THE POLISH INSTITUTE AND SIKORSKI MUSEUM

Registered charity 312168 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To collect, preserve and interpret through the material evidence of Poland's past, especially that connected with the activities of the Polish Government-in-Exileand it's Armed Forces 1939-45, for the public benefit, education and enjoyment

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £9,284,749, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MGR Weston Kay LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00401816

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WOJCIK, Michael — director, appointed 08/04/2024on trustee list
• LASOCKI, Ludomir — director, appointed 04/12/2023on trustee list
• BILDZIUK, Danuta — director, appointed 21/10/2023on trustee list
• KORWIN SZYMANOWSKI, John Teodor — director, appointed 10/02/2022on trustee list
• NOSALIK, Andrew Wojciech — director, appointed 30/04/2019on trustee list
• NOWAKOWSKI, Christopher — director, appointed 30/04/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~118.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/11/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (02/08/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Wojciech Nosalik
• Christopher Nowakowski
• Danuta Bildziuk
• John Korwin-Szymanowski
• LUDOMIR LASOCKI
• Michael Wojcik · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout London

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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