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2023-08-31-accounts

Annual Trustees Report for The Marie Sklodowska- Curie Polish Saturday School Wimbledon Putney

Registration number 1179554

Governing Document: CIO Association

Registered 14 August 2018

Report of Trustees for the year ending 31.08.2023

The Governors of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Polish Saturday School WimbledonPutney present their annual report for the year ended 31.08.2023

Our Aims

The School operates since 1960, teaching Polish language, history, culture and heritage to children between the ages of 3 and 18. On 18th August 2018 the School was formally registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales as Association.

We are members of the Polish Educational Society (registered in England and Wales - charity no 1159980) which supports Polish education in Great Britain. In February 2019 we received confirmation of registration with HMRC, which allows us to receive Gift Aid donations, with effect from 14.08.2018. We are a relatively new charity; however, we have a 60-year history as a supplementary school.

We promote and teach Polish language, culture, and traditions through a specially designed curriculum for Polish schools outside of Poland, preparing our students to take GCSE and A level exams under the AQA examination board.

Through cultural events and activities, we broaden the students’ knowledge of Poland and its heritage. We aim to create an ethos of being a community in which all students and their families feel at home, respected and involved. Many extracurricular activities are designed to bring Polish history, culture and heritage closer to our students so that, when they leave our school, they feel truly enriched.

Our objectives

Our objectives for the year 2022-23 were to reflect our academic aims in our work, as well as our ethos as stated by objectives of a charitable organisation.

We aimed to:

Pupil numbers

During 2022-23 our school had 568 pupils in 27 classes (forms).

The number of pupils per class varied between 15 and 23. All our forms were full. In 2022-23 we observed the following number of students in the examination classes:

36 teachers and 8 teaching assistants were working in the school. This included a history teacher and RE teachers.

Fees

Our fees in 2022-23 remained unchanged and were as follows:

1st child £330 per academic year

2nd child £290 per academic year

3rd child £ 140 per academic year

4th and above child- exempt from fees

During 2022-23 we offered help in the form of bursaries to the amount of £1,000.

Finances

The total cash receipts in the year were £203,294 and the payments were £194,399.

The accounts are presented to parents at the Annual General Meeting which normally takes place in November and are prepared on an accruals basis.

The budget for the next academic year is also presented and discussed giving the parents and carers a chance to have their voice on such matters.

The school’s main income comes from school fees £167,636. We also received support from Stowarzyszenie “Wspolnota Polska”, Fundacja “Wolnosc I Demokracja” and Instyt

Rozwoju Jezyka Polskiego to the value of £23,220. We also received a donation from Lloyds Bank of £500 and Easy Fund profit of £263.

The cake sales and school fairs organised by the PTA brought in £13,934 net funding.

The main expenses of the School are teachers’ salaries £126,696 and rent for using the premises of Ursuline High School in Wimbledon £25,330.

The School also provided school books for the students and paid for teachers training.

To emphasise the value we place on continuity for families, we offer discounts where parents have more than one child in our school. To attract and retain high quality staff we offer a discount scheme for children of those employed by the School.

The Governing Body aims to keep the accounts with a healthy surplus to provide additional funding in case of unexpected events such as the need to find new premises and redundancy payments if the school were to close down.

More detailed information on the accounts are available in the Accounts Report.

Academic achievements

During 2022-23 academic year our students gained the following results:

GCSE:

A-Level:

These are results we are immensely proud of.

Review of activities and achievements:

In the school year 2022-23 we have fully gone back to our pre pandemic system and took part in various competitions.

We have very close links with the Polish Scouts association. Many of our pupils are able to join the Polish Rainbows/Brownies and Scouts. Their activities normally take place immediately after school hours. We invite the leaders at the beginning of the school year to encourage new members to join.

Close links with the Polish Scout movement in the UK reflects our ethos of cultivating our Polish heritage and Christian values.

We are also supported and have close links with St John Evangelist Polish Catholic Church in Putney. The priests and nuns are employed by our School to provide RE lessons for our pupils, which form part of the curriculum.

The School year starts and ends with a Holy Mass dedicated to our school community.

The School Structure

The school is led by the Head Teacher, Mrs Maja Brodzinska.

The Head Teacher led a team of 36 teachers and 8 teaching assistants in the academic year 2022-23.

The Governing Body consisted of 10 trustees (among them was the Head Teacher) and and 3 observers.

The names of the Trustees in 2022-23 were as follows:

Maria Brodzinska- Head Teacher

Dorota Lewis - Chair of Governors

Katarzyna Stelmach Postigo – Deputy Chairman

Monika Zasadzinska – Treasurer

Lucyna Rogowska – Secretary

Karolina Cisek-Ndlovu

Grzegorz Dragula

Monika Gasiecka

Radoslaw Gotkiewicz

Dorota Trawinska

Apart from the teaching staff the school also employs an administrator and 3 duty officers. All but two trustees (Head Teacher and the Treasurer) are volunteers. We give employment opportunities to our A level graduates, who are able to work as teacher’s assistants in our lower school. This is on a yearly contract basis.

