Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

LUTON IRISH FORUM 

LIF was formed to give a voice to the Irish community in Luton and now, our welfare, social, and cultural services extend far beyond Luton and include Irish, Irish Traveller, and other communities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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£433£484£-50n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/22£452£414£38n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/21£415£382£33n/an/an/an/an/a43
31/03/20£399£408£-9n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/19£362£411£-49n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/18£454£495£-41£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£442£417£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£350£347£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£341£378£-37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£424£353£71£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£258£257£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£532£429£103£3£572£2226.260
31/03/11£316£234£81£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£248£236£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£231£209£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£197£238£-42£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£178£167£11£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 18 years

www.lutonirishforum.org

info@lutonirishforum.org

01582720447

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other individual and family services
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Buckinghamshire, Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Luton,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 60 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£499,969
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation£82,953
Access to Justice Foundation£29,966
Harpur Trust£10,200
DCMS£10,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£8,400
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Ageing Well 2
£499,969 06/07/2023
This funding will be used to continue providing welfare social and cultural services to elderly people in Luton and surrounding areas. The project aims to improve quality of life by meeting basic ....more
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Warm hub micro grant to maintain space for the community
£500 28/03/2023
Luton Irish Forum Centre
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - The budget is calculated on our total premises costs for the year, refreshment and publicity costs. Rates £668.00 Water £2,206.66 Heat & Light £10,095.79 Cleaning & Consumables £3,526.93 Maintenance/Repairs £28,720.90 Total Premises £45,218.28 Total refreshment costs £2,000.00 Publicity (non staff) £2,500.00 Grand Total £49,218.28
£1,000 20/12/2022
Luton Irish Forum, 102 Hitchin Road, Luton LU2 0ES
Harpur Trust - Grant to Luton Irish Forum
£10,200 09/03/2022
HMP Bedford GRT (Gypsy, Roma and Traveller) Forum & Mural
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Welfare Officer Project
£25,000 09/02/2022
Funding will help us extend the contract of a full time Welfare Officer, due to end in August 2022, due to the end of a 5 year Reaching Community Fund contract. The Officer will deliver our Covid ....more
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - HMP Identities Mural Project
£3,500 20/01/2022
Creation of an 'identities mural', in collaboration with the Gypsy Roma Traveller Forum, within the HMP Bedford building to make it a more welcoming environment for residents families.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Community Partner- Winter Hardship Fund
£2,450 17/12/2021
To act as a community partner for BLCF's collaborative winter hardship appeal, supporting vulnerable people locally, as well as those in financial difficulties (further impacted by covid-19).
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Winter Hardship Fund
£2,200 29/10/2021
To act as a community partner for BLCF's collaborative winter hardship appeal, supporting vulnerable people locally, as well as those in financial difficulties (further impacted by covid-19).
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Central Bedfordshire Services Expansion
£5,000 13/09/2021
A grant will enable organisation to expand into a new area and increase service uptake offering subsided groups and activities to, and proactively engage the residents of Dunstable, Houghton Regis, ....more
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - St Patrick’s Festival Heritage Project
£5,000 26/04/2021
The funding will produce a retrospective snapshot of the 20 years of community development and promotion of Irish culture in Luton, showcasing the contributions of elders and the impact it has made ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Luton Irish Forum
£8,400 26/02/2021
NL20: Twenty years and growing
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Luton Irish Forum
£2,200 11/01/2021
Fuel Poverty - Community Partner for Surviving Winter Campaign
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Welfare Case Officer
£10,000 16/09/2020
5
Grant to Luton Irish Forum
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000 16/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£29,966 19/08/2020
A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Stream 2 - Core Costs
£26,103 17/04/2020
4
Grant to Luton Irish Forum
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Luton Irish Forum
£50,000 28/03/2019
23
Third Space
National Lottery Community Fund - Luton Irish Forum Befrienders Project
£9,823 07/06/2018
12
The project will set up and run a befriending service for older people in the community and bring people together.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Luton Irish Forum Welfare Service
£9,819 22/03/2018
11
Grant to Luton Irish Forum
National Lottery Community Fund - Ageing Well
£376,995 05/04/2017
63
This project will support older Irish people and the travelling community in Luton, Dunstable and Houghton Regis. The aim is to meet basic needs, improve quality of life and decrease isolation by ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Luton Irish Forum
£59,800 18/01/2016
Luton 2016
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Luton Irish Forum
£32,000 29/10/2012
advice support for Irish men and Irish Travellers including the salary of a Welfare Advice Officer and supervision costs of the Advice Service Co-ordinator, travel, training, insurance, mobile, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Big Irish Society
£10,000 24/03/2011
12
This is a project by a registered charity in Luton. The group will use funding to to run skills workshops, establish a steering group and hold an event for first, second and third generation Irish ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 29-80
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/02/2006, number: 1113069
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/12/2005, number: 05651900
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • 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
17 returns made; all on time
Main office

THE SECRETARY
KATHLEEN CONNOLLY HOUSE
102 HITCHIN ROAD
LUTON
LU2 0ES

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN NEED, POVERTY OR DISTRESS, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OF IRISH DESCENT, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND INFORMATION CONCERNING HEALTH AND BENEFITS AS WELL AS OTHER SUPPORT;TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY IN IRISH MUSIC, DRAMA, ARTS, THE IRISH LANGUAGE AND THROUGH THE HOLDING OF AN ANNUAL ST PATRICK'S DAY FESTIVAL;OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES, PARTICULARLY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR PERSONS OF IRISH DESCENT IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE PERSONS IN NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LUTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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