Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -6

Support Score: 3

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Very static board: -5

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -1

ASSOCIATION FOR THE POLISH FAMILY/ STOWARZYSZENIE NA RZECZ POLSKICH RODZIN PYZA

General advice and information: advice and support of welfare rights, education, health, social and economic deprivation. We offer a full range of services with the overall aim of preventing the worsening of members circumstance and to enable self-sufficiency.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 13 years

www.polishfamily.org.uk

info@polishfamily.org.uk

07917401064

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
05/04/23	£248	£219	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
05/04/22	£153	£104	£49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
05/04/21	£93	£81	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
05/04/20	£96	£68	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
05/04/19	£37	£47	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
05/04/18	£44	£38	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/17	£45	£40	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/16	£41	£47	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/15	£41	£49	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/14	£52	£43	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/13	£30	£20	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/12	£19	£18	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Recreation
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Merton, Wandsworth,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
12 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Association for Polish Family
£9,670	15/12/2020 2	The funding will allow us to continue to provide the community food hub, offering food parcels and essentials to Polish/EE communities twice a week at local community centre. It will provide most ....more The funding will allow us to continue to provide the community food hub, offering food parcels and essentials to Polish/EE communities twice a week at local community centre. It will provide most needed families with access to food boxes that will help them to cope with the challenging circumstances.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Association for Polish Family PYZA
£9,684	09/09/2020	The funding will allow us to continue run the community food hub, offering food and essentials to Polish/EE communities twice a week at local community centre. It will enable us to distribute and ....more The funding will allow us to continue run the community food hub, offering food and essentials to Polish/EE communities twice a week at local community centre. It will enable us to distribute and deliver food boxes that will help to cope with the challenging circumstances.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£9,684	09/09/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Association for Polish Family
£6,749	22/04/2020	â€¢ To expand provision to digital advice, guidance and information that supports Polish and EE communities to cope with the challenging circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic. â€¢ To ....more â€¢ To expand provision to digital advice, guidance and information that supports Polish and EE communities to cope with the challenging circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic. â€¢ To cover short term extra core costs and equipment cost (mobile internet connection, smartphones/tablets) that would enable us working remotely and be fully operational.
National Lottery Community Fund - Get Skilled
£9,319	29/11/2018 12	The project will deliver child and health and social care courses for women from the Polish and Eastern European community. The aim is to teach new skills, raise confidence levels and improve ....more The project will deliver child and health and social care courses for women from the Polish and Eastern European community. The aim is to teach new skills, raise confidence levels and improve employability.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Association for Polish Family PYZA
£4,942	29/11/2017	Help us fund Merton's only event to celebrate Polish and East European culture and its positive impact on our communities.
Trust for London - Association for the Polish Family “Pyza”
£47,000	04/10/2017 36	The funding is to support continued advice, information and support in the fields of welfare rights, housing, education, health, social and economic inclusion in order to prevent worsening of ....more The funding is to support continued advice, information and support in the fields of welfare rights, housing, education, health, social and economic inclusion in order to prevent worsening of immediate needs and to improve opportunities of our beneficaries, enabling them todevelop skills and knowledge that will increase their ability to be self-sufficiency.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDRZEJ ADAMECZEK Appointed: 2012

FRANCESCA GOODING Appointed: 2011

GILLIAN NAOMI MARTIN Appointed: 2014, Other trusteeship: EAST MERTON LEARNING TOGETHER TRUST,

KAMILA DYCZKO (Chair) Appointed: 2011

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/08/2011, number: 1143505

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

12 returns made; all on time

Main office

Colliers Wood Community Centre
66-72 High Street Colliers Wood
LONDON
SW19 2BY

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE POLISH CITIZANS BY:A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING; ANDB) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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