**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1127089**
## Report of the Trustees and
Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
for
Parent Association of Maria Konopnicka Polish Saturday School Willesden
Parent Association of Maria Konopnicka Polish Saturday School Willesden
Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
Review of the Year 2024/2025
The Charity's objectives are to advance education of children attending the Polish school of Maria Konopnicka in Willesden Green by maintaining and developing the school and providing resources and teaching facilities within. it.
Pupil numbers and fees
Our educational activities are carried out from nursery up to A Level. Pupil numbers at our school was lower than our target and totalled 290.
We have managed to keep our fees at the same level for the consecutive year and they were:
- Family with one child £440 per academic year
- Family with two children £680 per academic year
- Family with three children £780 per academic year
- Family with four children £880 per academic year
- Family with five children £880 per academic year
## Public Benefit
The trustees have consulted the guidance made available by the Charity Commission for England and Wales on the Public Benefit requirement of the Charities Act 2011.
The trustees are confident that they have complied with their duty under the Charities Act 2011 in that they have had due regard to public benefit guidance published by the Commission.
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Parent Association of Maria Konopnicka Polish Saturday School Willesden
Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
## **ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE**
**.**
The school team worked very hard during the whole academic year to run Saturday school and improve quality of the service provided. On-line meetings between teachers and parents were still organized as this was sufficient and effective way to contact each other and share all important information. Teacher trainings was conducted on the same principles. We are very proud for our team which worked very hard to obtain a grants and donation to help running polish school, manage expenses and events for our pupils. The School is grateful for sponsoring our events by Polish Village Bread which donate to the school delicious cakes, polish shops for donation delicious sausages for our end of year grill and at least we are so warming surprise for donation by polish community.
The school is very proud of its excellent levels of academic success but equally proud of its outstanding pastoral care, the wide range of extra- curricular opportunities available through the commitment of Governing Body as well as teaching staff and volunteers. The school in the last year has provided lots of services:
1. Mainly teaching the Polish language, History and Geography
2. Religious studies (Christian)
3. Art and Music lessons for our younger pupils
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Reserves policy**
The Trustees policy is to maintain reserves at a level which will allow the charity to operate for the foreseeable future while endeavouring to set aside funds in a building fund.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
The Charity is governed by a constitution adopted on 26 April 2008 as amended on 25 OCtober 2008 and is registered with the Charity Commission. Charity Registration No 1127089
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number**
1127089
## **Principal address**
St. Marys & St. Johns C Of E School Downage London NW4 1AB
## **Trustees**
Mrs U Pedzik (Chairman) J Iwaszkiewicz R Machnik Mrs W Gnys Mrs A Banik Mrs J Roszkowska Mrs M Robalewska
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Parent Association of Maria Konopnicka Polish Saturday School Willesden
## Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
Approved by order of the board of trustees on ............................................. and signed on its behalf by:
.......................................................... Trustee
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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Parent Association of Maria Konopnicka Polish Saturday School Willesden
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Parent Association of Maria Konopnicka Polish Saturday School Willesden**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Parent Association of Maria Konopnicka Polish Saturday School Willesden (the Trust) for the year ended 31 August 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under Section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by Section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Adam Puzniak FCCA
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
28 June 2026
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Parent Association of Maria Konopnicka Polish Saturday School Willesden
## Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
|Notes
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Parental contributions
**Charitable activities**
Grant
Activity for generating funds
2
Other income
3
**Total**
**EXPENDITURE ON**
**Charitable activities**
Fundraising
Bank interest
Staff Costs
School Costs
**Total**
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**|School
fund
£
89,003
25,912
9,730
-
124,645
757
399
63,087
68,296
132,539
(7,894)
103,443
95,549|Restricted
funds
£
-
-
-
1,480
1,480
-
-
-
-
-
1,480
145,415
146,895|31.8.25
Total
funds
£
89,003
25,912
9,730
1,480
126,125
757
399
63,087
68,296
132,539
(6,414)
248,858
242,444|31.8.24
Total
funds
£
101,792
20,288
3,728
1,389
127,197
-
281
59,439
68,311
128,031
(834)
249,692
248,858|
|---|---|---|---|---|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## Parent Association of Maria Konopnicka Polish Saturday School Willesden
## Balance Sheet
## 31 August 2025
|Notes
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
6
Cash at bank and in hand
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
7
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**
**LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
**FUNDS**
9
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**|31.8.25
£
15,155
235,418
250,573
(8,129)
242,444
242,444
242,444
95,549
146,895
242,444|31.8.24
£
14,377
247,752
262,129
(13,271)
248,858
248,858
248,858
103,443
145,415
248,858|
|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on ............................................. and were signed on its behalf by:
.............................................
## Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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Parent Association of Maria Konopnicka Polish Saturday School Willesden
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of preparing the financial statements**
The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
## **Income**
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
## **Expenditure**
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
## **Hire purchase and leasing commitments**
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.
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Parent Association of Maria Konopnicka Polish Saturday School Willesden
## Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
## **2. ACTIVITY FOR GENERATING FUNDS**
## **3.**
|**ACTIVITY FOR GENERATING FUNDS**|||
|---|---|---|
||31.8.25|31.8.24|
||£|£|
|Fundraising events|-|570|
|Event income (BBQ)|9,730|3,158|
||9,730|3,728|
|**OTHER INCOME**|||
|Bank interest|31.8.25
£
1,480|31.8.24
£
1,389|
## **4. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 August 2025 nor for the year ended 31 August 2024.
## **Trustees' expenses**
There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 August 2025 nor for the year ended 31 August 2024.
