2023-08-31-accounts

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 Sept 2022 To 31 Aug 2023

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

1 2 3 4 5	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole **year **	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Ms Oliwia Miłek-Richards	Chair
	Mrs Małgorzata Niedbało	Vice-Chair
	Mrs Joanna Dadej	Treasurer
	Fr Rafał Jarosławski
	Mrs Małgorzata Świeżyńska

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 (eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) foundation model (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Appointed (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include The Polish Saturday School in Reading since its conception in 1953 acted additional information, where as an Unincorporated Association (stowarzyszenie). In November 2016 relevant, about: the Polish Saturday School in Reading fulfilled all the requirements of the • policies and procedures Charity Commission and become registered charity, as a Charitable policies and procedures Incorporate Organisation, CIO.

• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

• the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

• relationship with any related parties;

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

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 16 with a curriculum closely aligned to the one recommended by Polish Ministry of Education (in relation to Polish language and literature) 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)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main The Charity supports one of the biggest Polish Saturday Schools outside achievements of the charity London. In the school year 2022/23 (which corresponds with the school’s during the year financial year period) there were 230 pupils regularly attending school sessions.

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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 principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

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.

• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

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 15/06/2024

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The Polish Saturday School in Reading No : 1170127
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 01/09/2022 31/08/2023
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 60395 0 0 60,395 0
Donations 110 0 0 110 0
Expenses school office supplies refund 125 0 0 125 0
Sub total (Gross income for AR) 60,630 0 0 60,630 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 60,630 0 0 60,630 0
A3 Payments
Staff Remuneration 35,090 0 0 35,090 0
HMRC PAYE/NIC 3,504 0 0 3,504 0
Accountancy services 1,428 0 0 1,428 0
Expenses Books 2,325 0 0 2,325 0
Expenses Office Supplies 741 0 0 741 0
Membership fees 648 0 0 648 0
School Insurance 840 0 0 840 0
School mobile monthly payment 259 0 0 259 0
School bank account fee 60 0 0 60 0
School fee refund 336 0 0 336
School website domain 134 0 0 134 0
Sub total 45,363 0 0 45,363 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 45,363 0 0 45,363 0
Net of receipts/(payments) 15,267 0 0 15,267 0
A5 Transfers between funds 0 0 0 0 0
A6 Cash funds last year end 54,142 0 0 54,142 0
Cash funds this year end 69,408 0 0 69,408 0
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

30/06/2024

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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
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	Malgorzata Nidbalo Signature Oliwia Milek-Richards Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Bank Account Closing Balance Details Details Details Staff Remuneration HMRC PAYE/NIC Details Details Laptop and other office equipment	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 69,408 0 0 0 69,408 0 OK 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) 50 0 0 Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) 3,476 544 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 2023 Sept 2023 Date of approval 15/06/2024 15/06/2024

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

30/06/2024

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19 June 2024

This independent examiner’s report relates to the accounts of

THE POLISH SATURDAY SCHOOL IN READING

Charity Commission Registered No. 1170127

Accounts are prepared for the year ended 31[st] August 2023

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act ) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

• examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act ;

• to follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of 2011 Act ;

• to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of independent examiner’s statement

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 seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit.

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19 June 2024

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Independent examiner’s statement

I had a good look through the organisation’s documents, and I cannot find any irregularities or mistakes that might have been made. All records have been made in accordance with current regulations.

The organisation keeps a good record of:

• revenue;

• expenditure;

• teachers’ expenses;

• bank account statements;

• trial balance.

The organisation is providing teaching services to Polish children living in the UK. Organisations’ senior management has relevant qualifications to provide those kinds 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:

• all invoices have to be accepted by the managements before they are authorised for payment;

• sales book is kept in order to collect fees from parents;

• accounting system is implemented in order to keep track of all activities.

As my personal opinion, the organisation meets all the obligations and keeps its records accurate.

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.

I am also pleased to conclude that The Polish School in Reading is self-sufficient and managed perfectly.

Yours sincerely

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Lukasz Gancarz

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