## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1[st] September 2023 To 31[st] August 2024** **Period start date Period end date** ## **Charity name: The Polish Saturday School in Manchester** ## **Charity registration number: 1160848** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The objectives of the CIO are the**
**advancement of education for the public**
**benefit by the provision of a school**
**named the POLISH SATURDAY**
**SCHOOL IN MANCHESTER at which**
**subjects, including the Polish**
**Language, Literature, History,**
**Geography, Roman Catholic Religion**
**and the culture and heritage of Poland**
**are taught.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The teaching of children and young**
**people from the ages of 3 up to 18, with**
**a curriculum focused on preparation for**
**national GCSE and A Level**
**examinations.**
**The above is carried out on weekly**
**Saturdays, normally 36 in total, during**
**term time at premises hired for this**
**purpose, namely St Paul’s RC High**
**School, Wythenshawe, Manchester.**
**The culture and heritage aspects of the**
**programme were highlighted by the**
**following events: - The visit of St**
**Nicholas (the Polish Father Christmas)**
**to the school in early December**
**The annual Nativity Play performed for**
**the local community at the Polish**
**Church Hall in early January 2024**
**The annual celebration of the Polish 3rd**
**of May Constitution, at the Polish**
**Church and in the Parish Hall in early**
**May 2024.**
**Also in May, the school hosted the**
**Northern regional finals of the National**
**Poetry Recital Competition for Polish**
**schools in the UK.**
**A School Fete organised in June 2024,**
**as both a family and student fun day**| |||**and as part of the Polish Heritage Days**
**initiative of the Polish Embassy and**
**Consulates in the UK.**
**The event welcomed several members**
**of the St Paul’s School staff as well as**
**those from the local British community**
**who hire the St Paul’s sports facilities**
**on a Saturday.**
**The Nativity Play, the 3rd May**
**Constitution event and the Family Fete**
**were given extra emphasis as each was**
**part of a special, year-long 75th**
**Anniversary celebrations programme,**
**marking the foundation of the school in**
**1949.**| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have had regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**The Charity hires suitable premises,**
**employs staff and engages volunteers in**
**teaching and support capacities, as well**
**as ensuring the health and safety of all**
**students attending the school. The**
**school helps with funding of training**
**courses for selected teaching staff to**
**enhance their skills, who then pass this**
**knowledge on to other members of staff.**
**The school has a positive record of**
**supporting its recently graduated**
**students who return to volunteer at the**
**school as teaching and administrative**
**assistants, providing valuable work**
**experience for them, particularly for**
**those who are looking to a career in**
**teaching or childcare.**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The school relies extensively on support**
**from volunteers and parents in its**
**operations, such as with fundraising,**
**general administrative, security and**
**supervision duties and with the**
**organising of commemorative and other**
**special events throughout the year, the**
**latter organised by the Parents**
**Committee.**| **For several years, a parent duty rota system is in place as support for all the above activities and operations.** Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The main achievement of maintaining**
**the stability and reputation of the**
**school, was evidenced by a small but**
**welcome rise in the number of pupils**
**enrolled to 420 in total.**
**These pupils were taught in 22 classes**
**by 26 Teachers and 27 Teaching**
**Assistants.**
**One of the classes was for pupils aged**
**5-7 in which Polish was taught as a**
**foreign language.**
**The school provides support to parents**
**looking to maintain and enhance their**
**children’s Polish heritage and the**
**children of these families benefit from**
**learning to appreciate a second culture,**
**being bilingual and by the opportunity**
**of obtaining qualifications in Polish at**
**GCSE and A Level – the latter counting**
**towards points for university**
**applications.**
**The school forms an integral part of the**
**wider Polish diaspora in the Greater**
**Manchester area with participation in**
**community events based at the Polish**
**Church and Parish Hall in Manchester.**
**From January 2024, the school’s year-**
**long programme of events focused on**
**celebrating the 75th anniversary of the**
**founding of the school in 1949.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**A total of 25 students were prepared for**
**public examinations in the report period**
**with results as follows: -**
**GCSE: 19 students, with 18 achieving**
**the highest grade 9 and 1 achieving**
**grade 7.**
**A Level: 6 students, with 2 achieving A***
**and 4 achieving A.**| |---|---|---| |||**In March the school organised and ran**
**its main fundraising event, the annual**
**‘Kaziuk’ Spring Fair at the Polish Church**| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Hall. In recent years the target has been**
**to raise a minimum of £4,000 and this**
**year, the net sum raised was £4,077, a**
**successful event not only financially for**
**the school but also as a social event for**
**the wider Polish community.**
**In addition, the school runs the buffet at**
**its special events in the Polish Church**
**Hall – the Nativity Play, the 3rd May**
**Constitution celebration for example –**
**the income from which has been**
**growing steadily in recent years.**
**The school successfully applied for**
**funding originating from the Polish**
**Ministry of Education’s programme of**
**support for Polish schools abroad, with**
**a sum of £24,500 received.**| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||**With the support of the Parents’**
**Association, the school continues to be**
**a vibrant community, maintaining a**
**social support network for Polish and**
**mixed-heritage families in the Greater**
**Manchester area.**
**The fee structure, which does not**
**charge for 3 or more children enrolled at**
**the school, financially helps families**
**with more than one child attending the**
**school, as does the monthly fee**
**payment plan.**
**The introduction of a dedicated ‘social**
**fund’, whereby a sum of money is set**
**aside specifically to aid families with**
**unexpected financial hardships, has**
**proved a benefit by helping them**
**maintain their children’s education at**
**the school and by removing the added**
**stress of incurring a debt.**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The Charity’s financial position has**
**continued to strengthen, with net**
**income exceeding operating costs to**
**the sum of £19,000.**
**At the end of the reporting period, the**
**school’s capital reserve had increased**
**from £132,483 to £170,567.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The Charity’s reserve policy is to ensure**
**that sufficient capital is available to**
**cover the school operations for at least**
**the next 12-month period.**
**This is to cover the main expenditures**
**of hire of premises, teachers’ wages,**
**volunteers’ expenses and the cost of**
**books and other materials. **| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£170,567**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**As an educational establishment at**
**which attendance is voluntary,**
**increases to the cost of living may result**
**in more families deciding to opt out of**
**enrolling their children in the school,**
**reducing income from fees.**
**Recruiting suitably qualified teachers to**
**maintain teaching standards can be a**
**challenge.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**The principal source of funds is from**
**the fees paid by parents, followed by**
**grants received from Poland, though the**
**latter is not guaranteed and amounts**
**can vary widely from year to year.**
**Community fundraising events are also**
**an increasingly important source of**
**income.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Potential Financial Problems:**
**The Charity and school’s reserve policy**
**is in place to cover operating costs for a**
**12-month period and to allow for any**
**unexpected expenses.**
**A ten-monthly fee payment plan is in**
**place, using the School Money payment**
**platform, to ease parents’ fee payments**
**and to mitigate disruption to their**
**children’s education.**| **Potential Staff Recruitment Problems: For greater stability, the Charity offers class teachers paid employment on a zero hour contract, with pay above the - minimum wage finances allowing.** Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation -**
**Foundation**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees are selected by appointment,**
**which is ratified at Board of Trustees**
**meetings.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**The policy of the Charity is to appoint**
**trustees from within the cadre of staff**
**and parent volunteers, as these persons**
**already are familiar with aspects of the**
**school’s operations. Particular attention**
**is given to persons with skillsets and**
**knowledge regarded as beneficial to the**
**operations and future of the Charity.**
**New trustees are given copies of the**
**Charity’s constitution, the most recent**
**Trustees Annual Report and set of**
**accounts.**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Management of the Charity and school**
**is undertaken by the Board of Trustees,**
**with a Budget and forward plan**
**maintained, reviewed and updated each**
**year.**
**With its 75-year history, the school is**
**integral to the local Polish Community**
**and works closely with the Polish**
**Catholic Church, the Friends of Polish**
**Veterans Association, the Polish**
**Scouting Association, the Polonez Folk**
**and Dance ensemble and the Consulate**
**of the Republic of Poland in Manchester.**
**Within the Polish Community on a**
**national level, the school has been a**
**member of the London-based Polish**
**Educational Society in the UK since the**
**1960’s.**
**The school works with the Society to**
**help organise and run the annual**
**regional finals of the National Poetry**
**Recital Competition, which is held in**
**May at the Charity’s premises of St**
**Paul’s RC High School in Manchester.**| |||**The school is part of the Manchester**
**City Council Supplementary Schools**
**Network, which provides help and**
**guidance via regular newsletters.**
**The school is also registered with**
**Manchester City Council as a member of**
**its Compliance Team’s support**
**programme for facilitating DBS checks.**| |---|---|---| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||**The school holds a Quality Framework**
**Gold Award from the National Resource**
**Centre for Supplementary Education**
**and the Foundation Quality Award from**
**Manchester City Council.**
**Various risk assessments are carried**
**out regularly and a full school**
**evacuation drill is conducted early in the**
**school year.**
**A set of key policies and procedures is**
**maintained and updated regularly.**
**These include: -**
**Mission Statement, Safeguarding Policy,**
**E-Safety Policy, Equality and Diversity**
**Policy, Disciplinary and Grievance**
**Policy, Behaviour Policy, Recruitment**
**Policy, Health and Safety Policy, GDPR**
**Policy plus Staff DBS checks, Staff**
**Safeguarding Training, Attendance**
**Registers**
**The Charity maintains Public Liability**
**Insurance.**
**Curriculum resources in place include**
**planning, assessment and teacher**
**training.**
**First Aid training is also maintained and**
**for the report period the school listed 17**
**members of staff qualified in first aid**
**procedures and 14 qualified in the use**
**of Epi-pens.**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|THE POLISH SATURDAY SCHOOL IN MANCHESTER| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|POLSKA SZKOŁA PRZEDMIOTÓW OJCZYSTYCH IM. ŚW.
