CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Trustees, Annual Report for the period From 1" September 2024 To 31- August 2026 Charity name: Nicolaus Cop•rni¢us P•t•rborough Polish School Charity r?gistration numb•r: 1179402 Objectives and Activities ORP ler¢lL¢* Summary oflhe purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document To advance education lincluding social and physical training) of people under the age of 25 years in such ways as the charity trustees shall think fft. To provide learning opportupilies for students attending PPS via both stnEctured activ(iies arkd after school clubs o WO in partnership with other agencies and organisations with similar objectives Summary ofthe main aclivities in relation lo those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the aclivilies, projects or serviS idenlrfied in the accounts. P¥aT IFanai 19 During Ihe course of thi5 financial year. he following activrties look plaGe lo fulfil he Charity's objectives.. 1. Advan¢•ment of Education: Thi5 is sali5fied by the offering of weekly lasses. during term IiFne. in the Polish language to children and young adults ranging from 3-18 years. Please see below for more details. 2. Providing lèarning activitiès via structured activitiès and after school ¢lubs This objective is satisfied in the following ays". lal W•8kly Glasses
hiklren aged >11 prhmarity instTuction in Teading, wriknng and aklng PcAlsh a5 well a5 must. hihlren aged frcrn 11-18 receive IlrUctiOn in reading, wiiting ar#J speaking Polish and also receive 1ructi in Pdish 9etsJraphy and history as well as religious education. è Schcd wul&ty runs dasses to repare students for both GCSE and A. Level exaninations in the Polish LaTrJuage. e is al80 one class te&ing Polish aB sewKI gUage. b) Sahool •ss•mbll•s 18tudent8 are expected lo attend school SseMles from lo tlme 1¢h take ace al SpeCrf times of year such as Polhh Intsperthnce Day and Chrlstma8. •) Aft•r 8oh•ol Clu DuriThJ the scthl year the folbmng after (i) Arts and crafta (ii) Kar (iih) DarKe and Drama gessb)ns lake plaek eh Saturday r one hour after the end of the normal day'and are well attended by (dl Chlklr•n vAth sp•olal •duoatl•nal n••ds ring the schcwjl year a total of 18 hildren with speaal educational needs these. four chAdren N4we assisted on Iktime basis by members of staff with ne ¥TkIng entirely of the srcom. Seven chiwren part1pat ulaty 1.1 rning on a part tne sis. A lurther Se chiklren were nitore¢J by the teacher in drge of EN- many of Ihese chihlren vre
usty reIVing 1.1 tea¢hin9 but vwe ubsequenlly able to be incorporated into Ckssrocrfn on a fulk twne basis. . Worklng In p•ii•tshlp tlth oth•r g•n¢l•s is otyeclibry is satisfd in the folkMiirwJ a) R•l•tlonshlp TRAth oth•r P•llsh rd•y 8ohoo nce a year. sludenls and employees of e Schod attend a festival Ofganised at on Haw rn Nb*OnSh1re. Thls tival. whith shvKase8 Polish cutture trt)n, brirwJs together representatives of marry Polish Saturday hools and e&h school Is encouraged o pwlicpate in various c¢mp•lftion8. ) 8ulldlrffj Bvldg•s Is local orpanlsalh)n 8pon80red 8vent8 our annual sports day. Statement conffimlng ether the twstees have had reg8rd lo the guldanc¢ Issued by the Charity Comm1881on on pulAi¢ benefit Ift have h&1 rega to the uidance188ued by the Charity comklon on public benefft Additional infonnation (optional) You may choose to include further ststements where relevant about: Charity doe8 ncrt make grants to r Lw>Ji•s. PolKy on grarrt makirvJ Charity does not have a p)licy on Policy on social inveslment including prcgram re181ed investment
11 l. The Charity a¢lNety encouwes contributions from volunlews and during this financtal year a total of 20 4dunteers (tr(rted to the16fe of the School in the folhjwing c4)&ilies: ¥A 131 ContrIbutn made by • FLr¥Jrnl8lng • maethyJ • Ceration of Pwent C(rnun Other A¢hl•v•m•nts and P•rforrnanc• . Eduo•tl¢)n Summary ofthe maln hi8vemenls ol the charfty. identlfylng the dlfferen¢e Ih hafity's work ha$ made to he circumstances of its nelklaTies and any der nefts 10 80C rfng the Schcd year. *ich mn from 14th September 2024 10 5. Juty 2025. 8 crtal 01500 children and young people regular education on a Saturday ing durlng lem Iwne. 1.20 e Schcol was ¢)pen forla¢e to face eaching for a total of 30 Saturdays 80 hal each thild and young person wa¥ ble lo access a lotal of 120 hours of upds rnnged In •Je from &18 years aThJ re tsughl in 28 classes by a total of 30 eachers supwrted by 19 teaching SslsLts. upils aged 3-11 were tsught a icubjm based on speaking. reading nd writing in Polish together with 80 ditw)nd MU lessons. upi15 aged 11-18 were laught reading. ' TrJ arKI speaking in Polish as wdl as MrKJ lessons in Polish history and
