Overall GiG Score: 12 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

IRISH CHAPLAINCY 

IRISH CHAPLAINCY (FOUNDED IN 1957 AS "THE IRISH CHAPLAINCY IN BRITAIN") IS A SOCIAL ACTION CHARITY PROVIDING ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT FOR IRISH IMMIGRANTS AND OTHER PEOPLE OF IRISH HERITAGE IN ENGLAND AND WALES.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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 gender

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: 9 years

www.irishchaplaincy.org.uk

info@irishchaplaincy.org.uk

02074825528

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX

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£492£480£13n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/22£467£447£20n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/21£513£474£39£0£247£23661040
31/03/20£458£438£20n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/19£414£380£35n/an/an/an/an/a22
31/03/18£351£339£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£257£302£-45£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£354£358£-5£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 40 volunteers
Who it helps
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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
Tudor Trust£102,000
City Bridge Trust£87,750
National Lottery Community Fund£19,900
The London Community Foundation£10,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Irish Chaplaincy Keeping Connected Project
£9,900 16/12/2022
The funding will be used to supply tablets for older people from the Irish community. The project aims to reduce social isolation and improve health and well-being.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 04/02/2022
In-cell Resources
Tudor Trust - Grant to Irish Chaplaincy
£100,000 26/10/2021
36
over three years as continuation core funding for a project supporting the resettlement of Travellers in the criminal justice system in and around London and influencing best practice and care across ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Irish Chaplaincy
£74,000 29/04/2021
24
£74,000 over two further and final years (£37,000, £37,000) towards the full-time salary of a Pastoral Outreach Worker and associated project costs (such as phone and IT, volunteer expenses and ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Irish Chaplaincy
£10,000 12/02/2021
6
Our successfully piloted ˜Keeping Connected project provides digital connectivity to isolated and vulnerable older Irish people in London to help them combat loneliness during the Covid-19 lockdown, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Keeping connected
£10,000 19/01/2021
12
The funding will be used to distribute ‘Keeping Connected’ packs containing of pre-programmed and easy to use Tablets internet dongles and user instructions to older people from the Irish ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Irish Chaplaincy
£2,000 05/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Irish Chaplaincy
£5,000 13/04/2020
A grant of £5,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Irish Chaplaincy
£8,750 09/04/2020
A one-off, unrestricted grant of £8,750, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation’s current grant. COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Irish Chaplaincy Resettlement Project
£95,300 19/12/2018
24
The aim of the project is to engage Travellers with suitable training, education and work experience whilst in prison and then to provide post-release employment in Irish construction firms alongside ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Irish Chaplaincy
£50,000 11/12/2018
18
over 18 months towards the salary of a caseworker to pilot an employment programme for Traveller and Gypsy offender in London
National Lottery Community Fund - Planning to support the disadvantaged
£9,660 06/09/2017
12
This is a project by a charity in Camden, serving beneficiaries in Hammersmith and Fulham, Wandsworth, Spelthorne, and Islington. The group will use the funding to undertake research into the growing ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Irish Traveller and Gypsy Resources Pack
£3,000 02/02/2013
Irish Traveller and Gypsy Resources Pack
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • CLARE COFFEY (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Public Relations
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/02/2015, number: 1160365
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
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

LONDON IRISH CENTRE
52 CAMDEN SQUARE
LONDON
NW1 9XB

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE SOCIAL TEACHING OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH:(A) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND ADVANCE HEALTH AMONGST PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS AND NONE, AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE OF IRISH NATIONALITY OR DESCENT (THE TARGET GROUP), AND TO PROVIDE ADVOCACY ON THEIR BEHALF WITH STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS;(B) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED PERSONS WITHIN THE TARGET GROUP IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY; AND(C) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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