STANISŁAWA KOSTKI W MANCHESTERZE| |Registered charity number|1168048| Charity’s principal address 196 Lloyd Street North, Manchester, M16 4QB ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Jan Grzywinski|Chair||| ||Tomasz Kasinski|Vice-Chair||| ||Agnieszka Predka|Treasurer||| ||Danuta Antonik|Head Teacher||| ||Agnieszka
Rutkowska|Secretary and
Deputy Head
Teacher||| ||Justyna Bielec|Head Teacher||| ||Bogdan
Trybuchowski|||| ||Ireneusz Wegrzyn|||| ||Szymon Zielinski|||| ||Edward Wilczynski|||| ||Sebastian Kocon|||| ||Dr AndrzejRozycki|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** JAN PETER GRZYWINSKI ~~a~~ **Position (eg Secretary,** CHAIR **Chair, etc)** ~~ee~~ **Date** 31st May 2025 ~~Pp~~ ||**Charity Name**|||||**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**The Polish Saturday School in Manchester**|||||**1160848**|||| ||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||**CC16a**| ||**For the period**
**from**
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01/09/2023
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~~ee~~||Period end date
31/08/2024||| ||**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**| ||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**| ||**A1 Receipts**||||||||| ||School Fees
**120,363**||**-**||**-**||**120,363**||**104,993**| ||Donations/Grants
**2,948**||**28,384**||**-**||**31,332**||**15,887**| ||Fundraisingevents
**12,646**||**-**||**-**||**12,646**||**7,959**| ||SundryIncome
**13,913**||**-**||**-**||**13,913**||**11,716**| ||Gift Aid
**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**1,248**| ||Interests income
**2,275**||**-**||**-**||**2,275**||**1,233**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_||||||||| ||_AR)_**152,145**||**28,384**||**-**||**180,529**||**143,036**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
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**152,145**
**28,384**
**-**
**180,529**
**143,036**
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**962**||**24,238**||**-**||**25,200**||**25,200**| ||Volunteers' costs
**13,912**||**-**||**-**||**13,912**||**12,393**| ||Books & Teachingmaterials
**11,946**||**1,296**||**-**||**13,242**||**11,139**| ||Services
**8,780**||**-**||**-**||**8,780**||**7,382**| ||Office costs
**1,629**||**-**||**-**||**1,629**||**2,556**| ||Other Payments
**19,200**||**2,850**||**-**||**22,050**||**13,499**| ||Wages & NI
**57,587**||**-**||**-**||**57,587**||**51,852**| ||Cash advance||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| _**Sub total**_ **[ 114,016 ] 28,384 - 142,400 124,021** |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
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**114,016**
**28,384**
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**142,400**
**124,021**
~~S555~~| |---| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**38,129**
**-**
**- 38,129**
**19,015**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
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**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**132,438**
**- -**
**132,438**
**113,423**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**170,567**
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**- 170,567**
**132,438**
~~SSSSS~~| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 31/05/2025 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||| |---|---|---|---|---| |||**Unrestricted**
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~~——~~|||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) Polska Szkola Przedmiotow Ojczystych im. aw. Stanislawa Kostki EXamine￿S report on the unaudited accounts to The Polish Saturday School in Manchestsr My examination is carried out in accordan￿ with UK Generally Accepted Accounts"ng Practi￿. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeks explanations from the trustees con￿mIng any such matters. The Pro￿dureS undertaken in an audit and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. In the course of my examinats"on, no matter has come to my attention which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements to keep accounb.ng records or to prepare accounts which accord with the accounts.ng records and comply with the UK Generally accepted Accounting practi￿ have not been met, or to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Teresa K Kurkiewicz (MAAT) Independent Examiner 21 Turf Close Royton Oldham OL2 6BZ 01 May 2025