Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

IRISH IN BRITAIN

To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of charities and promote charities and purposes for the benefit of the Irish community(Irish by birth or by descent) by providing advice, information, training and support.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£680£729£-49£0£401£3956.5910
31/03/23£446£482£-36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£414£423£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£461£383£78n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?*£425£388£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£436£385£51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£448£416£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£454£498£-44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£525£526£-1£8£323£2856.5110
31/03/14£529£491£38£10£323£2897.190
31/03/13£644£594£50£11£285£2685.480
31/03/12£592£559£33£13£235£2355110
31/03/11£629£575£54£11£202£1232.6110
31/03/10£593£582£11£11£148£701.4110
31/03/09£694£694£-1£11£138£571130
31/03/08£700£872£-173£8£138£170.2140
31/03/07*£592£769£-177£11£311£701.1160
31/03/06*£680£514£166n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05?*£392£253£139n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/04£312£276£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 25%
Liabilities/Income: 20%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 6.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 23 years

www.irishinbritain.org

info@irishinbritain.org

02039030992

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following 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 Heritage Fund - Grant to Irish in Britain
£250,000 11/09/2022
50 Years of the Irish in Britain
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£25,000 05/10/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - hgchfc
£9,900 25/07/2019
12
The funding will be used to deliver a programme of training resources that are designed to support people from the Irish and Caribbean communities, with the aim to challenge social and health issues that impact upon people alongside raising ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Strengthening communities together
£9,720 22/02/2017
12
The funding will be used to create a tool kit resource that will support the needs of grassroots organisations from the Irish community. The project aims to improve governance and develop the infrastructure of smaller organisations across the ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Irish in Britain
£68,900 25/09/2014
36
£68,900 over three years (£23,100; £22,700; £23,100) towards the salary of a Volunteer Co-ordinator plus associated costs of a project helping to reduce isolation amongst elders from the Irish community who are living with dementia and their ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 36-64
  • BREDA CORISH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director
  • CATHERINE CASSERLEY Appointed: 2022
  • COLUM MCGUIRE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: General Manager
  • CONAL TIMONEY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • DARREN MURPHY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Full-Time Doctoral Researcher
  • EAMONN DELANEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • FIONUALA BONNAR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director Of Development And Clinical Lead
  • FRANCES HARKIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: General Manager
  • GERARD MCHALE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Doctor
  • ROISIN MCEVOY Appointed: 1993, Occupation: General Manager
  • SINEAD MAC LUA Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/05/2002, number: 1092268
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/06/2000, number: 04013148
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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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; AR20: 5 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR07: 77 days late, AR06: 100 days late, AR05: 79 days late,
Main office

Irish in Britain
Haringey Community Centre
3rd Floor
Pretoria Road
London
N17 8DX

Objectives

TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENT APPLICATION OF RESOURCES FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES BY NON-CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS PARTICULARLY SUCH CHARITIES AND PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE IRISH COMMUNITY (THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE IRISH BY BIRTH OR BY DESCENT) BY PROVIDING ADVICE, INFORMATION, TRAINING AND SUPPORT.TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR THE IRISH COMMUNITY (THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE IRISH BY BIRTH OR DESCENT) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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