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LEWISHAM POLISH CENTrE CHARITY NUMBEK. 264998 TRUSTEEV REPORT AND FINAMCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

LEWISHAM POLISH CENTRE Flnancial *atem•nts Yearended 31 March 2024 Trustogs. annual report Independent •xamln•rf$ rnportlc Stat•m•nl of flnanclaladlvltles Statèment of finan¢lalposltlon Notes to the flnanclalstatgmon

LE￿SHAm POLISH CENTRE TTustses'Annual R¢port Year8nde<l 31 March2024 The trustees presontthelr rgportandthe vnaudfted fI￿n¢la15tateMents ofthe charityfortheyear ended 31 March 2024 R¢lgrenc• and admlnlstratSw d•taHs R•Ost•r¢d GharSty name LEWSHAM POLISH CENTrE CharSly I￿stratIon numb Prfnclpaiofflc• 8 Waldram Part Road LEWIS H￿4 London SE232PN Th• tni8t• Remlgulsz Szarama nleszka Lokai Tomaszzarzyckl The Irustseswlsh to stst8that Mrs Danuta Kwasnyeeasedto servetrom 22nd Mty2021 by rgason of death A¢¢oub)tsnis Dottax Ltd Stru¢ture. governance man•K•m•nt The ¢harlty13 governed by ts De¢Laratlon otTwstdatsd 20 NovemDèr 1972. Oblectfv•s Ind actl¥tllès The maln oblgth olthe charty Is to help peopleotPoilsh orlglntoadlustto111g In Londtsn, he￿ those ol old age, slck or dlsabled, help In 8alnlnq bettereducaiion and malntalningusage of Polish langu88e. rallave th• powrty amon83tthe b•nèficlawle$ and eulfvate Roman Cathollc falth. A¢hl•v•m•nts *nd p•rforniane• Durlngthe yearunder revlew, the cha¥lty undertook perfodlcal meetings and fun&ralslngeverts In 8ccordance whh It5 objectl￿s. FOllowSngm8 In Ukralne.Ihe ¢harity has a150 risen tothe ehallenges posed, as the Pollsh nation ha$ be¢ome a homeio many refugeeslrom Ukralne.

LEWISHAM POLISH ¢EIITRE Trustees'AnnualR8PQrt IcMrfnu•dl Yearended 31 M8tchX124 Financialreview Total Incomingresources arnounted ttsE27.03912023= £59.5741. Th8 chariw is carr￿n￿8 surplug ol unrÈttrietÈdfundt ol f71.782.(N]forth• cu￿onty0ar. The Lewlsham PO￿$h Centre suppile51he Local Polish Catholit Mi55ion Lwsham, with allatforthe priest's aCcomm￿at10n.The nominalcost of renti￿ suchftaiwYJuLd be £12,(￿￿ per annum. Tvusiees. re5p0n51blulle$s￿Brnent Thelrusteesar8 resronsibiefor preparfngthetrustees. report an¢Jthe financialsiaiements I accorda￿e¥￿th applicable tawand Untted KingdomAccountingStsndards Iunited Kingdom Ger￿rallY Accepted Ac¢ounting Practicel- The law apptlcabi810 charlljes In England and WaLe5 requifesthe chantytrustees to preparefinancial statemeErts foreach yearwhichth a tNeand fairwewofthe stste ofaffairs of the chaiityand ofthe Incomlngfesources aThJ app￿¢8110￿ ot resources, offvcharityfotth3t period. In prepartngthesetinan¢ial statements.theirustees are required to= I select suitable aCC￿nI1ngpoUcles and then appLythem ¢onsistenty. 2 obsetve the melhods and prfnclpies in ihe app￿"ca￿lechai1lIes Sor￿. 3 rnakejudgmenls and accounlirEe￿M￿eStha1 are Feasonabie and pruden¢ 4 state wheiherapplicable UKAccouniingStandards have been toLLoMd. subjectto any material departures diKlo3ed and explained in ihe financialstatemenis: preparethelinancialstatements on thegoin8GorKem basisunLess11 Is Inapproprtate io presume Ihalthe charitywdi continue in buslrses& The trustees are responsibletor keewng adequate accounting recotdsthataTe sufficnltD sht)wa explain the charftystransactions and disclose with reasonable accu¥aGy atarrytime Ihe finar￿la1 PX$5ition of the charlty and enable thern to ensurethatrhefinancol slalements complyV￿th the Ch8rit>esAtt2011.the 8pOJ"cabie Ch8rit*s lAC￿U[bt5 and Reports) Regulavons. aThJ the pmv4$fr0nsof the Twst Deed. Theyare aLso responsible forsafeguardirrfthe assets of the charityand hellGe lor takingreasonable Stepsforthe prweniion and deieciion of Iraud 8nd other iryeeuiarrtÈes. The trustee Tomaszzarwki HonoraryTreasufer

