THE SIGNPOST TO POLISH SUCCESS

Registered charity 1126928 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

SPS services include: English language courses, 1-2-1 information/signposting sessions, publishing Polish monthly newspaper "East Midlands po Polsku" informing about local life, maintaining www.empp.co.uk, organising workshops, social gatherings, events, developing a sense of community, working towards community cohesion. SPS organised FestiWal 2009 - A Community Festival with a Polish Flavour.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£130k
Latest spending
£109k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £15,519 for the year ended 28 February 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £134,629. The trustees confirm that these reserves are sufficient to provide services for at least six months in the event of future funding failure, indicating a stable financial position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 6 months (held: £135k)
“We also have enough money in our accounts to make sure that SPS can provide its services for at least 6 months in case we fail to obtain any future funding.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£130k£109k
29/02/2024£79k£97k
28/02/2023£47k£91k
28/02/2022£124k£112k
28/02/2021£133k£100k

Common questions

Is THE SIGNPOST TO POLISH SUCCESS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £15,519 for the year ended 28 February 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £134,629. The trustees confirm that these reserves are sufficient to provide services for at least six months in the event of future funding failure, indicating a stable financial position. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE SIGNPOST TO POLISH SUCCESS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SIGNPOST TO POLISH SUCCESS as a grant recipient include Advance Nottingham.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Advance NottinghamFY2023£10k
Advance NottinghamFY2024£9k
Advance NottinghamFY2022£8kRestricted

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/09/2023£249kFacing Challenges Together
The National Lottery Community Fund30/11/2016£471kNo To Disadvantage
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/03/2013£49k"Polish Heritage in Nottingham and the East Midlands"
The National Lottery Community Fund14/12/2011£300kVoice for Vulnerable Communities

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE POLONIA AID FOUNDATION TRUST2£6k
THE POSK FOUNDATION1£144k
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIES1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with POLISH CULTURAL FOUNDATION LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SIGNPOST TO POLISH SUCCESS£130k—0above—no doubt
POLISH CULTURAL FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2024£149k—0unclear—no doubt
POLISH ASSOCIATION GLOUCESTERSHIRE FY2025£118k—0unclear—no doubt
THE POLISH SATURDAY SCHOOL IN MANCHESTER FY2025£199k—0unclear—no doubt
Polish Social and Cultural Association FY2024£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
ST. JOHN'S THE EVANGELIST ROMAN CATHOLIC POLISH CHURCH PRESERVATION TRUST FY2025£174k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.