## **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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## **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
Lukasz Gancarz
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