Registered charity (CIO) · Bedford
The Polish Language and Culture Association
The Polish Language and Culture Association is a registered charity (number 1170478) based in Bedford, governed by 4 trustees. Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Plca (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.plca.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025--
- 2024--
- 2023--
Earlier years
- 2022--
- 2021--
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2017: Government contracts 0% · Government grants 0%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BEDFORD AND ITS ENVIRONS; BUT IN PARTICULAR: ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY PROVIDING TRAINING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, POLISH LANGUAGE, HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF POLAND AND CATHOLIC RELIGION AND ETHICS; ADVANCEMENT OF ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF POLAND BY PROVIDING SUITABLE EDUCATION, TRAINING AND CELEBRATION OF TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS; ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR SPORT AND THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF CLASSES AND SPORT EVENTS; ANDADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP AND/OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BY PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
4 trustees on the board
- Agnieszka Zuzanna Derleta since 2016
- Colin Michael Raeside since 2016
- Dominika Oblicka since 2016
- Zuzanna Krystyna Sowinska- Tissler since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Agnieszka Zuzanna Derleta since 2016
- Colin Michael Raeside since 2016
- Dominika Oblicka since 2016
- Zuzanna Krystyna Sowinska- Tissler since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Agnieszka Zuzanna Derleta since 2016
- Colin Michael Raeside since 2016
- Dominika Oblicka since 2016
- Zuzanna Krystyna Sowinska- Tissler since 2013
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1170478
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 30 Nov 2016
- Contact on the register
- 07930182577 · info@polish-culture.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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