Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

    AMERSHAM POLISH FOUNDATION 

    Promote Polish culture, tradition and heritage in particular within the Polish community in Amersham and surrounding areas. Assist with provision in Amersham and surrounding areas of opportunities for recreation and social intercourse for former members of armed forces who served in the Polish Army in World War II with the objective of improving the conditions of life for these individuals.
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    Positives:

    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    30/04/23£1£10£-9n/an/an/an/an/a0
    30/04/22£200£6£194n/an/an/an/an/a0
    30/04/21£0£1£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
    30/04/20£0£1£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
    30/04/19£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
    30/04/18*£0£3£-3£0£0£0n/a00
    30/04/17*£30£31£-1£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 8 years

    enquiries@amershampolishclub.co.uk

    01494727173

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    GiG Classification
    • Other individual and family services
    How it operates
    • Makes Grants to Individuals
    • Makes Grants to Organisations
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Poland, Throughout England And Wales, Ukraine,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • The General Public/Mankind

    Who's supporting them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/12/2015, number: 1164914
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    Filing Record
    7 returns made; AR18: 58 days late, AR17: 423 days late,
    Main office

    Amersham Polish Club
    Raans Road
    AMERSHAM
    HP6 6LX

    Objectives

    THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN AND TO PROMOTE POLISH CULTURE, TRADITION AND HERITAGE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE POLISH COMMUNITY IN AMERSHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS; 2 TO ASSIST WITH THE PROVISION IN AMERSHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECREATION AND SOCIAL INTERCOURSE FOR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES (IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE POLISH ARMY IN WORLD WAR II OR WERE TRAINED BY THE POLISH ARMY AS CADETS AND WORKED AS PART OF THE DEMOBILISATION FORCES) WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS; 3 TO PROMOTE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE COMMEMORATION OF THOSE POLISH EX-COMBATANTS' WHO HAVE DIED WHILST ON ACTIVE SERVICE WITH THE ARMED FORCES. 4 TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES (CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    LOCAL

    Data Sources

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