## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 11/09/2022 To 10/09/2023** **Charity name: Polish Church House of Life** **Charity registration number: 1170293** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The principal object of the Polish Church**
**is the advancement of the**
**Christian faith according to its**
**Statement of Faith and carry out**
**other charitable purposes in**
**Greater Manchester.**
**The second object is to relieve**
**sickness and financial hardship**
**and to promote and preserve good**
**health by the provision of funds,**
**goods or services of any kind,**
**including through the provision of**
**counselling and support**| |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|**Our main activities are Sunday**
**services, midweek prayer**
**meetings and Bible studies,**
**evangelistic activities in the**
**community, Sunday school for**
**children. Promotion of polish**
**language and culture and informal**
**get togethers to encourage and support**
**each other.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**We have considered the Charity**
**Commission’s guidance on public**
**benefits, in particular on specific**
**guidance on charities for**
**advancement of religion.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers 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 following activities were undertaken**
**by Polish Church House of Life:**
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**Guest speakers were invited**
**to talk about specific topics**
**that benefit both the**
**congregation and wider**
**community and their**
**mindset.**
•
**Polish library was**
**updated and promoted. Our**
**vision is to have a modern**
**and sustainable polish**
**library service for Polish**
**community in the Manchester.**
•
**Financial support for church**
**members and other local families**
**facing financial challenges.**
•
**Pastoral visits were given to**
**support both people within**
**the congregation and those**
**outside asking for advice.**
•
**Polish festivals and church**
**picnics were hosted throughout**
**the year. These were great for**
**reaching out to young**
**families in the community.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |||| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Review of the finances is attached**
**in a separate document.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Not applicable.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Not applicable.**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Not applicable.**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Not applicable.**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**Not applicable.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**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|**Polish Church House of Life meets**
**its budget through support, tithes,**
**and offerings from its members.**| |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|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution dated 19/11/2016**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated**
**Organisation**| |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 appointed at the**
**trustees’ meetings.**| **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 charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|POLISH CHURCH HOUSE OF LIFE| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1170293| |Charity’s principal address|56A Chapel Street
Hyde
Cheshire
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|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||Joanna Watson|||||| |||Dorota Sniegon|||||| |||Paweł Pytiak|||||| |||Dawid Sniegon|||From 11 November 2022||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| |||Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**|||||| |||**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 held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for 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) &ie Full name{s) Position leg Secretary, Chair, etcl Dorota Sniegon Secretary anna Walson Date 1110112024 Independent Examiner s Report to the Trustees of Polish House of Life Church I￿r0d￿dion Thank you for submitting the accounts fty independertt examinolion. They have been well maintairted und the treosurer and others responsible are to be commended for their hord work I report on the u¢¢oun15 of the tompany for the yetsr ended September l 0, 2023. Charity Luw ond Finan