POLISH CULTURAL FOUNDATION LIMITED

Registered charity 277603 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as POLSKA FUNDACJA KULTURALNA

The charity's principal activities is the publishing of books for the Polish community and promoting through it's subsidiary undertaking the publishing of the "Polish Daily" and "Polish Weekly" newspaper.

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Latest income

£149k

Latest spending

£120k

Registered

1979

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £29,524 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted reserves of £32,513. The trustees confirmed the organization has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain funds to provide the necessary support to PDP to continue publishing the 'Polish Weekly' newspaper (held: £33k)

“It is the policy of the charitable company to maintain funds to provide the necessary support to PDP to continue publishing the 'Polish Weekly' newspaper.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Funders the charity credits

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

Kancelaria Senatu RP — “Zadanie współfinansowane ze środków Kancelarii Senatu RP w ramach konkursu ofert na realizację zadań publicznych w zakresie opieki nad Polon…” (source page)
Minister Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej — “Dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Aleksandra Podhorodecka · trustee of 1 other charity
Barbara Izabella Korzeniowska
Barbara Miroslawa Weimann
JAN TARCZYNSKI
Malgorzata Urszula Bialic
Maria Kruczkowska Young
Stefan Antoni Kasprzyk
Wlodzimierz Antony Christopher Mier-Jedrzejowicz · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£149k	£120k
31/12/2023	£157k	£150k
31/12/2022	£121k	£135k
31/12/2021	£76k	£76k
31/12/2020	£131k	£113k

Common questions

Is POLISH CULTURAL FOUNDATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £29,524 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted reserves of £32,513. The trustees confirmed the organization has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds POLISH CULTURAL FOUNDATION LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name POLISH CULTURAL FOUNDATION LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE POLONIA AID FOUNDATION TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE POLONIA AID FOUNDATION TRUST	FY2021	£3k
THE POLONIA AID FOUNDATION TRUST	FY2022	£2k	Larger donations
THE POLONIA AID FOUNDATION TRUST	FY2025	£0	Polish Cultural Foundation Limited

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 POSK FOUNDATION	1	£144k
Advance Nottingham	1	£27k
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIES	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Polish Social and Cultural Association.

Polish Social and Cultural Association income £1.6m
THE SIGNPOST TO POLISH SUCCESS income £130k
POLISH WOMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £221k
POLISH UNIVERSITY ABROAD income £497k
THE ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS OF POLISH CHILDREN income £138k
POLISH PARENTS' ASSOCIATION OF TADEUSZ KOSCIUSZKO POLISH SATURDAYSCHOOL IN EALING income £306k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
POLISH CULTURAL FOUNDATION LIMITED	£149k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Polish Social and Cultural Association FY2024	£1.6m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SIGNPOST TO POLISH SUCCESS FY2025	£130k	—	above	—	no doubt
POLISH WOMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2024	£221k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
POLISH UNIVERSITY ABROAD FY2025	£497k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS OF POLISH CHILDREN FY2024	£138k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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