## **The Polish Community School Portsmouth** _Polska Sobotnia Szkoła im. Powstańców Listopadowych_
Registered Charity Number 1159555
## **Annual Report and Accounts**
For the Year Ended 31st August 2022
## Charity Information:
Trustees:
Urszula Broadway Olga Kokoszka Jacek Kopecký Agnieszka Kotynia Kamila Krajewska Krzysztof Rosiak (These trustees served in the reporting period and/or on the date the report is approved.)
## Charity’s Principal address:
The Portsmouth Academy, St Marys Rd, Fratton, Portsmouth PO1 5PF
Independent examiner:
Gillian Lodge University of Portsmouth Richmond Building Portland Street PO1 3DE
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## **The Polish Community School Portsmouth** _Polska Sobotnia Szkoła im. Powstańców Listopadowych_
Registered Charity Number 1159555
## **Annual Report and Accounts**
## for the year ended 31st August 2022:
## Objectives and activities
Our school provides education of Polish language, elements of history, geography, maths, culture and traditions to children with Polish heritage and children who would like to learn Polish and about Poland. We organise theatre trips, educational outings and other activities that complement pupil's education and development in mainstream schools. We also prepare children for the Polish GSCE exams.
## Achievements and performance
The school held weekly 3-hours-long classes for 105 pupils in 6 groups between the ages of 4 and 12 years. Beside Polish education, the school reinforces the value of Polish language for children, many of whom see English as their main language and may not see the need for the continued effort of using other languages.
The number of pupils was lower in 2021/22 than before the COVID-19 pandemic, however recruitment has since been stable.
## Financial Review
The trustees report incoming resources for the year of £26,328. All incoming resources were unrestricted. The main source of funding for the school is pupil fees, with minor extra funding from Polish NGO sources and community events. The charity does not carry out any significant public fundraising activities.
Net resources expended in the year amounted to £21,503. The main expenses are teacher salaries and classroom rental fees. The school reviews salaries yearly to make sure that we can keep our teachers. The host school - The Portsmouth Academy - continued to charge the same classroom rental frees, though warning that the fees were expected to increase in future years.
It is the policy of the school that unrestricted funds which are not represented by fixed assets or have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between 3- and 6-month’s expenditure. The trustees consider that reserves at this level will ensure that, in the event of a significant changes in income or expenses, they will be able to continue the charity's current activities while consideration is given to ways in which additional funds may be raised. At the end of the reporting period reserves were £18,210 of which none represented restricted funds. The surplus is caused by a lower level of expenditures than budgeted (due to the pandemic, we could not yet do school trips, and classroom rental fees had not increased).
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## **The Polish Community School Portsmouth** _Polska Sobotnia Szkoła im. Powstańców Listopadowych_
Registered Charity Number 1159555
## Structure, Governance and Management
**Governing Document:** the charity is an unincorporated charitable association registered with the charity commission and is governed by its Constitution of a Charitable Association.
**Trustees:** persons wishing to stand as trustees are nominated by an existing trustee and names are put forward at the annual general meeting (AGM) for election. New trustees may also be co-opted by the existing Board of Trustees between AGMs.
The trustees who served during the year are listed on the charity information page.
Newly appointed Trustees are provided with a comprehensive induction to the charity through the provision of training courses and mentoring by established trustees.
**Organisational Structure:** overall control of the charity rests with the Trustee board, with the trustees as officers. The charity employs a part-time Director and Administrative support for day-to-day operational matters.
**Volunteers:** the charity is also helped by volunteers who generally help in classes. The charity obtains DBS checks for all its volunteers.
## Summary
In general, the size and financial situation of the school remains stable but with no guarantee of funding other than school fees, and with expected cost increases, the financial results at the end of the school year 2023 may be affected.
