Trustees. Annual Report for the period
Peric#J start date
Period erKI date
From
01
2021
To 31
A44g
2022
Section A
Reference and administration details
Charlty name
Our Lady of czest￿l￿¥a Polish Schth)I
Other names chaflty Is known by
PcAska Szkola im. Matki Boskiej czest￿h0Ws￿eJ
Reglstergd charlty number (rf anyl
1175364
Charlty's prlnclpal addro55
175 Carlingford Road
London
Postcod•
P115 3ET
N•me• ofthe chartty trusto05 who manay th• charlty
Dat•• aGt•d 11 not forwho
N•m• ¢)f p•Y¥on lor ljodyl
•ntitl•d t• appoint trn¥t•• Ilf
TDJ•t•• n•m•
0111￿ (If any)
Stanislawa Coppola
Dorota Piela
Chair
Jolanta Kalinow8ka
Piotr W0￿Y14
Renata Turrell
And￿e} Jastrzebski
10
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Names of the tnistees for the charlty, If any, {for example, any custodian trusteesl
Name
Datos acted if not for wholo
ear
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Namos and addr•s8•s of advls•rn (Omional information)
of adviser
Name
Address
Name of chl•f executive or naffl￿ of senior staff members (Optlonal Inforniallon)
Section B
Structure,
overnance and mana
ement
De8crlptlon of th• charlty'• trusts
cio
Typ8 of goveming docurmnt
How the charity is constituted
Trustee selecaion methods
Appointed by tfU8tees
Addltlonal gov•m•nce I••uo5 (Opllonal Inforn)atlon>
You may choo90 to indude
additional information, wher
relevant, about..
A board of committee n￿rnber$, all of whom are volunteers, is responsible
for the week lo week running of the school. The commrttee answers to the
board of truslees. The a)mmittee Wofks alongside the Headteacher to
provbde whatever •Jftinistrative assistance is required.
polici88 and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees.,
the charity's organisational
structure and any wder
netsvork with which the charrty
works.,
• rnlationship wth any related
The school has a dose assoclation with the Polish Educational Socjety
which prowdes educats'onal support, advic* and training for the teaching
staff.. the local Pdish parish Church - religious education is provided by
the priests and catechist who also Prepare children for their sacraments of
communion and confimats'on,. The Polish Scouts Association - after
lessons pupils have the opportunity to join activities ai the same location.
trustees, consideration of
major risks and the system
and procedures lo manage
them.
Section C
Ob'ectives and activities
The advancerrent of education for public benefft by providing a Saturday
school with da&%es in the Polish language, culture and herrtage, and the
Roman Catholic rellgion for pupls aged 3-18
Summary ofth• objects of the
charlty S•t out in ils
governlng document
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Classes are availabbe to anyone who 1$ interested in leaming about the
culture. history or geography of Poland and the Polish language. Most
puiils ha￿* some connection or at least one parent or grandparent
of Polish origin: some pupils will have been bom in Poland whilst many
are UK bom. <XCAsionally have students WIK) wish to attend for other
reasons.
The school has strong links with the local Polish parish - the priests and
cate¢hist$ take the RE lessms and help prepare the children for the
sacraments of communion and ￿nfi￿atIon RC masses are celebrated
as required at the schcd.
Summary ofthe maln
activltle8 undertaken for the
publlc benefft In relatlon to
th•so obJ•cts Ilncludo wlthln
this seGtlon the ststutory
declaratlon that trustses h•vo
had regard to the guidanca
Issued by the Charlty
Commlsslon on publlc
b•nefftl
Committee members are responsible for the general running of the
Meetings are held, as required, throughoui the year to deal with any
issues and to plan fOrth￿rnIng events.
All teachern arKJ commtttee membern have DBS checks.
All necessary poliaes and prcredures eg. health & safety. safeguarding,
GDPR, equal opportunities, whistfebkming etc. are in pl￿. These are
updated regularty as requir&J.
Addttlonal d•lalls of obJKtlv•s and actfvldm (Opdonal Inforniath)nl
You may choos• to indude
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
This &ademic year there were 393 registered puiiils
Numbers went up slightly due to the dosure of another school which was
based nearby.
Summary ofthe main
achievomonts of th• charty
durfng the year
Three new texhers joined at the beginning of the year and at the end of
the year six teachers also left- some retumed to Poland while others
had moved away from London.
