THE POLISH SATURDAY SCHOOL IN READING

Registered charity 1170127 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as POLSKA SZKOłA SOBOTNIA W READING

The object of The Polish Saturday School in Reading is to advance education of young people between the ages of 4 and 20 in Reading and in surrounding areas, in Polish language, literature, history, geography, culture, tradition and Christian values.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 4 AND 20 IN READING AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, IN POLISH LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, CULTURE, TRADITION AND CHRISTIAN VALUES.

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: Reading, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £67,809, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover operational costs for the next academic year. Total income for the year was £50,796, primarily from school fees, while total payments amounted to £55,252, resulting in a net decrease in cash funds. Staff remuneration represented 78% of total payments, indicating a high concentration of expenditure on personnel.

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 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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 31/08/2023 (received 04/07/2024, 4 days after the 30/06/2024 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

• OLIWIA MILEK-RICHARDSchair
• JOANNA DADEJ
• MALGORZATA NIEDBALO
• Rev RAFAL JAROSLAWSKI · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Reading · West Berkshire · Wokingham

Income and spending

Common questions

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• THE ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS OF POLISH CHILDREN income £142k

Side by side with its peers

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