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
servi￿S 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
I￿lrUctiOn 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
SseM￿les 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 sc*thl year the folbmng after
(i) Arts and crafta
(ii) Kar
(iih) DarKe and Drama
gessb)ns lake plaek e￿h 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 part￿1pat￿￿
ulaty ￿ 1.1 ￿rning on a part t￿ne
sis. A lurther Se￿ chiklren were
nitore¢J by the teacher in d￿rge of
EN- many of Ihese chihlren v￿re

usty re￿IVing 1.1 tea¢hin9 but vwe
ubsequenlly able to be incorporated into
Ckssrocrfn on a fulk twne basis.
. Worklng In p•i*i•tshlp t*lth oth•r
g•n¢l•s
is otyeclibry is satisf￿d 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 N￿b*OnSh1re. Thls
tival. whith shvKase8 Polish cutture
tr￿￿t￿)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
comk￿lon 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
ContrIbut￿n made by
• FLr¥Jrnl8lng
• ma￿ethyJ
• C*eration 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
SslsL￿ts.
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 examii*K)n$ wih the ft4lcthing
CSE- 18 St￿ts- grades rawed
m7-9
BtoA"
folkwling assembfies p
uring the course of the year
• Le￿ts 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 sp￿ts 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 celeb￿ted
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" t￿Certh- Christmas fete
• 1r May sp￿ts 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
rough￿rt the schoo] year. The café
ntinued to seNe both parents and staff
ar
UTtng the course of the year the sch1￿1
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
g￿n$t objectives
P¥• 1.41
Flnanolal Revl•w
Review of the charity's
nancial positson at the end
the Per￿
1.21
uring Ihi$ 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 pl￿e 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
er￿11
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 polIc￿8 a￿ reviewed on a re9ulaT
asis and update trainino is dellvered lo
staff al regular Inte￿818.
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•n￿￿O• Issu•s
e School employs a Headleacher and
Deputy Headlea¢her on g part lime ba818
nd they are responsible for day-l￿daY
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
E￿cl￿d 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:
Pol￿19$ and procedure8
adopted for the induction
and tralnlng of trustees
4 1.51

Ch*ity 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¢c*Jnised 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 Pet￿t￿h which are hlied
chartys organisational
tn￿lUre 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 atr￿J$t entirdy of Pdish I￿rItage aTrJ
re res#J*tt In the greater Pdert)orough
rea although s(yr* students do come
ay to day rnanag￿￿nt of the Charity 1$
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
Sch￿1 Man￿ement Te￿ not less
han six tvnes a year to ensure that the
chool is being run in aC￿rdance 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 prin￿paI 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•n*l
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 K￿in$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 a￿o￿ntI
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 tab￿ts for students
Other expenses lequip, training,
DBS. so￿artI
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 be￿gen 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 tn￿tee6, you are ￿ponsIble for the preparation of the
ba$18 of report accounts in a¢Mrdan¢e with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
('the
I re￿rt in respec* of my examination of the Tru8f6 accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in Carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Diredions gNen ty the Charrty Commission
under section 145{5){b) of the Act.
Indopendent I have completed my examinab'on. I confirm that no material matters have
examlnerf• statement CA)me to my attention in connection with the examinats'on which gives mo
cau6e to believe that in, any material re6ped'.
the accounting records were not kept in aC0)rdan￿ with 6edion 130
of the Charib'es Acl., or
the ac￿lunt8 did not accord with the acMunting re¢ord8'. or
the a¢count6 did not Comply with the applicable requirements
n¢￿rnIng the form and contsnt of a¢¢ounts sel out in the Charities
(A¢￿Unt8 and Reports) Regulation6 2008 other than any requirement
that the a¢￿unt$ give a 'true and fail view whith is not a matter
con6idered as part of an independent examination.
I have no GOn￿m8 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