Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 12

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 have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age 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

Established: 22 years

www.irishinbritain.org

info@irishinbritain.org

02039030992

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£446	£482	£-36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/22		£414	£423	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/21		£461	£383	£78	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/20	*	£425	£388	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/19		£432	£414	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/03/18		£436	£385	£51	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£448	£416	£31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£454	£498	£-44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£525	£526	£-1	£8	£323	£285	6.5	11	0
31/03/14		£529	£491	£38	£10	£323	£289	7.1	9	0
31/03/13		£644	£594	£50	£11	£285	£268	5.4	8	0
31/03/12		£592	£559	£33	£13	£235	£235	5	11	0
31/03/11		£629	£575	£54	£11	£202	£123	2.6	11	0
31/03/10		£593	£582	£11	£11	£148	£70	1.4	11	0
31/03/09		£694	£694	£-1	£11	£138	£57	1	13	0
31/03/08		£700	£872	£-173	£8	£138	£17	0.2	14	0
31/03/07	*	£592	£769	£-177	£11	£311	£70	1.1	16	0
31/03/06	*	£680	£514	£166	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05?	*	£392	£253	£139	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/04		£312	£276	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 16%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

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 works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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 Heritage Fund	£250,000
DCMS	£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,900

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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
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 ....more 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 awareness of the effects of dementia.
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 ....more 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 country.
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 ....more £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 carers.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 36-63

BEBHINN CRONIN Appointed: 2021

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 Irish 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

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