POLISH UNIVERSITY ABROAD

Registered charity 298510 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as P U N O, POLISH UNIVERSITY IN LONDON, PUNO

PROVIDING EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR TO STUDENTS OF POLISH ORIGIN, BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE CHARITABLE IN LAW.

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Latest income
£497k
Latest spending
£92k
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net assets increased significantly from £9,726 to £415,385, driven largely by a legacy receipt of £397,149 allocated to the Investment Fund. Per the trustees' report, the charity received £9,645 in donations and maintained unrestricted reserves of £16,952 at the year-end.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Polish University Abroad (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hammersmith And Fulham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/08/2025£497k£92k
30/08/2024£49k£49k
30/08/2023£64k£62k
30/08/2022£39k£55k
30/08/2021£61k£52k

Common questions

Is POLISH UNIVERSITY ABROAD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that net assets increased significantly from £9,726 to £415,385, driven largely by a legacy receipt of £397,149 allocated to the Investment Fund. Per the trustees' report, the charity received £9,645 in donations and maintained unrestricted reserves of £16,952 at the year-end. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/10/2019£10k"The Polish University Abroad for all generations II"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/11/2014£7k"The Polish University Abroad for all generations"

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with POLISH PARENTS' ASSOCIATION OF TADEUSZ KOSCIUSZKO POLISH SATURDAYSCHOOL IN EALING.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
POLISH UNIVERSITY ABROAD£497k0unclearno doubt
POLISH PARENTS' ASSOCIATION OF TADEUSZ KOSCIUSZKO POLISH SATURDAYSCHOOL IN EALING FY2025£306k0unclearno doubt
ST. JOHN'S THE EVANGELIST ROMAN CATHOLIC POLISH CHURCH PRESERVATION TRUST FY2025£174k0unclearno doubt
POLISH CULTURAL FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2024£149k0unclearno doubt
ZLOTCHIV FY2023£724k0unclearno doubt
Friends of Palestinian Universities FY2024£291k0unclearno doubt

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