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Polish Social and Cultural Association

Registered charity 236745 Registered since 1965

Operates: Throughout London

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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.

1.6y median 2y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
8.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 8Education/training 8

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 7Construction 1Other services 1

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  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£1.6m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

71.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 120.0 in 2020

20 from 25 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.posk.org
Emailadmin@posk.org
Phone02087426411
AddressPOLISH SOCIAL & CULTURAL, ASSOCIATION LTD, 238-246 KING STREET, LONDON, W6 0RF

Finances

£1,552,918 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,204,117£886,721
2021£1,106,026£783,254
2022£1,287,131£1,177,874
2023£1,266,359£1,922,293
2024£1,552,918£1,654,110

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

(1) THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED ARE:(A) TO PROMOTE AND FURTHER EDUCATION AND LEARNING IN THE RESPECTIVE HISTORIES, ARTS, LITERATURES,LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF POLAND AND OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND GENERALLY TO PROPAGATEEDUCATION, AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING OBJECTS TO CARRY OUT THESAME WITH A VIEW, IN PARTICULAR, TO ADVANCING, DEVELOPING AND ENCOURAGING A GREATER MUTUALUNDERSTANDING AND A GREATER DEGREE OF INTELLECTUAL CO-OPERATION AND CULTURAL INTERCOURSEBETWEEN PERSONS WHO ARE EITHER WHOLLY OR IN PART OF POLISH EXTRACTION, ORIGIN OR DESCENT ANDWHO ALSO ARE OR SHALL AT ANY TIME HAVE BEEN EITHER PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY RESIDENT WITHINTHE UNITED KINGDOM (WHICH PERSONS ARE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS “POLES”) ON THE ONE HANDAND THE OTHER PEOPLE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM ON THE OTHER HAND.(B) TO ADVANCE, PROMOTE, SPONSOR, ENCOURAGE, ASSIST IN, FURTHER AND DEVELOP EDUCATION, TRAININGAND LEARNING IN EVERY FIELD OF ART, SCIENCE, LITERATURE, CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, TECHNOLOGY,MECHANICS, VOCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES AND OTHER SUBJECTS AND IN PARTICULAR THEEDUCATION AND TRAINING OF AND LEARNING AMONGST POLES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19TH AUGUST 1964 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS ON THE 20TH JULY 1965, 5TH JULY 1966 AND THE 15TH APRIL 1971AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18 MAY 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 08 JUN 2019 as amended on 14 Aug 2018

Trustees (8)

8trustees
51median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Polish Social and Cultural Association · 00816310 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 19/08/1964

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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