The Marie Sklodowska- Curie Polish Saturday School rents its premises from Ursuline High School in Wimbledon, London.

Lessons take place during Saturday mornings, 35 Saturdays a year.

The School year is divided into 3 terms. The lessons take place between 9:00-12:30.

During breaks parents on duty help to provide a secure environment for the pupils. All School staff has undergone DBS checks.

Charitable actions

Our school prides itself in offering support to charitable organisations. During 2022-23 our school organised events to support the following charities and organisations:

In total we donated £3,234.

Governors’ recruitment

The Governors/Trustees are elected by the parents during the Annual General Meeting or by the Body of Governors if a vacancy arises later in the academic year. The Governors/Trustees hold their position for 3 years and can be re-elected if they wish to stand again, in accordance with our Constitution. The positions are advertised to the School community and any parent can apply. Each applicant has to be endorsed by 2 current Governors/Trustees. The Governors work for the school wholly on a voluntary basis. The Headteacher, appointed by the Body of Governors, is remunerated.

Plans and aspirations

Our school will celebrate 65[th] anniversary in 2025. Our plan for 2023/24 was to begin preparation for the celebration as well as to continue with the charitable events we have organised this year. Since they were such a great success, we would like them to become a fixed components of our school event calendar.

Professional advisors:

Bank: Lloyds Bank Sort code: 30-94-77 Account: 04231031 Insurers: Aviva Insurance Ltd

Auditors: Mrs Aleksanda Zakrzewska

Contact details: Mrs Maria Brodzinska

Address:

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Polish Saturday School Wimbledon-Putney Ursuline High School Crescent Road Wimbledon SW20 8HA

Website www.mscpolishschoolwimbledon.com

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Polish Saturday 1179554 School Wimbleon-Putney Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period 01/09/2022 31/08/2023 To from

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest
£
159,424
10,594
3,604
313
-
-
-
173,935
-
-
-
173,935
25,330
134,336
24,164
4,038
6,531
-
-
-
-
194,399
-
-
-
194,399
- 20,464
29,359
166,737
175,632		 Restricted
funds
to the nearest £
-
-
29,359
-
-
-
-
-
29,359
-
-
-
29,359
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
29,359
- 29,359
-
-		 Endowment
funds
to the nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Total funds
to the nearest £
159,424
10,594
29,359
3,604
313
-
-
-
203,294
-
-
-
203,294
25,330
134,336
24,164
4,038
6,531
-
-
-
-
194,399
-
-
-
194,399

8,895		 Total funds
to the nearest £
159,424
10,594
29,359
3,604
313
-
-
-
203,294
-
-
-
203,294
25,330
134,336
24,164
4,038
6,531
-
-
-
-
194,399
-
-
-
194,399

8,895		 Last year
to the nearest £
Restated
School fees receivable 159,424 167,332
Fundraising 10,594 10,579
Grants and donations 15,370
Other charitable activities 3,604 4,641
Interest received 313 15
- -
- -
- -
Sub total(Gross income for
AR)		 173,935 197,937
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
-
- -
Sub total - -
Total receipts
A3 Payments
197,937
Rent 25,330 22,601
Salaries 134,336 112,973
Educational expenditure 24,164 19,496
Other charitable activities 4,038 5,256
Administrative expenses 6,531 3,875
- -
- -
- -
- -
**Sub total ** 194,399 164,201
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
-
-
**Sub total ** - -
Total payments
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
164,201
- 20,464 29,359 -
8,895		 33,736
29,359 - 29,359 - - -
166,737 - - 166,737 133,001
175,632 - - 175,632 166,737

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

30/06/2024

1

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
B3 Investment assets
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B5 Liabilities		 (agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Details
Balance of bank accounts
Total cash funds
Details
uncleared from 2021-22
Details
Details
Details
2023/24 fees & grant
Signature		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
175,632
-
-
-
-
-
175,632
-
OK
OK
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
8,860
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
-
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-
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-
Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
- 98,828
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)
- 85,664
-
-
-
-
-
Print Name
Monika Zasadzinska		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
OK
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
-
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
When due
(optional)
Date of
approval
Monika Zasadzinska 15.06.2024

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

30/06/2024

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Independent frxaminerfs report to the trustee8 of Marie Sklodowska4urio Pollsh Saturday School Wimbledon*utney I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Marie Sklodowska- Curie Polish Saturday SGhool Wimbledon-Putney (The Trust) for the year ended 31 August 2023. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charty trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparalion of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charlttes Act 2011 {'the Act,). I report in respect of my examinatton of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charty Comrnission under ¥ectlon 145(5}(b) of the Act. Indepondent examln•rt8 Statement I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have corne to my attention in connection wrth the examination giving cause to belleve that in any material respect.. 1. accounting records were not kept In respect of the Trust as wuired by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not acc<Jrd wtth those records. I have no eoncems and have come across no other mattèrs In connectlon with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enabb a propér understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Name: Aleksandra Zakrzewska Qualrfution". FCA Address: 16 Avondale Avenue, Worcester Park. Surrey KT47PD Date: 27 June 2024