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The Polish Saturday School in Manchester

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1160848CheshireEducation and training
Income£199k2025-08-31
Spending£166ksame year
Spent / received89%5-year average
Size in its cause85th pctEducation and training
Registered2015CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Polish Saturday School in Manchester is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in March 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Polish Saturday School in Manchester reported income of £199k and spending of £166k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £34k to £199k (+477%), an average of +55% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 233%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Polish Saturday School in Manchester sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Assisted Reading for Children (£199k), Caterpillar Pre-School of Battle Baptist Church (£199k) and The Charity of Hervey and Elizabeth Ekins (£199k).

Income and spending

£0£50k£100k£149k£199k2021 Income: £34,4982021 Spending: £82,55920212022 Income: £114,9922022 Spending: £86,13420222023 Income: £143,0362023 Spending: £124,02120232024 Income: £180,5292024 Spending: £142,40020242025 Income: £199,0002025 Spending: £166,0002025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

We support the Polish Saturday School in Manchester by providing teaching resources to further the educational and cultural program leading to national qualifications at GCSE, AS and A level in the Polish language. We hire suitable premises, and employ both paid and volunteer staff in teaching or support capacities, and ensure the health and safety of all students attending the school.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Assisted Reading for ChildrenOxon£199k
Caterpillar Pre-School of Battle Baptist ChurchEast Sussex£199k
The Charity of Hervey and Elizabeth EkinsNorthampton£199k
Reading Blue Coat and Archbishop Laud Charitable TrustReading£199k