2020-04-05-accounts

The Polish Language and Cultural Centre in Nottingham (Registered charity, number 1139846) Financial statements for the year ended 05 April 2020

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2 - 4	Trustees’ annual report
5	Independent examiner’s report
6	Receipts & payments account
7	Statement of assets & liabilities
8	Notes to the accounts

The Polish Language and Cultural Centre in Nottingham Trustees’ annual report for the year ended 05 April 2020

Full name The Polish Language and Cultural Centre in Nottingham

Other names by which the charity is known

Polska Szkola Przedmiotów Ojczystych im. św. Kazimierza

Registered charity number 1139846

Principal address

9 Lindum Road, Nottingham, NG6 0QR

Trustees

Marta Zarzycka, Chairperson Karolina Kossendowska Jolanta Nanda, Treasurer Pawel Gminski Krzysztof Burczynski, from 19/10/19 Monika Iwan-Adefolaju, until 5/4/20

Independent examiner

John O’Brien, employee of Community Accounting Plus, Units 1 & 2, North West, 41 Talbot Street, Nottingham, NG1 5GL

Governance and management

The charity is operated under the rules of its constitution adopted 22 November 2008.

New trustees are usually recruited as part of the AGM or during the year with the agreement (vote) of the trustees.

Objectives and activities

The objects of the school shall be to provide education in the Polish language, literature, culture and traditions for children and young people and provide a range of opportunities for greater integration within the English community.

Public benefit statement

The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit, 'Charities and Public Benefit'.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit

• Renting appropriate premises for children to learn in safe and comfortable conditions;

• Employing qualified teaching staff to teach children and young people of different ages;

• Ensuring high standards of teaching to enable the young people to take their GCSE and A Level examinations;

• Working with local universities and other education organisations such as IntoUniversity;

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• Organising subsidised educational trips;

• Taking part in national poetry competitions;

• Encouraging parental involvement in their children’s education;

• Employing appropriate administrative staff;

• Raising the local profile of the school and helping Polish children and parents to integrate with the English community;

• Raising funds;

• Working with Nottingham City Council to ensure high quality of teaching and maximise the safety of the students;

• Co-operating with other Polish organisations in the UK and in Poland;

• Organising workshops for parents and teachers, “Bilingualism connects and empowers – practical ways to support bilingual child development”;

• Basic first aid classes for the whole school provided by St. Johns Ambulance.

Summary of the main achievements during the period

• Renting appropriate premises for children to learn in safe and comfortable conditions. The school has 537 students from 4 to 18 years of age. Through the years, they are prepared for the GCSE and A-Level exams;

• Investment in multi-media platforms alongside an updated website;

• Applying for various grants to help keep the school fees down;

• Employing qualified teaching staff to teach children and young people of different ages;

• Providing further training for our teachers via special conferences;

• Employment of volunteers;

• Working with local universities and other education organisations such as IntoUniversity. IntoUniversity provided a visit to a local university so that students would get a feel for the types of courses available and what university life may be like, as well as the costs involved. This was backed up by a visit to a local university;

• Taking part in a national poetry competition;

• Encouraging parental involvement in their children’s educations;

• Raising funds by running school fairs and Christmas dances organised by parents;

• Organising extracurricular activities to promote Polish culture (e.g. Polish folk dancing, arts and crafts class).

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Our school encourages not only parents to organise special events for the school but also has 5 to 9 volunteers a year helping on a regular basis in the classrooms. We also have parent groups organising fund raising activities within the school and outside of the school.

Covid restrictions.

The lockdowns and tier restrictions have had an impact on the centre. We are supporting our students remotely during these difficult times .

The charity’s policy on reserves

We aim to keep a reserve of around £30,000. This can vary depending on the grants received.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:

Signed _________ Date _ 01/03/2021 _ Marta Zarzycka, Trustee

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Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of The Polish Language and Cultural Centre in Nottingham for the year ended 05 April 2020

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Polish Language and Cultural Centre in Nottingham (the charity) for the year ended 05 April 2020.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the charity 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 charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the 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 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 charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or

2. the accounts do not accord with those records.

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.

Signed ____ Date _______ 1/3/2021 John O’Brien MSc, FCCA, FCIE Employee of Community Accounting Plus

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The Polish Language and Cultural Centre in Nottingham Receipts & payments account for the year ended 05 April 2020

2019 £ Note Receipts 21797 Grants & donations 2 69145 School fees 6839 Parental contributions 1083 Sales 4511 Activities & events 2114 Trip contributions 1080 Sundry receipts 106569 Total receipts Payments 4957 Activities & trips - Web hosting & multi media 490 Equipment, repairs & renewals 2417 Freelance staff 4594 Gifts & prizes 696 Independent examination 1203 Photocopying 1711 Professional fees 537 Publications & subscriptions 25370 Rent 55347 Salaries & NI 4 Sundry payments 744 Telephone, postage & website 10065 Text books & stationery 850 Training & conferences 161 Travel expenses 109146 Total payments (2577) Net receipts/(payments) 67885 Cash funds at start of this period 65308 Cash funds at end of this period	2020 £ 12320 83149 2540 - 4540 1438 600
	104587
	4301 7111 237 2262 2514 720 804 2488 - 19186 54741 - 468 9071 40 -
	103943
	644 65308
	65952

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The Polish Language and Cultural Centre in Nottingham Statement of assets and liabilities at 05 April 2020

2019			2020
£	Cash assets	Note	£
65308	Bank accounts		65952
65308			65952
	Other monetary assets
1090	Debtor - School fees		1438
1090			1438

Assets retained for the charity’s own use

Copier purchased in November 2017, cost £2,430.

3 Dell laptops purchased in October 2017, total cost £1,748. General equipment including furniture.

	Liabilities
(3458)	Creditors	3	(2598)
(6000)	Advance receipt - Grant		-
(9458)			(2598)

These financial statements are accepted on behalf of the charity by:

Signed ___________ Dated _ 01/03/2021 _ Jolanta Nanda, Trustee

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The Polish Language and Cultural Centre in Nottingham Notes to the accounts for the year ended 05 April 2020

1. Receipts & payments accounts

Receipts and payments accounts contain a summary of money received and money spent during the period and a list of assets and liabilities at the end of the period. Usually, cash received and cash spent will include transactions through bank accounts and cash in hand.

2. Grants & donations

£ Nottingham City Council 8501 Wspolnota Polska 3819 12320 £ Independent examination 720 Salaries & NI (HMRC) 1878 2598

3. Creditors

4. Trustees’ remuneration

Trustees received no expenses, remuneration or benefits in this period.

5. Glossary of terms

Advance receipts: These are amounts received by the charity in the accounting period, for use in a future period.

Creditors: These are amounts owed by the charity, but not paid during the accounting period.

Debtors: These are amounts owed to the charity, but not received in the accounting period.

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