Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

COVENTRY IRISH SOCIETY

Providing a wide range of health, welfare and cultural services to the Irish community in Coventry and the surrounding areas
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • 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£75£101£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22*£93£77£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£65£65£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£96£90£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£79£88£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£124£114£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£107£106£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£49£69£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£62£79£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14*£124£163£-39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13*£224£229£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 12 years

www.coventryirishsociety.com

cis@covirishsoc.org.uk

02476256629

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City, Coventry City, Leicestershire, Warwickshire,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,400
Heart Of England Community Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Dementia Support Group
£9,400 20/05/2022
The funding will be used to set up a weekly Dementia support group for people living with memory loss as well as support and respite care for their carers and families. The project will include a variety of social befriending support groups and ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 15/07/2020
"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
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to Coventry Irish Society
£5,000 17/06/2020
6
a grant towards a six-month project to support up to 120 vulnerable people through the provision of care packages and a telephone befriending service by volunteers. The packages will include food, newsletters, DVDs and puzzles.
National Lottery Community Fund - Irish Survivors Lunch Club
£5,540 08/08/2019
12
The funding will be used to run bi-monthly lunch clubs for Irish survivors of abuse. The project aims to combat isolation whilst providing health and wellbeing support
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Coventry Irish Society
£8,200 25/07/2018
12
Coventry charity supporting the ageing Irish community. The grant will help them to have a city wide community needs analysis to evidence the issues facing the Irish community and the scale of need. Plus a funding strategy to deliver against this.
National Lottery Community Fund - Irish Survivors Support Services
£6,980 21/03/2018
12
This charity will organise lunch clubs and advice days for people, who as children, were residents in a variety of Irish institutions and suffered physical, emotional and sexual abuse. This will help to reduce isolation and improve their health and ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Coventry Irish Society
£60,000 27/06/2016
Coventry-Irish Oral History Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Coventry Irish Society Dementia Support Group
£10,000 25/11/2015
12
The group will use the funding to provide a support group for older people experiencing the first stages of dementia. This will encourage beneficiaries to access help in the community to reduce social isolation and increase overall health and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 26-82
  • ELIZABETH FLANNELLY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Publican
  • KATHLEEN FORREST Appointed: 2012, Occupation: None
  • MISS KATE MCCARTHY Appointed: 2012, Occupation: None
  • MRS JO ADDLETON Appointed: 2012, Occupation: None
  • MICHAEL PETER FITZGERALD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Bank Manager
  • RORY RYAN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Utilities Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/12/2012, number: 1150290
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/10/2012, number: 08235510
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
11 returns made; AR22: 1 days late, AR14: 4 days late, AR13: 41 days late,
Main office

2nd Floor Eaton House
Eaton Road
Coventry
CV1 2FJ

Objectives

1)TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF COVENTRY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FORGOING THE IRISH COMMUNITY WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES , VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATION IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS2) TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE ( HEREINAFTER CALLED THE COVENTRY IRISH CENTRE) AND MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME, WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THESES OBJECTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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