raphy avj relvJN)us edLKav)n. 18 students wth specia edLtstlcmal eeds were taught by one teacher aThJ ree'Polish as a secwj language. sses V4tre al80 taughL ublK examiiK)n$ wih the ft4lcthing CSE- 18 Stts- grades rawed m7-9 BtoA" folkwling assembfies p uring the course of the year • Lets assembly. ye 12 • IWI)rf(81w titW"Hate doesn Play for Me" were ndUcted invol¥iTVJ discussK)ns and creating posters related to the topic. • Literary and spts wryksh(ys weather conducted under th anthem"A Heatthy Mind in a Healthy 8(KJy" whefe children leamed mairtainiNJ gcod healthy Iwendence Day • Younger classes engaged in
vari¢)us art actlvliies. creating many projects themed around airtumn. winter and spring Students make flags in class lo commemorate Independence Day Holiday competilions were held where child decorated Christmas omaments for trees and Class Chrfstmas parties in cla&s Teddy Bear Day was celebted in the C$$eS • An exhibition of children's geography projects wa5 held, showing maps made from various materials Andoqki la Irajitional Pollsh celebrations) loc* place in cbas$es • A camfval bail was organlzed in class. where children dressed up in various costumes and dance to musi • A class event was organized lo celebrate the 3rd of May Polish ConstilutKJn and Flag Day . Aft•r school Clubs During the school year the following after hool clubs took place.. Arts and crafts 3 groups Karate Club Dance and Drama ese sessions lake plac& each Saturday or one hour after the end of the normal school day and are well attended by students. . ExtrAllourrlcular •¢tlvltl•s e following activities look place..
• 14" tCerth- Christmas fete • 1r May spts Day l Open Day e Schcx)I partKipated in the annual SP fundrnising event in January 2025 1559.42 arents. students and staff participated in annual fun day held at Laxlon Hall . Par•nt Communlty Caf6 e Parent Commuimty Cafè operated roughrt the schoo] year. The café ntinued to seNe both parents and staff ar UTtng the course of the year the sch11 receNed a grant in the sum of£4780 ard$ the café's ruming costs from tr . Chlldr•n¥ Unlvwshy School continued to particwte in thi rcyJranNne during this financiai year.
Additional inforniation (optional) You may choose to indude further statements where relevant about: jectives set Perforynance of fundrai5irvJ ctrvitses against obiecbves el Investment performnce gn$t objectives P¥• 1.41 Flnanolal Revl•w Review of the charity's nancial positson at the end the Per 1.21 uring Ihi$ financial year income xceeded ewditure in the sum of 17.484 ia Stalement explalning the polw for holdirwJ resep4es taling why they are held e Charity haj a formal reserves p)lioy in ple during this financial year on the a&s of a figure equivalent to three onth$' expendTiure. mount of reserves held t the end of thi8 financral yearthe harity had unrestricled reservgj fvThJs in he of£68.212.
Reason$ for holding zero reserves • 1.22 NIA Details of fund materially in er11 124 NIA Explanation of any uncertainties aboul the harity continuing as a oing concem al Additional infonnation (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant aboLrt: he Charity's prlnclpal source of fvnding omes from the monthly fees paid by parents. In the financial year funding was btained from the folknwing sources: The charity's Prrncipal sources of funds lincluding any fundraislng) Irn 1.47 Wspolnota Polska. organlsatkin which operates under the auspices of the Polish Forelgn Mlnlstry- £2¥543.12 12068.71 in 0911212024 17484.41 in 1110712026 alional Lottery Fund -£4780 These onies were designated to 8UPPOrt the ofthe Parent Community Café. he monies raised in thi8 way have been Sed lo further the key objectives of the hafity by: • hiriro $uitable premises providing a parent community café . emph)ylng staff • purchasing teaching materials and textbooks NIA Investment policy and (iijectives including any social investment policy adopted description of the princip81 risk$ facing the charity There are fNe main issues that we have identified and our approach to addressing is set out below..
