DERBY POLISH SUPPLEMENTARY SCHOOL

Registered charity 1188433 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as POLSKA SZKOLA W DERBY

Charitable organisation promoting the education of children and young people on the subject of the Polish language, culture, geography, history, religion and tradition, in particular but not exclusively by providing a supplementary Polish Saturday school in Derby.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ON THE SUBJECT OF THE POLISH LANGUAGE, CULTURE, GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, RELIGION AND TRADITION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING A SUPPLEMENTARY POLISH SATURDAY SCHOOL IN DERBY.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £3,982 for the year ended 31 August 2025, compared to a deficit of £1,982 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, the charity aims to maintain a positive bank account balance as its reserves policy. Free/unrestricted reserves (bank balance) decreased from £46,647 to £42,664 during the period.

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 5 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Stowarzyszenie „Wspólnota Polska” — “Informujemy, że nasza placówka otrzymała za pośrednictwem Stowarzyszenia „Wspólnota Polska” dofinansowanie ze środków budżetu państwa” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Leonida Kinga Bandurachair
• Aleksandra Agata Jagus
• Czeslawa Halina McIntosh
• Fr Roman Kossakowski
• Jakub Andrzej Rypniewski

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

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