THE POLONIA AID FOUNDATION TRUST

Charity number: 297911
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Trust offers financial assistance to support education, culture and and historical research with a Polish focus. This includes supporting publications, exhibitions and symposia. There is a particular emphasis on Polish history since 1914 and the emigre movement.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £94,788
Total expenditure: £73,983

People

7 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Belgium
  • Canada
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Poland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 04 January 1988: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:
  • PAFT (Working name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dr ANDRZEJ TADEUSZ PAUEL SUCHCITZ FRHISTS Chair
None on record
Robert Wisniowski Trustee 29 October 2021
THE RELIEF SOCIETY FOR POLES TRUST
Received: On time
THE POSK FOUNDATION
Received: On time
BEN URI GALLERY AND MUSEUM LIMITED
Received: 223 days late
ANNA STEFANICKI MA Trustee 01 July 2015
None on record
MAGDALENA SZKUTA Trustee 18 December 2013
POLISH UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT STUDY TRUST
Charity reporting is overdue by 63 days
CHRISTOPHER ZAREBSKI BSc MBA Trustee 01 October 2013
None on record
WIKTOR MOSZCZYNSKI Trustee
HELP PEOPLE WITH AUTISM IN POLAND
Received: 21 days late
MRS E MARESCH Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £93.03k £89.06k £91.85k £93.18k £94.79k
Total expenditure £175.49k £79.37k £47.80k £81.97k £73.98k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 26 July 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 26 July 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 06 July 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 06 July 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 18 July 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 18 July 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 23 November 2021 23 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 23 November 2021 23 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 24 September 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 24 September 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

DEED DATED 28TH OCTOBER 1987AS AMENDED 13TH SEPTEMBER 1990

Charitable objects

FOR GENERA CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND C) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY NEED DISTRESS AND SICKNESS BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL; AMONG POLES RESIDENT PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY IN ENGLAND OR WALES OR ELSEWHERE

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

Contact information

Address:
POSK BUILDING
238 - 246 KING STREET
LONDON
W6 0RF
Phone:
02085660585
Email:
paft@outlook.com
Website:

No information available