VERITAS CATHOLIC EDUCATION, WELFARE AND CULTURE FOUNDATION (COMMONLY KNOWN AS VERITAS FOUNDATION)

Registered charity 234148 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote Polish culture and provide assistance to the Catholic Church in its pastoral work, especially for the Polish community in Britain through the printing and publication of books and periodicals, and through the provision of scholarships to students and researchers engaged in the field of spiritual and educational welfare of the Polish community in the UK.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£197k

Latest spending

£198k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £3,808,820, derived primarily from rental income and service charges. The trustees are satisfied with the results and confident that the charity is able to continue operating at the current level of activity for the foreseeable future. The charity has no employees and incurred a small net expenditure for the year.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

WOJCIECH PLAZAKchair
ALEXANDER GROCHOLSKI
Agnieszka Okonska
JACK BIEL
JOANNA TOBIASIEWICZ

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£197k	£198k
31/03/2024	£176k	£184k
31/03/2023	£158k	£179k
31/03/2022	£154k	£185k
31/03/2021	£184k	£107k

Common questions

Is VERITAS CATHOLIC EDUCATION, WELFARE AND CULTURE FOUNDATION (COMMONLY KNOWN AS VERITAS FOUNDATION) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £3,808,820, derived primarily from rental income and service charges. The trustees are satisfied with the results and confident that the charity is able to continue operating at the current level of activity for the foreseeable future. The charity has no employees and incurred a small net expenditure for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE POLONIA AID FOUNDATION TRUST	2	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VERITAS COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL.

VERITAS COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL income £784k
POLISH CULTURAL FOUNDATION LIMITED income £149k
THE POLISH CATHOLIC MISSION income £7.5m
ST. JOHN'S THE EVANGELIST ROMAN CATHOLIC POLISH CHURCH PRESERVATION TRUST income £174k
MARIAN FATHERS CHARITABLE TRUST income £843k
POLISH UNIVERSITY ABROAD income £497k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
VERITAS CATHOLIC EDUCATION, WELFARE AND CULTURE FOUNDATION (COMMONLY KNOWN AS VERITAS FOUNDATION)	£197k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
VERITAS COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL FY2025	£784k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
POLISH CULTURAL FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2024	£149k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE POLISH CATHOLIC MISSION FY2024	£7.5m	—	above	—	no doubt
ST. JOHN'S THE EVANGELIST ROMAN CATHOLIC POLISH CHURCH PRESERVATION TRUST FY2025	£174k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MARIAN FATHERS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£843k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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