LONDON SPARK

Charity number: 1165809
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

We organise events to bring people together and let different communities meet their Polish neighbours. London Spark supports a Polish community through running Polish Citizens Advice Centre or cooperating with Polish Saturday Schools. It also promotes Polish culture by organising workshops or outdoor events.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £27,166
Total expenditure: £27,212

People

3 Trustee(s)

2 Volunteer(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

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout London

Governance

Registration history:
  • 01 March 2016: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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 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

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
WLODZIMIERZ WOJCIECH WITKOWSKI Chair 03 March 2016
None on record
RADOSLAW STASZEWSKI Trustee 03 March 2016
None on record
MAREK WALCZAK Trustee 03 March 2016
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £40.80k £41.94k £36.10k £22.91k £27.17k
Total expenditure £36.77k £46.55k £40.78k £23.31k £27.21k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A £28.06k 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 2025 15 January 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 15 January 2026 On time
Annual return 31 March 2024 29 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 29 January 2025 On time
Annual return 31 March 2023 26 March 2024 55 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 26 March 2024 55 days late
Annual return 31 March 2022 21 September 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 21 September 2022 On time
Annual return 31 March 2021 28 July 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 28 July 2021 On time
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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.

CIO - Foundation Registered 01 Mar 2016

Charitable objects

1) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG MEMBERS OF THE POLISH IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY BY PREVENTING MEMBERS OF THAT COMMUNITY FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THEIR NEEDS AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY. 2) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: (A) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY , SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGION; (B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY; (C) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS; (D) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY. 3) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN POLISH CULTURE, TRADITION AND HERITAGE.

Contact information

Address:
480 London Rd
10
Odeon Parade
LONDON
Phone:
02088463606
Email:
radek@saraint.co.uk
Website:

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