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2020-08-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

From

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 01 Sept 2019 To 31 Aug 2020

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name The Polish Saturday School in Reading Other names charity is known by Polska Szkoła Sobotnia w Reading Registered charity number (if any) 1170127

Charity’s principal address 81 London Road

Reading Berkshire Postcode RG1 5BY

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Ms Oliwia Miłek-Richards Chair
2 Mrs Małgorzata Niedbało Vice-Chair
3 Mrs Joanna Dadej Treasurer
4 Fr Rafał Jarosławski
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

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Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution

How the charity is constituted

Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) foundation model

Trustee selection methods

Appointed

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

The Polish Saturday School in Reading since its conception in 1953 acted as an Unincorporated Association (stowarzyszenie). In November 2016 the Polish Saturday School in Reading fulfilled all the requirements of the Charity Commission and become registered charity, as a Charitable Incorporate Organisation, CIO.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The object of The Polish Saturday School in Reading is to advance education of young people between the ages of 4 and 20 in Reading and the surrounding areas, in Polish language, literature, history, geography, culture, tradition and Christian values.

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Teaching children and young people from the ages of 4 up to 20 with a curriculum focused on preparation for national GCSE, AS and A-level examination in Polish language. Summary of the main activities undertaken for the Exposing students to Polish culture and traditions through, for example public benefit in relation to arts, drama, music and dance. Encouraging students to share knowledge these objects (include within of Polish heritage with other students in their mainstream schools through this section the statutory declaration that trustees have presentations and exhibitions on, for example, International Days. had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

The demand for the school places is very big. A long waiting list exists as You may choose to include the Polish Saturday School in Reading cannot offer places to all who further statements, where want to enrol. Due to the fact that the school is constrained by the relevant, about: premises space available. However, the Trustees have regular  policy on grantmaking; discussions with the landlord to identify if additional class room spaces could be created within the landlord’s current estate portfolio. Equally, the  policy programme related waiting list is constantly being reviewed. As soon as a place becomes investment; available those from the waiting list are informed and offered it, submission date of the registration form is used to determine order of  contribution made by contribution made by offers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

The Charity supports one of the biggest Polish Saturday Schools outside London. In the school year 2019/20 (which corresponds with the school’s financial year period) there were 230 pupils regularly attending school sessions.

The School’s students continue to achieve excellent scores in the GSCE examination in Polish language.

The school’s academic year was significantly different from the previous years due to the COVID-29 pandemic and introduction of national lockdown. From April 2020 the school’s curriculum was delivered virtually.

The teachers rapidly adjusted into the new situation and all the effort was made to ensure that the Polish school routine was maintained albeit at slightly reduced number of hours.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The charity's reserve policy ensures that sufficient capital is available to cover the school operational costs for at least the next academic year.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

The charity's funding is principally derived from school fees. The main expenditure is for teaching staff renumeration, expenses incurred for books and teaching materials and insurance costs.

The school’s management was successful in securing a grant, £2095, from the "Wspolnota Polska" Association, Polish organisation supporting Polish schools outside of Poland.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) OLIWIA MIŁEK-RICHARDS MAŁGORZATA NIEDBAŁO Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair Vice-Chair etc) Date 30/06/2021

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The Polish Saturday School in Reading No : 1170127
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 01/09/2019 31/08/2020
To
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
School Fees 39722 0 0 39,722 0
Grant from "Wspolnota Polska"
Association 2095 0 0 2,095 0
Polish Educational Society transport cost
0 0 438 0
subsidy 438
Bank interests 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
Sub total (Gross income for
AR) 42,254 0 0 42,254 0
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
Sub total 0 0 0 0 0
Total receipts 42,254 0 0 42,254 0
A3 Payments
Staff Remuneration 28,879 0 0 28,879 0
HMRC PAYE/NIC 2,697 0 0 2,697 0
Office Supplies/Expenses 2,100 0 0 2,100 0
Fees / Courses 552 0 0 552 0
Coach Hire 875 0 0 875 0
Books 4,838 0 0 4,838 0
Accountancy services 1,284 0 0 1,284 0
School Insurance 828 0 0 828 0
School fee refund 285 0 0 285 0
Premises Hire 1,000 0 0 1,000 0
Sub total 43,337 0 0 43,337 0
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
Sub total 0 0 0 0 0
Total payments 43,337 0 0 43,337 0
Net of receipts/(payments) -1,083 0 0 -1,083 0
A5 Transfers between funds 0 0 0 0 0
A6 Cash funds last year end 0 0 0 0 0
Cash funds this year end -1,083 0 0 -1,083 0
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories
B2 Other monetary assets
B3 Investment assets
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
B1 Cash funds
B5 Liabilities
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use		 Signature
Bank Account Closing Balance
Details
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Details
Details
Details
Details
Laptop and other office equipment
Staff Remuneration
HMRC PAYE/NIC		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
42,595
0
0
0
42,595
0
Agreement Error
OK
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
0
0
Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
0
Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
500
0
0
Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)
3,298
395
0
Print Name
OLIWIA MILEK-RICHARDS
MALGORZATA NIEDBALO		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £
0
0
0
OK
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
0
Current value
(optional)
0
Current value
(optional)
0
0
When due
(optional)
Sept 2020
Sept 2020
Date of
approval
24/06/2021
24/06/2021

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Ref No: Financial Report for the period 1[st] September 2019 – 31[st] August 2020

My name is Lukasz Gancarz and I am a director of Lucas Prestige Accountants Ltd. My company has been appointed by Mrs Oliwia Milek – Richards who is a Head of Trustees at The polish Saturday School in Reading.

I had a good look through the organisations documents and I cannot find any irregularities or mistakes than might have been made. All records has been made in accordance with current regulations.

The organisation keeps a good record of the following:

W: www.lucasprestigeaccountants.com P: +44 (0) 161 375 0660 E: info@lucasprestigeaccountants.com

Lucas Prestige Accountants Ltd. Registered in England No. 10280428, VAT 245 9633 78 Blue Tower. Media City UK, Salford Quays, M50 2ST

The organisation is providing a teaching services to Polish children living in UK. Organisations senior management has a relevant qualifications to provide those kind of services to general public.

From procedural aspect there are number of measures that are met in order to keep records as accurate as possible. Please find below a list of procedures:

As my personal opinion, the organisation meets all the obligations to keep it records accurate. I could not find any errors in the organisations financial system. I am also pleased to conclude that The Polish School in Reading is self-sufficient and managed perfectly.

Yours sincerely Lukasz Gancarz

W: www.lucasprestigeaccountants.com P: +44 (0) 161 375 0660 E: info@lucasprestigeaccountants.com

Lucas Prestige Accountants Ltd. Registered in England No. 10280428, VAT 245 9633 78 Blue Tower. Media City UK, Salford Quays, M50 2ST