## **5. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Parental contributions
**Charitable activities**
Grant
Activity for generating funds
Other income
**Total**
**EXPENDITURE ON**
**Charitable activities**
Bank interest
Staff Costs
School Costs
**Total**
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**|School
fund
£
101,792
20,288
3,728
-
125,808
281
59,439
68,311
128,031
(2,223)|Restricted
funds
£
-
-
-
1,389
1,389
-
-
-
-
1,389|Total
funds
£
101,792
20,288
3,728
1,389
127,197
281
59,439
68,311
128,031
(834)|
|---|---|---|---|
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## Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
|**5.**|**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued**|**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued**|**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued**|**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued**|**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||School|Restricted|Total|
||||fund|funds|funds|
||||£|£|£|
||**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**|||||
||Total funds brought forward||105,666|144,026|249,692|
||**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED**|||||
||**FORWARD**||103,443|145,415|248,858|
|**6.**|**DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**|||||
||Debtors|||31.8.25
£
10,555|31.8.24
£
9,777|
||Other debtors|||4,600|4,600|
|||||15,155|14,377|
|**7.**|**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**|||||
||Creditors|||31.8.25
£
51|31.8.24
£
4,386|
||Taxation and social security|||6,404|3,607|
||Other creditors|||1,674|5,278|
|||||8,129|13,271|
|**8.**|**ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS**|||||
||Current assets|School
fund
£
103,678|Restricted
funds
£
146,895|31.8.25
Total
funds
£
250,573|31.8.24
Total
funds
£
262,129|
||Current liabilities|(8,129)|-|(8,129)|(13,271)|
|||95,549|146,895|242,444|248,858|
|||||||
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Parent Association of Maria Konopnicka Polish Saturday School Willesden
## Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
|**9.**
**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
At 1.9.24
£
**Unrestricted funds**
School fund
103,443
**Restricted funds**
Restricted funds
145,415
**TOTAL FUNDS**
248,858
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming
resources
£
**Unrestricted funds**
School fund
124,645
**Restricted funds**
Restricted funds
1,480
**TOTAL FUNDS**
126,125
**Comparatives for movement in funds**
At 1.9.23
£
**Unrestricted funds**
School fund
105,666
**Restricted funds**
Restricted funds
144,026
**TOTAL FUNDS**
249,692|Net
movement
in funds
£
(7,894)
1,480
(6,414)
Resources
expended
£
(132,539)
-
(132,539)
Net
movement
in funds
£
(2,223)
1,389
(834)|At
31.8.25
£
95,549
146,895
242,444
Movement
in funds
£
(7,894)
1,480
(6,414)
At
31.8.24
£
103,443
145,415
248,858|
|---|---|---|
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Parent Association of Maria Konopnicka Polish Saturday School Willesden
## Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
## **9. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
||Incoming|Resources|Movement|
|---|---|---|---|
||resources|expended|in funds|
||£|£|£|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||
|School fund|125,808|(128,031)|(2,223)|
|**Restricted funds**||||
|Restricted funds|1,389|-|1,389|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|127,197|(128,031)|(834)|
|A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:||||
|**Unrestricted funds**|At 1.9.23
£|Net
movement
in funds
£|At
31.8.25
£|
|School fund|105,666|(10,117)|95,549|
|**Restricted funds**||||
|Restricted funds|144,026|2,869|146,895|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|249,692|(7,248)|242,444|
|A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined||net movement in fund||
|included in the above are as follows:||||
|**Unrestricted funds**|Incoming
resources
£|Resources
expended
£|Movement
in funds
£|
|School fund|250,453|(260,570)|(10,117)|
|**Restricted funds**||||
|Restricted funds|2,869|-|2,869|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|253,322|(260,570)|(7,248)|
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
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Parent Association of Maria Konopnicka Polish Saturday School Willesden
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
## **10. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES**
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 August 2025.
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Parent Association of Maria Konopnicka Polish Saturday School Willesden
## Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**
**Parental contributions**
Gifts
**Activity for generating funds**
Fundraising events
Event income (BBQ)
**Other income**
Bank interest
**Charitable activities**
Grants
**Total incoming resources**
**EXPENDITURE**
**Charitable activities**
Wages
Premises costs
Insurance
Telephone
Postage and stationery
Events costs
School expenses other
**Support costs**
**Finance**
Bank charges
**Information technology**
Equipment
**Other**
Sundries|31.8.25
£
89,003
-
9,730
9,730
1,480
25,912
126,125
60,561
45,802
918
1,452
1,425
3,682
9,882
123,722
399
4,961
2,507|31.8.24
£
101,792
570
3,158
3,728
1,389
20,288
127,197
57,514
40,602
929
1,824
1,096
12,381
8,608
122,954
281
1,209
2,867|
|---|---|---|
This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements
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## Parent Association of Maria Konopnicka Polish Saturday School Willesden
## Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
|**Other**
**Governance costs**
Accountancy and legal fees
Total resources expended
**Net expenditure**|31.8.25
£
950
132,539
(6,414)|31.8.24
£
720
128,031
(834)|
|---|---|---|
This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements
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Parent Association of Maria Konopnicka Polish Saturday School Willesden
Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
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|Report of the Trustees|1 to 3|
|Independent Examiner's Report|4|
|Statement of Financial Activities|5|
|Balance Sheet|6|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|7 to 12|
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities|13 to 14|