Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

IRISE INTERNATIONAL

We work to develop a replicable and sustainable solution to the issues of period poverty and period equality in both the UK & East Africa. Our aim is a world where everyone can reach their full potential, regardless of their period.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be 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

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
31/12/23£234£230£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£290£212£78n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£186£260£-74n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£261£188£73n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£193£145£48n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£145£121£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£54£89£-36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£89£51£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£42£37£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

www.irise.org.uk

info@irise.org.uk

01147069955

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England, Uganda,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
The Joffe Trust£60,000
National Lottery Community Fund£30,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£17,000
The Blagrave Trust£15,000
BBC Children in Need£11,000
The Fore£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Period Proud South Yorkshire
£10,000 03/07/2023
The funding will be used to set up period product banks and empower young people to deliver educational workshops to the wider community increasing their confidence. The project aims to end period ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Irise International
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
The Blagrave Trust - Period products campaign
£15,000 03/05/2022
Campaigning for free period products
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Irise International
£10,500 31/01/2022
This project will provide workshops and products relating to menstruation and puberty for young people who are in care and experience period poverty.
The Joffe Trust - Irise International
£60,000 01/10/2021
Organisational development and fundraising
National Lottery Community Fund - Peer-led action to end period poverty and shame
£10,000 24/09/2021
The funding will be used to deliver a peer-led Empower Period programme to marginalised young women. The project will be delivered by young women who have experience of period poverty and shame ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Enabling grassroots advocacy to end Period Poverty
£12,000 18/01/2021
Irise works with young people and their communities to end period poverty and shame. Act for Change funding will catalyse a movement of young people, enabling them to change the conversation around ....more
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Irise International
£5,000 12/06/2020
36
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Irise International, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
National Lottery Community Fund - Empowerment Packs for vulnerable women and girls
£10,000 15/05/2020
6
The project will deliver tailored empowerment packs containing essential items resources and information to vulnerable women and girls. This will enable them to have access to early intervention ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Enabling grassroots advocacy to end period poverty
£5,000 16/03/2020
Irise works with young people and their communities to end period poverty and shame. This mini-grant supports a movement of young people, enabling them to change the conversation around periods ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Enabling grassroots advocacy to end Period Poverty
£100,000 03/09/2019
24
To support a grassroots advocacy movement to end period poverty.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

  • AMISA RASHID AHMED Appointed: 2023
  • JOANNIE NAKAKAWA HAMPSON Appointed: 2018
  • KATHERINE THISELTON Appointed: 2023
  • KIMBER BIALIK Appointed: 2023
  • LINDA BAINES (Chair) Appointed: 2019
  • SOPHIE ROWSON Appointed: 2019
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/07/2014, number: 1157722
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • 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
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

7 Castle Street
Sheffield
S3 8LT

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AND THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG WOMEN AND GIRLS BY WORKING TO IMPROVE SANITATION AND HEALTH EDUCATION IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS, WITH A FOCUS ON SUB SAHARAN AFRICA AND THE UK.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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