Compll4no• Issues s th any ccfflparable organisation we have certain requirements in terms of pulling policies and procedures in place. he most imwrtant of these are in . Safeguardlng Oata protectlon Equal opportunlties hese polIc8 a reviewed on a re9ulaT asis and update trainino is dellvered lo staff al regular Inte818. We 8180 have a 8erie8 of pollcle¥ In place relating lo employment matters. CommunSoatlon188u•8 Given that we have nearly 500 student8, ho are laughl vla 28 cla$$e$, It 18 imperallve that we oommunlcale clearly Ilh parents. Th1818 done primarily u$lr*g he Parenlmall communkallon tool and vla our ¥thool web8Re and fa¢¢book paue. Fln•nol•l l•su In terms of finance8, we have pul in place reserves policy and have reserved unds to cover unexpect8d expen¥e8 or 8hortfall8 In incomg. Parents pay a monthly fee lo the 8ehool. and this is collected vla the S¢hool Money payment platt whlch allows us lo manage this 88pect of our finance8 mre ffect4vely. L•g•l Issu•55 In terms of employment consideralions, each role has a detailed job description nd employees benefrt from a contract of mploymenl that provides the usual protections. With the exception of our supply teacher8, we do not use zero hours contr&ts. also have an annual contract for hire in place with the school on whose
premises we cperale. GoV•nO• Issu•s e School employs a Headleacher and Deputy Headlea¢her on g part lime ba818 nd they are responsible for day-ldaY management issues. The trustees meet omialty with the HT and DHT not less han slx timeB a year and are regular isitors lo the schod on Saturday mornings. Each trustee also has certaln pecifiG resp)n8ibilitle8 depending on helr role. Other Struoture, Gov•rnan¢• and M4nag•m•nt D88¢rfptlon of eharlty's rust8: Type of governing documont 4 1.25 on816tutlon, approved at an AGM on une 2018. How 16 the charfiy con811tuted? 10 Trustee selection method8 Sncluding delalls of any conslltutional provi8lon8 è.g. election lo post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustegs 1.25 Ecld by memb•r6 al the AGM for a perkxl of years ppolnted by tru8lee8 on a co-opted ba8is- maximum lenn tsvo years Additional Information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Pol19$ and procedure8 adopted for the induction and tralnlng of trustees 4 1.51
Chity runs a Polish Saturday chod (the School'> which provides ucat)n in Polish L4nguage. tradthns, istcry. geography and ujlbjre for four ou ¢)n a Saturday moming during tem The sch( began in 1951 and was re¢cJnised as a chafity by HMRC on 1 uty 2015 aNJ &)nvert&J lo CIO statu$ effecl fffjm 1° sept 2019. eaching takes place on the prernises of he SL jc4 Ftsher Schcd secondary l in Petth which are hlied chartys organisational tnlUre and any wder nets¥ork wlth which the harity works •¥ 1.51 e total number of students for the nancial year 24r25 was 5(Xl making the the largest Pdish Saturday l in the Unit&J Kingdom oulside of ondon. st}ents attending the SGhool re atrJ$t entirdy of Pdish IrItage aTrJ re res#Jtt In the greater Pdert)orough rea although s(yr students do come ay to day rnanagnt of the Charity 1$ elegaled by the Trustees to the Schoofs Management Team whKh cx)nsists of a part time Head Tethr. and t)eputy He&J Teadw. The Twslees meet with Sch1 Manement Te not less han six tvnes a year to ensure that the chool is being run in aCrdance wilh he ctjiects set cmrt tn the Charity's nstitution. The Trustees also regularty sit the Schcol during its IK)uts of peralion to liaise with the Sch) e Trustees. togetherwith the Schcol Management Team, have put in place ppropriale wliues in Ih05e areas of Teate5t risk for the Charity. name eguarding. Health and Safety and Dala Protection. Trnining in resFect of se areas is also prov¥Jed on a wular Relalionship with any related parbes 1.51 Other
Rthrenea and Admlnlstratlve detalls Charlty name Nicolaus Copemicus Peterborough Pollsh School Other name the Gharty uses Petert)orough Poli¥h Sthool Reglstered charity number 1179402 Charity'8 prinpaI addre88 clo St. John FiBher Catholits High School Park Lane Peterb¢xough PE1 5JN N•m•s of th• aharlty trust••s wh• manag• th• ¢harlty Tru8w• Mhb• Iizxizzai M• •lp•vB•N lor b•dyl iiir•d t• w•lrttru•t••111 Illanyl D•t•¥ A•tsd W n•t l•r y••r Nat88za Z881awna Chalr GM l Other tNstee8 vla pllon GM l Other trustees vla plion Magdalena Karnlnska ecretary K•rol Plotr(hYthI Trustee GM l Olhor tN8t••8 vla -opllon Corporate trustees - names of the directors at the date the re ort was approved Dlr•4tor M Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity TTPthl•• n*mo Dal•S Mt•d Iln•t hrwh•lDy
