LEWISHAM POLISH CENTRE

Charity Number: 264998
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Lewisham Polish Centre tries to help people of Polish origin to adjust to life in London, help those of old age, sick or disabled; help in gaining better education and maintaining usage of Polish language; relieve the poverty amongst the beneficiaries; cultivate Roman Catholic faith.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £27,039
Total expenditure: £23,964

People

3 Trustee(s)

10 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

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

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Religious Activities
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Where the charity operates:
  • Bexley
  • Bromley
  • Croydon
  • Greenwich
  • Lambeth
  • Lewisham
  • Southwark

Governance

Registration history:
  • 04 January 1973: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases 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

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Agnieszka Maria Lokaj Trustee 23 September 2022
None on record
Tomasz Zarzycki Trustee 17 June 2021
None on record
Remigiusz Szarama Trustee 02 December 2013
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £18.62k £20.75k £92.09k £59.69k £27.04k
Total expenditure £15.34k £10.81k £33.38k £116.95k £23.96k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A £10.00k 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 March 2024 15 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 15 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 24 May 2024 114 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 24 May 2024 114 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 19 February 2023 19 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 19 February 2023 19 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 14 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2020 22 November 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 Not Required
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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.

DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 20 NOVEMBER 1972 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 12/12/2015

Charitable objects

CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS OF POLISH EXTRACTION, AND THEIR RELATIVES, LIVING IN SOUTH EAST LONDON. THE MAIN OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF THE AGED SICK AND DISABLED BENEFICIARIES. 2. TO ASSIST BENEFICIARIES AND THEIR CHILDREN TO ACQUIRE A BETTER EDUCATION BOTH IN THE BRITISH AND POLISH EDUCATION SYSTEMS, INCLUDING LEARNING THE POLISH LANGUAGE AND LEARNING ABOUT POLISH CULTURE AND CUSTOMS. 3. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST BENEFICIARIES. 4. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH AND ROMAN CATHOLIC CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.

Area of benefit

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

SOUTH EAST LONDON

Contact information

Address:
8 WALDRAM PARK ROAD
LONDON
SE23 2PN
Phone:
07837936690
Email:
info@lpcuk.org
Website:

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