LEWISHAM POLISH CENTrE Independent Examlnei's ReporttotheTru5tees of LEWISHAM POLISH CENTRE Yearended 31 March 2 I reportto the trustees on my examlnation of th¢ flnan¢lol¥tatemerrts of LEWISHAM POLISH CENTRE Ilhe charlWI for ihe year ended 31 March 2024. Responslbllltles and basls of report As the tTUStee5 of the chaTttyyou are iesponslble forthe prèparation of the financial statements in accordance wtth the Tequirements otthe CharktiesAct 2011 Ilhe Act'l. I report In respect of my examination of the charity'sfinancial statements carrted oui under sectlon 145 of the 2011 kt and In cal￿ng out my examlnatlon I have followed authe appllcable Dlrectlons given bythe Charity Commlsslon undersectlon 14515llbl of ihe Act. Indep•nd•nl examlner's statement have completed my examlnation. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection wilh the examlnatlon em'ng me cause to believe that In any m￿e￿al reskwr. l accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by Section 130 ofthe 2 the financial statements do not accord w5thihose records- or 3 the flnancial slatements do not comptywith the applicable requirements concernlngthe form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulalions 2008 other than any requlrem8ntthat the accounts gsve a Irue and falr, vlewwhich Is not a matter consldered as part of an Independent examlnaiion. I have no concern5 and have come aeross no other matters in connection with the examination to which atte ion should be drawn in this report in orderto enable a proper understsndingof the accounts be reached Urszuia Z Independ ka DOTTAX LTD 25 Danvers Avenue, London Engiand,SWII IAU

LEWISIIAM POLISH GENTRE Slatementof FlnandalA¢lMtles Yeareniled 31 Mar¢h 2024 2023 Unrestrlcted fund5 Totallunds£ Totalfunds £ Note Incom and endovmi•m$ Donatlon5 and iegacles Charitable actiwties 51.746 4.985 16,684 Investment income 8,008 Other income Total incom¢ 27,039 59.754 Exp•ndlt￿r¥ Expenditure raisingfunds: Costs of raisingdonations and I, Invesiment mana£ementC05ts ExpenditUFe on chariiable acthe Other expendr(ure44glp Ukralne Dèprecialion of tangible fixed assets Totalexpendllure 2.000 16.529 4,958 195 15.811 1.350 99.567 478 117.401 io.ii 478 23. Nt Incom• 3,074 -57.647 Othor rècognlsed galn$ and losses Other galnslllossesl use¥ defined I Net mov8ment In funds 3,074 -57.647 Reconelllatlon of funds Totalfunds broughtfo￿ard 71.782 71,782 129.429 Total funds earrledtorward 71.782 74857 71.782 The statement otfinancial actmiies Includes au gains and 10$5es recognised in theyear. ALI income and expenditure derNe from continuingacti￿tles The notes on pages 6t0 12form part ofthese financial ￿ateMents.

