Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +1
    Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

    SCHOOL OF POLISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income has been volatile recently
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 30/06/17 30/06/18 30/06/19 30/06/20 30/06/21 30/06/22 30/06/23
    Total income £39,752 £46,846 £50,021 £43,048 £30,500 £11,944 £33,501
    Total spending £41,340 £38,875 £43,519 £43,932 £30,381 £23,186 £36,066
    Surplus/deficit -£1,588 £7,971 £6,502 -£884 £119 -£11,242 -£2,565
    Established: 14 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Sports activities
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of health
    • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended','the promotion of religious or racial harmony
    Where it operates
    • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: North Lanarkshire
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • People with a particular ethnic or racial origin

    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 - Language and culture diversity in Polish School
    £9,210 01/11/2017
    12
    This group, based in Motherwell, will use the funding for events to mark the 10th anniversary of the school’s integration of Polish children into Scottish society and culture.

    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 28/01/2010, number: SC041221
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    St. Patrick's, 71 Shieldmuir Street, Wishaw, ML2 7TH

    Objectives

    a)To advance the education and health of the Polish community in the Motherwell area b) To provide facilities for educational and learning purposes c) To promote good race relations between people of different ethnic groups by endeavouring to eliminate discrimination on grounds of race and encouraging equality of opportunity between persons of different racial groups. d) To work in partnership with all other agencies operating in the area by providing, or assisting in the provision of facilities in the interest of social welfare for educational, cultural, social and other pursuits. in particular, those who have need of such facilities by virtue of their youth, age, infirmity, disability, unemployment or social and economic circumstances. e) To preserve and develop the cultural heritage of Poland

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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