Trustees, Annual Report for the period Period start date Perd end dale Yeat From 01 Sept 2024 To 31 Aug 2025 Section A Reference and administration details Charlty name Our Lady of Czest(Khowa Polish Sch¢)ol Other names charity is known by i Polska Szkola im. Matki Boskiej Czestcchowskn'ej Reglstsrod charity numb•r Irf any) 1175364 Charity's principal address 175 Cadingford Road London Po$tcod• N15 3ET Names of the charlty trustoos who manage tho charlty N*m• of pffion lor bodyl •ntill•d to appolnt tru•t•• Ilf TN•t•• nam• Offlc• Ilf •nyl Dat•• aGt•d rf not forwhol• Stanislawa Coppola Dorota Piela Chair Jolanta Kalino•iska Renata Turrell Andrzej Jastrzebski Julia Moszumanski Piotr Wojdyla upto 23.06.2025 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Names of the trustses for the charlty, if any, {for example, any custodlan trustees) Name Dates acted If not for whole ear TAR March 2012
Names and addresses of advisers (OMional Inforniation) e of advlser Name Address Name of chlef executive or names of senlor stsff members (Optlonal Informatlon) Section B Structure, overnance and mana ement Descrlptlon of the charlty's trusts ICIO Typ8 of goveming duent, leo. trust deeo. Constrt How the charity 18 constituted leg Irusl, association, pan Association Trustee selection methods leg. oppoin1811 Dy. ee0 Dv I , Appointed by trustees Addltlonal gov•rnonco Issues Ioptlonal Inforniatlon) You may choos• lo indude additional infoimation, where felevant. about.. The week to week running of the school is the sponsibl11tY of a board of committee rrrtmbefs, all of whom are volunteers. The committee answ8r$ to the board of truslees. The mmIttee works alongside the Headteacher to prowde whatever add'0nal administrative assistance is required. policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees., the chanty's organisational structure and any wider neork with which the charity works., • relationship with any related parties., truslee$' consideration of m8Jor risks and the system snd procedures to manage them. The school has 8 cklse association with the Polish Educational Society which provides educalional support, advice and training for the teaching staff.. the local Polish parish Church - religious education is provided by the pnests and catechist, The Polish Scouts Assocjation - after lessons pupils aged 7 years + have the opportunity to join one of 4 s¢>Juls groups whose maetings and activrties are held at the same I£tIon. Section C Ob"ectives and activities The advancement of education for public benefft by providing a Saturday school with dasses in the Polish language, cufture and heritage, and the Roman Catholic religion for pupils aged >18 Summary ofthe objects ofthe charfty set out In its goveming document TAR March 2012
Classes are available to anyone who is interested in learning about the culture. history or geoJraphy of Poland and the Polish language. All classes are hekl in Polish. Most pupils have some conneciion or at le8St one parent or gpndparent of Polish origin., some pupils will have been born in Poland whilsl mosl are rK)w UK bom". occasionally we have students of other nats'onalities who wish to attend for other reasons. The school maintsins strong links wlh the local Polish parish - the priests and catethists take the RE lessons. Summary ofthe maln actlvlties undertaken for the publlc benefft In relatlon to theso objects (include wtthln thls sectlon the ststutory Commtttee members are responsible for the general running of the do¢laratlon that trustoes have school. had regard to the guidance Issued by the Charlty Commlsslon on public benefftl RC masses are celebrated at the school - traditionally they will be at the beginning and end of the year wrth addFts'onal masses organised for speafic occasions. Committee meetings are held, as and when requifed throughoul the year to deal wrth any issues should the ans6 and to plan forthcoming events. All teachers and committee members ha¥E DBS checks. All necessary policies and procedures are in place and ar8 updated regulady. They indude. health & safety. safeguarding, GDPR, equal opportuniti'es, whislleblowing etc. Addltlonal detalls of objectlves and actlvttle• {Optlonal Infomiatlon) You may choose to indude further statement$, where relevant, about.. policy on grantmaking.. policy programme related investment., contribution made by volunteers. TAR March 2012
Section D Achievements and performance Summary ofthe main achievements ofthe Gharity during the year The school was founded in 1950 and this year we were able to celebrate . our 75 anniversary. To commemorate this milestone a series of events were planned which We held thought the year. In the autumn tern selected guests were invited to a celebratory Mass I followed by a semi fomial event held at the Church Hall. Guests induded dignilanes. representatsves from the Embassy, Educational Society, headteachers from other schools. past pupils and slaff, people who have had links wilh the s¢h¢JoI over the many decades as well as well as selected parents vthose children were pupils for many years. Among the speeches there w8re congratulatory messages from the rector of the Polish Catholic Mission, a Papal theologian and PolarKI's First Lady Agata Komhauser Duda. The serx)nd formal event was held at the school in March 2025. A School Standard was purchased and blessed for Ihis occasion. A special display was created showing the history of Ihe school". a specjal perfomiance was laid on in which pupils of all ages from across the school were encouraged to take part. The theme was a 'Tour of Poland, outlining key events in the history of the country. Other activities induded 2D and 3D art competitions, a childrens entertainnt show and a summer fete. A Comrremorative School Annual was prepared and distributed lo all tha families as a record of the anniversary year. This acadernic year there