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Registered charity · London

The Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £955k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout London, Scotland
Website
www.pism.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£955k£770k
  • 2023£583k£665k
  • 2022£377k£467k
Earlier years
  • 2021£514k£427k
  • 2020£360k£385k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

(1) TO SERVE AS A NATIONAL, INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL CENTRE OF THE POLISH COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. (2) TO MAINTAIN INTELLECTUAL CO-OPERATION AND CULTURAL INTERCOURSE BETWEEN THE POLISH AND BRITISH. (3) TO COLLECT DOCUMENTATION PERTAINING TO THE PARTICIPATION OF POLAND IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE LEADERSHIP OF GENERAL SIKORSKI. (FOR FULL DETAILS, SEE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OR ASSOCIATION.) 4) TO COLLECT THE COLOURS AND RELICS OF THE POLISH ARMED FORCES AND THE POLISH HOME ARMY AND PRESERVE ANY OTHER OBJECTS RELATING TO THE STRUGGLE OF THE POLISH NATION FOR INDEPENDENCE. 5) TO PURSUE AND ENCOURAGE HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND TO PUBLISH HISTORICAL REVIEWS AND DOCUMENTS CONNECTED WITH THAT STRUGGLE. 6) TO PROCURE FOR POLES FACILITIES TO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH. 7) TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN LIBRARIES ADAPTED TO THE ABOVE OBJECTS. 8) TO HELP POLES IN QUESTIONS OF BOTH SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY EDUCATION.

Grants received

1 grant · £49,800 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £49,800

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £49,8002004-05-26
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.

6 trustees on the board

4.2y median 3.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

5
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 6Education/training 6Environment/conservation/heritage 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

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

Arts and leisure 5Education 2Tech and media 2

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£955k latest income
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.

118.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 120.0 in 2020

12 from 10 in 2021
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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
312168
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 27TH MAY 1965, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 7TH JULY 1966 AND 7TH MAY 2005.
Companies House
Company number 00401816 · Active
Contact on the register
02075899249 · info@pism.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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