The Polonia Aid Foundation Trust

Analysis

The Polonia Aid Foundation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Polonia Aid Foundation Trust reported income of £102k and spending of £93k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £92k to £102k (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Polonia Aid Foundation Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chiltern Arts (£102k), Sansara Choir (£102k) and Ensemble Cymru (£102k).