THE POLISH WRITERS ABROAD CHARITY

Registered charity 254181 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Union of Polish Writers Abroad, Zwiazek Pisarzy Polskich na Obczyznie (ZPPnO)

The Charity promotes Polish literature, education and heritage, focusing on writers abroad. Activities include author events, poetry readings, the annual Literary Prize, lectures, exhibitions, conferences and publishing. Through the Research Centre on the Legacy of Polish migration , it supports academic study of Polish literature in disapora. The charity maintains international membership.

Objects

TO ASSIST LITERARY WRITERS IN ENGLAND WHO ARE OR WERE OF POLISH NATIONALITY AND ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE.

Area of benefit: ENGLAND

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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Latest income
£18k
Latest spending
£32k
Registered
1967

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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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£18k£32k
31/12/2024£22k£18k
31/12/2023£24k£17k
31/12/2022£10k£12k
31/12/2021£12k£11k

Common questions

Who funds THE POLISH WRITERS ABROAD CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE POLISH WRITERS ABROAD CHARITY as a grant recipient include THE POLONIA AID FOUNDATION TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE POLONIA AID FOUNDATION TRUSTFY2025£1kThe Polish Writers Abroad Charity

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/09/2023£10k"Unveiling the Heritage: Krystyna Bednarczyk (1923–2011) – Polish Poet and Co-founder of Poets' and Painters' Press in London"