Covid 1 ￿ ￿Th11St the school was a￿e to operate and run dasses onsite,
we hal to continue to akn'de by numerous restrictions.. one way systems,
harmd washinglsanitising, face masks. limrted contact etc. School hours
intrCMJu￿I for the pandemic Ftriod were maintained (eadier start and
finish for younger pupils. separate breaks)
Activityes paiticularfy at the beginning of the academic year had to be
kept Icyw key.
The traditional Sl Nicholas festivities were reintroduced however without
the usual sthool ma&8 and the pupils were split into two groups to avoid
having too many peo￿8 in the hall.
By the end of the spring term Year 5 vmre able to tske part in the re
enactment of the Stations of the Cross
ThroUg￿Ut the year various collections were organised to support other
causes., wam) wnter dothing arKI toiletries were donated by parents for
the homeless. Following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine members of
the schooi were encouraged to contribute to bona fide organisations eg
collections organised by the Polish Educational Soaety. Instigated by
parents a c￿le(lI0n was organised for Gregorian masses for one of our
long serling teachers who lost her lrfe to Covid 19.
The school suppx>rted Police Cadets recrurtment- pupils were able to
talk to current cadets to see if thi8 was something that they may bo
interested in.
A trip was organised for the pupils to Laxlon Hall for Childrens day.
Online training for teachers was organised by Polish Educational Society
to promote Polish language learning through games and play.
Examinats'on eentres were once again allowed to hold GCSE and AL
exams on their premises. Dewte the disrupts'on in study due to the Covid
19 pandemic. 21 puyls from our school sat the GCSE exam and 4 sat the
AL exarn.
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Section E
Financial review
The school reser4e KK)licy is in place to ensure that sufficient funds are
available which would enable the sch<x)I to operate for 1- 2
academ￿ years should there be a reduced income
Brief statement of the
charity's pollcy on reserves
Detalls of any funds materlalty
In deficit
nla
Furth•r flnanc5al rovlew detslls (Optlonal Infomiatlon)
The principal sourc* of funds is through o)ntrfbutions loward$ the fees.
Funds are also raised through on-site acti¥ities'.
You may choos• to include
additional infonnation. where
relevant aboul..
the charity's principal
sources offunds (induding
any fundraising).,
how expenditure has
supported the key obpdives
of the charity.,
investment policy and
objectives including any
ethical investment poli
adopted.
This year the school receiv&J donations from StOW8rzyszenie 'W8pOlnota
Polska.. There was also an uneX￿ed donation of £45,000, from the
estate of the late G Underhill.
The largest expense is the hire of the school premises followed ty wages
for the I8￿h1￿￿ Staff {at jU8t over the minimal wage) and the treasurer.
Section F
Other optional information
Section G
Declaration
The trustses declare that they hav• approved the trustees, report above.
Slgn8d on behalf of the ch•rlty'S trustees
Slgnature(s)
Full namels)
Posltlon (eg Secretary,
Chair, •tc)
Stanislawa Co
Renata Turrell
Chair
Trustee
25. 6. 2023
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|CHARITY COMMISsloN||||||
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|3Eiii`<br>FOR  ENGLAND  AND  WALES|Our Lady of Czestochowa Polish School<br>1175364<br>Receipts and payments accounts|||||
||For the periodfrom||TO|||
|||01/09/2021||31/08/2022||
||U n restri cted<br>funds|Restri cl:ed             E n d owme nt<br>funds                       funds||Total funds|Last year|
||to the nearest     f|to the nearest f           to the nearest £||to the nearest £|to the nearest £|
|AI Receipts||||||
|voluntary receipts|55,280|||||
|acftyities for generating funds|15'821|||||
|Donations|51,232|||||
|interest|25|||||
|Sub total (Gross income for||||||
|AR'|122,357|||||
|A2 Asset and investment sales,||||||
|(see table).<br>Total receipts||E±E±E±E±<br>-iiiiiE||||
|Wages/salaries and Nl|31,220|||||
|Fundraising costs|8,134|||||
|rentthire of rooms|23,321|||||
|Costs of charitable actwities|6,774|||||
|Governance costs|8,909|||||
||78.359|||||
|A4 Asset and investment||||||
|purohases, (see table)||||||
|Printer<br>Sub total|328<br>I                               _  _5281|iiiEiiiE||||
|Total payments||||||
|Net Of receiptsl(payments)<br>A5 Transfers between funds<br>A6 Cash funds last year end<br>Cash funds this year end||EiE=||||





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