Funds h•ld as custodian trustoes on b•hall of others Description of the assets held in this cry NIA Name and object$ of the charity on whose behalfthe assets are held and how this falls wilhin the custodian charity's objects Details of arrangements for safe custC* and Segregation of such as8ets m the charity's own ssets Additional information tional Nam Ind •ddross•s ol advlsors {OptloMI inlorma¢l•nl Typ• of Nam• Addross advls•r Nam• of ohl•f •x•outi¥• or nam•s •f s•nlor stAff m•mb•rs IOpd•nl Inforniatlon) Magdalena Sobkowicz- Headteacher Exemptions from dlsclosur• Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details Other optlonal Infom)atlon D•¢laratlon¥ Th• trustses d•clar• that th•y hav• •pprov•d tho trust••s' r•port
bov•. Sign•d •n b•haM of th• oh11ty trust••s 8lgnatsr•ls Full nam•(s M4dalena Kin$ka Posltloh (•g SKr•tary. Chair, •to Chwr Secretary
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGiANO AND WALES Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the rIOd To Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds to th8 no¥rgSt Restricted funds Endowment fund5 Total funds Last year ¢othè n•arest E to the noarnst£ to th• nmrest É to the noamst £ A1 Receipts Parents contributs.ons Ischoolmoneyl other fees Grant- StOWaFzys2en Wspolnota Polska Grant- Cafe fund Fundraising- Chrislrna5 Party Fundraising Sport5 Day Bank intemt Isavings aontI other income Sub total 160004 160,804 782 782 4.9BO 1,620 1.085 694 239 1.620 1,085 694 239 A2 Asset and Investment sales, (see tsblel. Sub total 165.224 ¥523 199,747 197,664 A3 Payments Staff costs- unrestricted StaN costs. rnstn.thd Hall hire- unrestricted Hall hire- rèstn.cted Cafe running Costs Ir¥slrtl8d. cafe fund) HMRC IPAYEINII Purchase of books Purchasè ol tabts for students Other expenses lequip, training, DBS. soartI Sub total 105,469 105,469 2&Y8 548 5.909 11250 10.082 10,050 12.250 10.082 10,050 11.242 173,Y41 11,242 205,19B 109.872 A4 Asset and Investment purchases, (see table) Sub total Total payments 173.941 31.257 205.198 169.872 Net ofreceipts/{paymentsJ A5 Transfets begen funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end 8.71 3.266 5,4S1 27.692 93,491 14.218 17. 107.709 101258 27,69 CCXX R1 accounts ISSI 2310612026
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds to arest £ Restricted funds ID r*aresl£ Endowment funds to neare5t£ Categories Dotails B1 Cash funds 14562 17.484 68.212 Total cash funds 84,774 17.484 sii Unrestrictsd funds Restricted funds lo n&arest É Endowment funds to ngare5t£ Details Fur to which asset bel Details Current ¥aluè ional Cost lopti¢)nall B3 Investment assets Fund to which asset bvlon Details Tablets x 30. 4x Ff. lx madx Cu¢Tent value onal C05t loptFonall B4 Assets retained for the harity's own use 10,050 10.050 -vni- Fund to which Amount duo onal Details Wh&r¢ duo tional B5 Liabilities Signed by ts¥o trustees on behalf of all the tsustees Signature Prirrt Name Date of roval CCXX R2 accounts ISS)
CHARITY a)MMISSION FOR ENGLAM) AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteMI member6 of Nicolaus Copemicus Peterborough Polish Schooi On accounts for the year ended 3110812025 Charlty no (If any) 1179402 Set out on pagos Attached CC16a I report to the trustees on my examinats'on of the accounts of the above ¢harity ('the Tw$t") for th8 year ended 3110812025. ReBponslbllltles and A8 the tharitV6 tntee6, you are ponsIble for the preparation of the ba$18 of report accounts in a¢Mrdan¢e with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the I rert in respec of my examination of the Tru8f6 accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in Carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Diredions gNen ty the Charrty Commission under section 145{5){b) of the Act. Indopendent I have completed my examinab'on. I confirm that no material matters have examlnerf• statement CA)me to my attention in connection with the examinats'on which gives mo cau6e to believe that in, any material re6ped'. the accounting records were not kept in aC0)rdan with 6edion 130 of the Charib'es Acl., or the aclunt8 did not accord with the acMunting re¢ord8'. or the a¢count6 did not Comply with the applicable requirements n¢rnIng the form and contsnt of a¢¢ounts sel out in the Charities (A¢Unt8 and Reports) Regulation6 2008 other than any requirement that the a¢unt$ give a 'true and fail view whith is not a matter con6idered as part of an independent examination. I have no GOnm8 and have rne aGr068 no other matters in conne('on with the exarnination to which attention Should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understsnding of the account6 to be reached. Signed: Date: 121/2028 anna Fox ACMA Relevant professlonal quaiification(s) or body (If any).. Chartered Institute of Management Accountarts Address: Unit 8 Greenhill House, Thorpe Road Petefborough PE3 6RU IER Oct 2018
Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs lo highlighl material matters of concern (gee CC32, Independent examination of charty account8: directions and guidance for examiners). Gfve here brlef dotalls of any ttemg that tho examiner wlshos to dlsclo8e. IER Oct 2018