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 toLLoM*d. 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 suffic*nltD 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.
N*t 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.

LEWSHAM POUSHCENIRE
t•Stoth8 Flnandaistalomertsleormwj
YeaFended31 ma￿h2o211
3 ACC￿￿ti￿PolitIes I¢Mll¢)uedi
211rtomireresoureesare included in thestatern*offinartiaixtpthswthen en¥irtem*)thas
passed lOthÈchaiI￿, 11 isvubaNethatthee¢￿Dr￿￿rt￿nefftS asso¢latedv&ithV￿tra￿saCtion￿lll
fiowtothe charityand theamountcanberd1a￿Measu[ed.Tr￿f[iI￿￿ry5￿fflcpjknCIesare
appl￿￿ pa￿cular¢O[egor￿¥of5￿L¥n
l incc*nÈfrorndonaOon$orgrantsis recOg￿$¢a￿henthw8l8￿ld￿0tcntiilernenttrlthe
tt. rec*pt4s w1)baLts￿d￿saMrm￿t•n￿em￿Wr2fj rthLMy.
2 le￿1￿me15r￿oty$*J￿￿en receirrtiSV0Dab￿a[xI￿ntiqe$labti$￿*5.
3 Snt(XnefroMdot)a￿g{X)ts ￿ measured *tt*tsirvaiueoftheg0odsun￿ss1his is
imkYactit811omeasurereiabiy. in¥bttrhcasethÈ*￿e￿%der￿eo frtynihe co$itotheoonor
ortheestsmated resalevalue. fknnated facibtie5 andseThkesarerttW￿ed in tr*&cwnts
rete1¥e￿ rfthevalL*canl*reb"ablYme￿Ure¢. Noamounts are inciudeotorthe
Contribution ofgw*ralvoiunts*.
4 lrtotDefrLYncontyacis Iotthe5UPPiyOtserw¢e5 151Ecwiseo*7ththedÈ￿ry0[the
comracMseTrice.This is t&S￿￿eda$ unresmwjfvnds unlessthere is acontractual
requir￿EntIorltt0tsÈspe￿t0na partiCu￿rpUrr#)se3ndr*IUM￿d rfunspenL in**Khtsas8
1tmayteredar￿Ia5 roStric￿.
R￿￿(esexptn￿Po
ExpÈnditureis retodnisedon aTratttUaLsba5isas8 Uabitstyi% incur￿.£MDendrtUreknt￿any
VATwhich cannot ￿lUlly[eC0￿e￿. atyj i*cia55È￿ Und￿¥￿&1￿gsQImesl3temerrt0f
linanclaEaCttyityesio￿k¢Tr It reL•tes
l expenditureon FaisingfundginciudesthèeostsofaUfundraisineaclTkn4¢rt nLY4charftsbie
tradingactNitiÉs. andthe 5ai•of (kinaw 6oods-
2 eI￿rti*reOn chu1tatrteactpA￿Sir￿￿saucoSts Incurred bya charity in U[￿rta￿￿1
actiwtiesthatfurtheT￿ chariiaNeaims rorthe benefit of itsbeneficiaries. ￿￿wing1hOse
support cost5 andcosts￿latlr1loth•6Q￿nCeor1hecnartyèppornO¢￿tO charrtabie
3 otnef eXpendnure1r￿1l¥jeS allexpenditurelhat i5 ￿lher[el8I￿llo ra￿￿b￿ndSforihe
Ctsrnynoi partof Tt5expenditureonclNirilat4e aciMt￿5
Icostg arèa1lctat￿t0e1pendltu￿*tateEoriesreflectirytheu￿of thereswrce. Dlrectcosts
attributabietoa singieactfvityareallocated ditEcUytothatac¢ryity. knred ¢ostsareapportNined
beTh¥eentheacithtE5thryconffitxrtetooTra rea50narAe. ju$tTI Dasis.
Taneibleffxedassetsare stat*1atC05tiessacturmJ￿¢jePreti8￿￿. Depreciation
at iatestaLculated towr￿eQff the wstlessresidualva1ueoteachasset￿1lSt¥W2ll usefrd
bYe.a8 Ioiiows.. andtxJildin¥2% reduong
balance on Freenokd )uiidini FreehiNd knd.O%:FL¥tures. fittlwand equIpM￿l- I0%r•jL￿￿V
balance.

