Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +2
    Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

    POLISH SATURDAY SCHOOL INVERNESS SCIO 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/01/18 30/06/19 30/06/20 30/06/21 30/06/22 30/06/23
    Total income £29,169 £39,067 £26,763 £22,167 £29,196 £34,127
    Total spending £29,413 £36,667 £26,735 £28,322 £29,944 £30,361
    Surplus/deficit -£244 £2,400 £28 -£6,155 -£748 £3,766
    Established: 18 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Community services
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Highland
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • Older People
    • People with disabilities or health problems','People with a particular ethnic or racial origin','Other defined groups','No specific group, or for the benefit of the community','Other charities or voluntary bodies

    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
    National Lottery Community Fund - Christmas Dinner
    £2,800 20/09/2022
    This group will use the funding to deliver a Christmas dinner and celebration for members of the Polish community.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Christmas Dinner
    £3,100 18/06/2020
    0
    This group will use the funding to run their annual Christmas celebration with the wider Polish community in Inverness.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 23/10/2006, number: SC037551
    • Notes: This SCIO was incorporated on 14 March 2017 as a result of a Change to SCIO supplication by SC037551 - Inverness Polish Association, which was an unincorporated association registered as a charity since 23 October 2006.
    Filing Record
    4 returns made; AR20: 65 days late,
    Main office

    8 Cluny Road, Dingwall, IV15 9NS

    Objectives

    4 The organisation’s purposes are: 4.1 The advancement of education by supporting children from Poland and other ethnic minority cultures to attend a supplementary school studying, Polish, History, English , Environmental studies, Music and any other relevant subject supporting education .of young people 4.2 To preserve and develop the culture and heritage of Poland

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
    Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

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