Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Reasonable growth: +1
Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 11

SOUTHWARK IRISH PENSIONERS PROJECT

Southwark Irish Pensioner's Project is a Charity that works with some of the most disadvantaged and isolated Irish people in London. These people, who emigrated largely in the 1950s have become marginalised by society. They are unable to return to Ireland, as the people they knew and the places they came from are so changed that they are unrecognisable to them.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

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
31/03/23		£308	£354	£-46	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	53
31/03/22		£318	£308	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	39
31/03/21		£220	£217	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	58
31/03/20		£200	£214	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	51
31/03/19		£224	£237	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
31/03/18		£165	£229	£-64	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£212	£240	£-28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£201	£212	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£216	£211	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£245	£214	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£266	£223	£43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£256	£246	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£334	£332	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£290	£328	£-38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£357	£296	£61	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£307	£260	£47	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£295	£258	£37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£245	£227	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£269	£205	£64	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£247	£203	£44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 23 years

www.irishinlondon.org

info@irishinlondon.org

02072375841

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
53 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£371,042
Garfield Weston Foundation	£15,000
The London Community Foundation	£8,581

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£15,000	09/07/2021	Essential Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Door Step Befrienders
£333,953	17/06/2021	The group is using funding to expand capacity in their volunteer based befriending service for older people from the Irish community in Southwark. The Befrienders will visit individuals weekly and ....more The group is using funding to expand capacity in their volunteer based befriending service for older people from the Irish community in Southwark. The Befrienders will visit individuals weekly and when safe go out for lunch and meet others until then they will doorstep members’ homes identify individual needs such as ensuring prescriptions are collected/delivered newspapers and food help with shopping and helping with topping-up utility keys. They will also signpost people to other services such as benefits advisor mental-health advocates so that they receive the support they need when they need it.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Listening Ear and Helping Hand
£37,089	04/03/2021 6	The project is using funding to set up two additional telephone helplines for beneficiaries and train staff and volunteers to take these calls. The new services would operate daily and on the evening ....more The project is using funding to set up two additional telephone helplines for beneficiaries and train staff and volunteers to take these calls. The new services would operate daily and on the evening and weekends providing advice and benefits service. The funding is also being used to also create leaflets on how to cook without a kitchen/cooker and about the new helplines. The projects helps reduce social isolation of people in Southwark Lewisham and Lambeth as well as providing appropriate advice to improve their physical and mental wellbeing.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Southwark Irish Pensioners Project
£8,581	29/09/2020	a person to provide appropriate and tailored support to people who are caring for someone in their own home with a focus on those who are looking after people with dementia and other mental health ....more a person to provide appropriate and tailored support to people who are caring for someone in their own home with a focus on those who are looking after people with dementia and other mental health issues.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-88

KEITH MICHAEL DOYLE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: News Correspondent

MARTIN DONNELLY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer

MARY ELLEN O'CONNELL

HANNAH O'CONNOR Appointed: 2000, Occupation: Retired

MELISSA MOYLE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Solicitor

VERONICA QUINN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Hospitality Manager

JAMES JOSEPH EDWARD RICE (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Lawyer, Other trusteeship: WAVENDON ALL MUSIC PLAN LIMITED,

NORA MORRIN, Occupation: Education Officer Srn Scm Mtd, Other trusteeship: KAIROS COMMUNITY TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/09/2001, number: 1088387
Registered at Companies House on 28/01/2000, number: 03915939

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
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

20 returns made; AR12: 24 days late, AR11: 4 days late,

Main office

Southwark Irish Pensioners Project
6 Market Place
London
SE16 3UQ

Objectives

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED MAINLY BUT NOT SOLELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE, RESIDENT OR WORKING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK AND SURROUNDING AREAS (HEREINAFTER CALLED “SOUTHWARK”) WHO ARE IRISH OR OF IRISH DESCENT (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE BENEFICIARIES) BY:(I)RELIEVING SUCH PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE CONDITIONS OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OR WHO ARE OTHERWISE IN NEED: AND(II PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PEOPLE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.(III)EXTENDING THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICE TO FAMILY MEMBERS OF ANY AGE WHERE IT IS CLEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE MEMBER WITHOUT DOING SO

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON

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