit Agricole: 4.5 %
Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations: 1 %
Société Générale: 1 %
Regional industrial stakeholders :
Carrefour: 6.5 %
SA Papeteries Hamelin: 1.5 %
Caen Chamber of Commerce: 1 %
Tourism stakeholders :
Astérix Theme Park: 3 %
Dupont-Esnee: 3 %
Tourisme Verney: 3 %
Caen Tourist Office: 2 %
Caen Expo Congres: 2 %
Brittany Ferries: 1.5 %
Staff :
1989 : 75 permanent employees
2001 : 100 permanent employees
2003 : 140 permanent employees
Entities with whom the Memorial financial has financial links :
Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations
France Télécom
Carrefour
Mutuelle Générale de l'Education Nationale / MGEN
PSA Peugeot Citroën
ONET
Commission Européenne
VivendI
Fondation Bosch
...
A few figures to help understand the Caen Memorial :
Area of the Memoriall : 14,000 m² on three levels, including 5,800 m² of permanent exhibitions
Turnover, exclusive of tax : 9,300 K€ (2002 figure)
Average length of visit : 6 hours
Number of employees : 140 permanent members of staff in 2002

Sources of capital investment :

In K€, exclusive of tax
1988
2002
TOTAL
Europe
5,488
5,488
French state
2,515
2,287
4,802
Normandy Region
3,659
1,143
4,802
County
762
1,143
1,905
Town
8,613
3, 659
12,272
TOTAL
15,549
13,720
29,269

Numbers of visitors (thousands)
 
We have the largest number of visitors of any French museum outside Paris.
Number of visitors: 478,000 per year (2002 figure)
   
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