LEWISHAN POLISH CEPURE Statem￿t01 Flnan¢lal Posrtlo 31 March 2024 2024 2023 Nole Fixed assets 16 3.719 Tangiblelixed assets CuTrent assets Cash ai bank and in hanL1 32￿3 29.412 Credltors: amourts talung duewllhln one yeaf 17 IR50 Net current asset5 74.857 71.782 Total assets less curr•nt Uabllltl•s Net assets 74.857 71,782 Funds of tho charlty Unfestricted funds 74,857 74,857 71,782 71,782 Totalcharltyfund5 Thesellnanclalst*ements were appToved byihe board of Irustees and authorise(J forlssuè on .21 December 2024, and are Signed on behalfof the board by: Agnieszka Loka Chairperson The notes on pages 6 to 12 fomi partofthese financial statements.

LEWISHAM POUSH CENTRE Note$toth* Flnancialststements Yearended31 Mar¢h2ty24 l Genefallnfonnatlon The charrtylsa publlc befiefftentrty and a reg(srefed charfjty in England and Wales and is unincorporated.The addre5sof the principaloffice is8WaLdram Park Road. LEWISHAM. London, SE23 2PN. Enoand. 2 Sts1grn•ntof compUanc• These financialstatemerts have been prepared in comptiancewith FRS 102. Vhe Financlal Reportingstsndard apP￿Cable iTrthe UK and the Republic of Ireland',Ihe Statement ol Recommended Pra¢ri¢e app￿"Cable1OchariIleS pfeparongthelraccounts in accordaTrcewith the FinancialReportingStsndard appbcable inthe UK and Repubuc oflreiand IFRS 1021 Icharftiès SORP IFRS 10211 and the CharitiesAc12011 3 A¢¢ountingpolicioS Basls of Wepar￿10 The linancial staternents have been prepared on thehi5toricalco&basfjs, asmodffied tythe Tevaluation of certainthnancialassets and lÉabilitiesand irNe5trnent properties measured at fair value through income or expendfture. The tlnanclalstatements are prepareil in sterlin& which isthe fun¢tsonalcurreneyof the efflry. Golngconcern There are no material un¢ertaiMtes ab¢)utthe charitys abilitytocontinue. Fund aeeounting Unrestricted lundsareavaliatrAeloruseatthÈdiscretion of the1Justsestofurther8nyofthe ¢harity$ puip05es. De5ignatedfundsare unrestricted fundseam)athed byihetru￿eesIorPartlcuIarfUEUre projector commitment. ReStrI￿ed fundsare subjectedto restrifflbons ontheirexpenditure deCLa￿d bythe donor or through treterm5 Qtan appeaL and laiiinto one of sub-¢lasses- restricted inGomefunds or endowmentyunds.

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iEWISHAMPOUSMCEfiTRE Not•stothe Finan¢IalStatsTh￿ts1¢oTr￿Me Y•Ar0nd￿3tH4reh2o24 3 ￿Count￿(wIt￿lCoTrdnd Fina￿￿lIn#￿rn￿I¢0￿unUE￿l other￿r￿￿￿[IN5ITUrnents￿?subSeq￿ntymeaWre0￿ia￿vaiUe,￿￿lharwthanges deswatEd h￿nE￿11)nshlp. Fl8rtkila55ets¢rarem&3sUred8f¢DStoran￿r￿ede0sIrèrvthBdfO[0w￿vth oflrnpatrmemattheeNJofeach YeportWdate. Iltr￿￿o￿lEc￿w•IdÈn[CO[knpn￿a ittwirrrTrtiUs515recogn￿ll umdual￿$1gnifICaffl, I￿Se£Fea$sesSed AtrlhK￿tyfQr￿Parn@rt.O￿￿Kfln8r￿￿5Setsa eMeiassessefjinoMdUaityorgrtyJpedontheb￿o1￿rr￿￿Ic￿drtItsk¢IwXIertst lryrever5aisotirnpa1m￿IarerecO8n1￿Ots￿￿jL4t¢ty.lotyjee1￿nEo￿the1V￿alrt¢5n0f te3vltin a Car￿￿￿r￿)UntofII￿finanCiaI8$sÈlIhaleI￿￿s￿l￿tseanWnEaM￿nt￿j been haltrjmpairm&rt￿pf￿u5ty￿etn TecolnL8￿. 4 DonatloTrJandky¢I•• ToiaiFUTrts TOTaiFurKts )24 Funds Fund$ GerEr8idonaThor GrftAwjdOna￿ons 1ncometaxrep31donGIft￿th HdpUKraineal L146 47,531 51,746 $ CK*itsNeactfv6 Unre4rKted TotslFuTrts Unrestrthd TotaiFunttk FUMS Olh8rlncomefrtJmch3riiaNeactys 6 knvethMrtlnvJThe unrEmed TotsiFurKb UnrestiKted TotalFuMs 24 FuThts IrKornefrorn Irt*stmem wopert B￿k1￿erestre¢etr￿￿letypÈt rji