## Annual Report Approved by:
Urszula Broadway - Trustee Jacek Kopecký - Trustee
## Date: 2023-06-17
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**The Polish Community School** Charity No (if any) **1159555** Annual accounts for the period Period start date **01/09/2021 To** Period end date **31/08/2022**
## **Section A Statement of financial activities**
||**The Polish Community School**|**The Polish Community School**|**The Polish Community School**|Charity No (if
any)|**1159555**||
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||Annual accounts for the period||||||
||Period start date|**01/09/2021**|**To**|Period end date|**31/08/2022**||
||**atement of financial activities**||||||
|**Recommended categories by activity**
**Incoming resources (Note 3)**
**Income and endowments from:**|Guidance Notes|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**Prior year funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
F01
F02
F03
F04
F05|||||
|Donations and legacies
Charitable activities
Other trading activities
Investments
Separate material item of income
Other|S01
S02
S03
S04
S05
S06|-
2,068-|-
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2,068-|-
2,630-|
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24,259-|-
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24,259-|-
1,278-|
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|**_Total_**
**Resources expended (Note 6)**
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
Charitable activities
Separate material item of expense
Other
**_Total_**
**Net income/(expenditure) before inv**
**(losses)**
Net gains/(losses) on investments
**Net income/(expenditure)**
**Extraordinary items**
**Transfers between funds**
**Other recognised** **gains/(losses):**
Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets for th
Other gains/(losses)
**_Net movement in funds_**
**_Reconciliation of funds:_**
Total funds brought forward
**_Total funds carried forward_**|S07
S08
S09
S10
S11
S12
**estment gains/**
S13
S14
S15
S16
S17
e charity’s own use
S18
S19
S20
S21
S22|-
26,328-|-
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26,328-|-
3,908-|
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21,503-|-
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21,503-|-
8,756-|
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21,503-|-
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21,503-|-
8,756-|
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4,825-|-
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4,825-|-
4,848-|
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4,825-|-
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4,825-|-
4,848-|
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4,825-|-
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4,825-|-
4,848-|
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13,385-|-
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13,385-|-
18,233-|
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18,210-|-
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18,210-|-
13,385-|
## **Section B Balance sheet**
|Guidance Notes
**Fixed assets**|Guidance Notes
**Fixed assets**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total this**
**year**
**Total last**
**year**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
F01
F02
F03
F04
F05|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total this**
**year**
**Total last**
**year**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
F01
F02
F03
F04
F05|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total this**
**year**
**Total last**
**year**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
F01
F02
F03
F04
F05|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total this**
**year**
**Total last**
**year**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
F01
F02
F03
F04
F05|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total this**
**year**
**Total last**
**year**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
F01
F02
F03
F04
F05|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Intangible assets (Note 15)**
**Tangible assets (Note 14)**
**Heritage assets (Note 16)**
**Investments (Note 17)**|B01
B02
B03
B04|-
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|**_Total fixed assets_**
**Current assets**
**Stocks (Note 18)**
**Debtors (Note 19)**
**Investments (Note 17.4)**
**Cash at bank and in hand (Note 24)**
**_Total current assets_**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one**
**year (Note 20)**
**_Net current assets/(liabilities)_**
**_Total assets less current liabilities_**
**Creditors: amounts falling due after one**
**year (Note 20)**
**Provisions for liabilities**
**_Total net assets or liabilities_**
**Funds of the Charity**
**Endowment funds (Note 27)**
**Restricted income funds (Note 27)**
**Unrestricted funds**
**Revaluation reserve**
**_Total funds_**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the
trustees|B05
B06
B07
B08
B09
B10
B11
B12
B13
B14
B15
B16
B17
B18
B19
B20
B21|-
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21,321-|-
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21,321-|-
13,385-|
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21,321-|-
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21,321-|-
13,385-|
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3,111-|-
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3,111-|-
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18,210-|-
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18,210-|-
13,385-|
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18,210-|-
13,385-|
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18,210-|-
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18,210-|-
13,385-|
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18,210-||-
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18,210-|-
13,385-|
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18,210-|-
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18,210-|-
13,385-|
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|||Signature||Print Name||Date of
approval
dd/mm/yyyy|
|||||Jacek Kopecký||17/6/2023|
|||||Urszula Broadway||17/6/2023|
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CC17a (Excel)
17/06/2023
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees** Charity Name The Polish Community School **On accounts for the year** 31[st] August 2022 **Charity no** 1159555 **ended (if any)**
**Report to the trustees**
**Set out on pages** 1 & 2
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31/08/2022** .
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity's trustees, 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 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** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
- the accounts did 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.
* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
**Signed: Name:** Gill Lodge **Relevant professional** FCCA **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** University of Portsmouth Richmond Building Portland Street
**Date:** 12/06/2023
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**Oct 2018**
**IER**
Portsmouth
PO1 3DE
## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
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**Oct 2018**
**IER**