LEWISTriIM POLtSHCEPITr
Note•toth• FlnAnGiaIStatem¢itsicortii￿1j
Yearended 31Mar¢h2W24
3 AGCowrtingp￿kle51￿￿EIllU￿Ij
Depreciation
Depreciatson i3Galcuiated soastowriteofftsc05tor¥a1uai￿ Mana$5e4 ttsre510uai
V81ue. o¥trthe use1uleto￿MIclIleOfthataSseIas r(All￿.
Land3n¢ bJii(Jings
Fixtures.turnltureand fittthg5
Freehold land
2%
ImpaI￿ent01II1e(1•$s*ts
Are￿eW10f[ndlC8lOts0T itnpaiFmwrtiscan*drxnate&Th rep￿D￿￿￿e.¥￿￿e{eC0Yerab1e
8rnvuni beingestlmaiedwheresuch ￿￿￿310r5e￿JSL￿7￿rethecarrw0gy81ueeXce￿sI￿e
f￿ra￿eaM0￿1.thea5seI impaireoaccordingy. PrIorU￿alm￿ntsa￿aL59r￿lV￿￿r0r
6yJsSibler￿er$alateach reporuneaate
Forthepurposesof lmpaitmerrtte5t1rt￿n p0s￿b￿loeSIIM31ét￿r￿ve[abie
nountDI an IndN￿ua{asSet.ane#lmaIeIs maje0fthe￿¢j￿?biealy￿jUfflOftheCasThgmerafjr
unltiowhicn Ineassetbelones. Thecash*eneratiryUnit isthesmalle5tidentifiatXe
groupofassets that Inc1L￿eStheas$elandleDeraIese8sh L4ryetyi￿leP￿kkntofth8
tash intiowsfrom otherassets orÈtUUP501assets.
ForlmpairmenttestingotgoD(mT￿ tt*goo&*illacquwed ina t￿sinesSCrrfn1￿na1h)n is. IroY￿1￿￿
acqulslllon date, aiituiedio each ottheca5h-gw￿ati￿u￿ts￿818TeeXr￿cTtdtO benefft Irom
thesyner81ès Oilhe¢oThbin4Don, Irres￿￿￿￿1￿￿e￿erotherdssds(￿￿abl11￿oI￿Cha1￿ty
areassignedtothoseunits.
Afinanciala55¢torafinancialbatsbtyis recws¢donly*thenthechailtyb*omesa panyiothè
coniiaciuai prow510ns of the1Th￿[Urr*nt.
Ba5iclinanaalinstrumentsare initigityrwitsedallheanmwrrtrEcerrfth￿￿￿8￿e1￿IU1jl
aryrelaied transaction crtsts.
CuThenta$5etsandcurrÈni ￿a￿l￿e￿aresubwuen￿Me￿r¥aatIheca$hfjrolher
considerat￿￿ expected lobepa￿Wr￿eIyed3fid notdise￿nteO.
Debl Insiruw￿ntsa1eSUDSÈQ￿Y￿easUreo*afiK1theU t(tsL
Wheie Investrf*Msinshaf85 arewNt¢wtradedorthvrlawvaluecanotherwi*be measured
abty.the irNestmeniis suDsequenUymeasufedaifairY4lue*ith changesinfa¥vaiue
r4c<4nisod inincome and eXpenditUrtAIoihersuchithtStr￿are subswwurttymea5ur&lat
cost les5 impairmem.
Olherflnanclai hstFumenTS, ThI￿u01￿Ede[￿a1fv￿s,are Inmaityrecogni8edatfair¥alue. unless
paymtniforanassetisdefwred I￿n￿ rK>rrrL41businesstemisorfin3ncedat3 rattof interest
thatis nota mxiketraie. in%Yhlch Casettwassetismeasuredatts*preseNvaiL*of tr*luture
payments(*scwMed até market rateolintere*fora ￿MilardebtIr￿r￿

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.
F*l8rtkila55ets¢r*arem&3sUred8f¢DStoran￿r￿ede0sI*rèrvthBdfO[0w￿vth
oflrnpatrmemattheeNJofeach YeportW*date. Iltr￿￿o￿lEc￿w•IdÈn[CO[knp*n￿a
ittwirrr*TrtiUs515recogn￿ll
umdual￿$1gnifICaffl, I￿Se£Fea$sesSed AtrlhK￿*tyfQr￿Pa*rn@rt.O￿￿Kfln8r￿￿5Setsa
eMeiassessefjinoMdUaityorgrtyJpedontheb￿o1￿rr￿￿Ic￿drtItsk¢IwXIertst
lryrever5aisotirnpa1m￿IarerecO8n1￿Ots￿￿jL4t¢ty.lotyjee*1￿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
HdpUKraine**al
L146
47,531
51,746
$ CK*itsNeactfv6
Unre4rKted TotslFuTrts Unrestrthd TotaiFunttk
FUMS
Olh8rlncomefrtJmch3riiaNeacty**s
6 knvethMrtlnvJThe
unrEmed TotsiFurKb UnrestiKted TotalFuMs
24
FuThts
IrKornefrorn Irt*stmem wopert
B￿k1￿erestre¢etr￿￿letypÈt
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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
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Yearended 31 March 2024
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