LEWISHAM POLISH CENTrE Notesto the Flnanclal Statemènt5 IconttnuÈdl Yearended 31 March 2024 7 Other Incom¢ Unrestricted Total Funds UnrestiiGted Totsl Fund5 Funds 2024 Fund5 2023 Other income type 8 Costs of ralslngdonatlons and i•8a¢l•s Unresrricted Total Funds Unrestrtcted Totri Funds Fund5 2024 Fund5 2023 C05t5 of raising donatlons and Legacles Donations Cost5 01 raisingdonati0Tr5 and le8a¢ies orhertype I 2.IXIO 195 2.000 195 9 investmeffitmanag￿•n1 ¢0515 unrestri￿9￿ Total Funds Unreslricted Totsl Funds Fund$ 2024 Funds 2023 AdmIniStra￿On of investments Property repairs and maintenancè charges 1&529 4,769 11.042 15,811 16.529 10 ExpendiiurB on charltable act1￿￿¢$ byfundtype Unresthcted Total Funds unrèStrtCt￿ Totsl Fundg Fun(Js 2024 Funds 2023 Support Costs 4.958 1,350 11 EXpendI￿re oft eharrloble activrhes byacthltytype SupportCOSts Total Funds 21r24 T¢xal Funds 2023 Governance costs 4.958 4,958 1.350 12 Otherexpèndilure. H￿p Ukraln•App•al Total Funds 2024 Total Funds 2023 OtherexpendFtUTe-HeipUkraine Appaal 99,567 io

LEWISHAM POUSH¢EIITrE Notes loth•FnanclalStat•m•ntsi¢oniindedJ Ye8reThded JI M•rch2024 13 Neiineome Nei inc￿ne tsstareOaftuchargingiicredin"ng): 2024 2023 DepreclatloThof tangIbIef￿edaSsets 476 478 14 rosts The average head countof employ¢e5dullngtheyearhYas Nil12022: Nill- No employee received empl(yee benefits ofmore than £60.C¥>J duriMgtheyearl2022= Nill. 15 Trustee remuneration and expenses Duringtheyearofthis accouni. notrustee tecei¥ed arry remunerafK)n. 16 TahglbieAxad aM•ts Freel F￿lureS and rtrtlng Total prwerty ost At IApril2023and 31 March 2￿24 DeprKlaiioft At l Apri12023and31 Mareh2024 ehargeforiheyear A131MarGh2024 79.570 81.302 36.187 37.583 476 38,058 37 36,625 Carryln8amount A131March 2024 At31 March2023 43244 43.719 17 Credllorj: Onwunts￿ing￿ueVthhSn oneyear 2024 2023 1,350 Accrual$ and defeTred incor Olher credrtors-desc iTralc5 1.250 1.3SO li

LEWISHAM POUSH CENTrE Ntstestothe FinanclalStstomerrt5 leonllnuedl Yearended 31 March 2024 18 Analyslsof eharltabtefunds At OIApriL2023 Gains and losses At Income Expendilure 31 March 2024 Generalfur nm22 27.￿ .23,964 74.&57 At OIApri12022 Gain5and Income ExpendI￿re losses At 31 March 2023 Generalfunds 129429 59,754 -117.401 71782.22