THE CIECHANOWIECKI FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1078327 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To enrich the collection of works of art and memorabilia at the Museum of the Royal Castle in Warsaw.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL AND THE INCOME FOR OR TOWARDS THE FURTHERANCE OF AESTHETIC EDUCATION IN POLAND AND IN PARTICULAR AT THE ROYAL CASTLE IN WARSAW :-(A) TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES PARTICULARLY FOR THE HANDICAPPED (B) TO FACILITATE THE PUBLICATION OF BOOKS AND ACADEMIC WORKS (C) TO PROVIDE BURSARIES AND OTHER AWARDS TO SUCH ACADEMIC STAFF OF THE MUSEUM OF ROYAL CASTLE IN WARSAW AS SHALL BE CHOSEN BY THE DIRECTORS THEREOF OR OTHER OFFICERS FOR THE TIME BEING WHO SHALL BE IN CHARGE OF THE MUSEUM (D) TO ENRICH THE COLLECTION OF WORKS OF ART AND MEMORABILIA AT THE MUSEUM (E) TO CONSERVE AND PRESERVE WORKS OF ART AT THE MUSEUM PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FOR THE PERIOD OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THIS DEED INSTEAD OF APPLYING THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN ANY YEAR ACCUMULATE ALL OR ANY PART OF SUCH INCOME AT COMPOUND INTEREST BY INVESTING THE SAME AND THE RESULTING INCOME IN ANY OF THE AUTHORISED INVESTMENTS AND HOLD THE SAME AS AN ACCRETION TO AND AS PART OF THE CAPITAL OF THE CHARITY WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THEIR RIGHT TO APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF SUCH ACCUMULATED INCOME IN ANY SUBSEQUENT YEAR AS IF THE SAME WERE INCOME OF THE CHARITY ARISING IN THE THEN CURRENT YEAR.

Area of benefit: POLAND

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Tunbridge Wells, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,688,454, which the trustees consider sufficient for the charity's purposes. The charity reported a net movement in funds of a loss of £132,973 for the year, primarily driven by charitable expenditure exceeding investment income. The filing confirms the charity is prepared on a going concern basis with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/05/2023 (received 23/04/2024, 23 days after the 31/03/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adam Zamoyski · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrej Rottermund
• COUNT MICHAEL BADENI
• COUNTESS KATARZYNA RACZYNSKA
• PETER J M SCOTT
• TERESA MROZEK-FOLKIERSKA

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Poland

Income and spending

Common questions

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• J E POSNANSKY CHARITABLE TRUST income £133k
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Side by side with its peers

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