were 295 registered pupils and 31 teachers. Pupil numbers were d<ywn very sligmly on the previous year and we expect this trend to conts'nue as a result of a lower birth rate and Brexit More families 8 deciding to retum to Poland. however some do return to the UK and reonrol at our school. There was little change in teaching staff - the leacher sponsible for pffjparing pupils for their GCSE Polish exams left and returned to her nats've Poland. The Autumn tem finIstr as is our traditi'on with a Mass, followed by Nativity Play performed by Year 2 pupils. Saint NictK)las was on hand to distribute small gifts to the children. At the end of the spring temi in the lead up to Easter, the Stations of the Cross were re*nacted by Year 5 pupils. This year the event was filmed and a short dip was shown on Polish TV. This year the sthool continued to provide afterschool folklore dancing dasses for children in years 14. The children were taughl a few regional dances which they were able to perform at the end ofthe year. This is in addition to the Krak(ywiak tIt is traditionally perfomied by year 1 26 pupils from our school sat the Polish GCSE exam of which 20 attained a grade 9. 5 a grade 8 and 1 8 grade 7. 16 pupils sat the AL exam. 2 attained A. 7 pupils attained an A, 4 8 grade B and 3 passed with a grade C TAR Marth 2012
Section E Financial review i The school's reserve policy is in pla¢2 to ensure that 5uffiaent funds are available which would enable the sch¢)ol to operate for 1- 2 academic years should there be a reduced Income. This is becoming more important as pupil numbets are sl(Nthy beginning to dedine. Brief statement of the charty's policy on reserves Detsils of any funds materlalty in deficit nla Further financial revlew detalls Ioptlonal Infornia15on) You may chooso to indude additional infomation. where relevant al)out'. the chanly's principal sources of funds (induding any fundraising).. how expenditure has supported the key obieclives of Ihe charity.. investment policy and objectives induding any ethi¢81 investment policy adopted. The principal source of funds is through (x)ntributions towards the fees. Funds are also raised through regular on-site activities. The largest expense is the hire of the school premises followed by wages for the tea¢hing staff lat just over the minimal wage) and the treasurer. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustses, report above. Slgned on bohalf of the charfty's trustses Slgnaturels) Full n•m8ls) Posltlon (eg SeGretsry, Chalr, etc) Renata Turrell ' Stanislawa Coppol Trustee Trustee Dats TAR March 2012
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WAIE5 Our Lady of Cz••tochow• Polish School 117S364 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe perlod Irorn To 0110912024 3110812025 Section A Receipts and payments UnfestrL¢ted Restricted fund• funds k+th• É lolh• n••r•JtÉ Endowment fund Totsl fund• L•$t yoar to th• n•Arvat£ to th• A1 R•c•l vduniary r•¢•ot8 3Ctr4the% for tnarabno fufid• Donatons InloTWt 45,420 17,992 10,879 Z.¢21 17.235 17.235 In) 2.763 IDSS nGome AR) 61. n.712 Inw•tm•nt (••• tsbl• . 61.394 A3P• Wage•Ine8 •nd Nl Fundlin9 ¢08 rontfniie ol ruomt Coots of ¢h•ntsbke aClVlDOS Go¥8in8nco w•ts Donbon J2,882 1.735 23,906 3,010 e.067 2,352 31.717 12,135 23,304 1.737 8,082 B,064 9.7S6 23.305 3.018 ,OS7 Sub lolal TIy7 n.347 8J,008 A4 A••t Ind Inv••tm•nt urchas•$ •• tabl• Om¢• • ul m•nU*hr•dd•r Sub total Tot•1 payments 77,347 N•1 ofrnceipW(payments) A5 Trnn¥f•rn b•tw••n lunds A6 Cash funds last ywr •nd Cash lunds thls end 191,323 CCXX R1 a¢¢ourl6 ISSI 14J05r2026
iection 8 Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period UFbrestnGt8d funds Restrict¢d funds n•arnst£ Eftdowment fvnds nb•rts¢£ D•tsll$ 81 Cash fund• kAco)urrt 18447? 49n Pqty Cxh 874 Totsl ¢ash lunds 1g1.J23 Unr••trlct•d lund• Endowm•nt fvnd• to nearest£ fund# to n11£ Fund lothh •Js•t Cot lopkna Currnnt v•lu• Fund to whh ••1 b• ¢ury•ntv•lu• O•tsils 84 Al3 rntaln•d for the charfty'• own u Fund AmtyJnldu• B6 UabllltS ned by one or Iru*885 on behalf olall the trust Data of roval Signature Print Nam• i{•reig I-L O&JG S. CCKX R2 #Lxounls ISSI 14105r2028
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Roport to the trusteesl mombers of Our Lady of Czestochowa Polish School On accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 Charlty no (rfany) 1175364 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above chanty {Ihe Trusf) for the year ended 31108 12025 Rosponslbllltlfrs and A8 the thanty trustees of the Trust. you are resrKJnsible for the preparation basls of report of the ac£ounts in accordance with the requiremenls of the Charities Act 2011 (1he Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accfjunts carried OLrt under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Chanty Commission under section 145(51{bl of the Act. I have cx)mpleted my examinth'on. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attentson (other than that disdosed below ') in connection with the examinats'on whbc) gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in afxorrlance wrth section 130 of the Act or Ihe accounts do nol accord wrth the accounts.ng records Independent examiner's statement I have no concems and have me xross no other matters in connection with the examination to which attenkn'on should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached. . Aeas8 delete the wonls in the bra¢ets rfthey do not apply. Slgn•d: Nam•: {W)A FE£oLF Relevant professlonal A c c quallflcatlonlsl or body | (ff any): Address: I Ioj C+khPEL Fh £M loA SEq S Lo)1 IER October 2018
Section B Disclosure Only cx)mplete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern {see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts". directions and guidance for examiners). Glve hère brlef d•talls of any items thatthe examiner wlshes to dlsclose. IER October 2018