THE LONDON IRISH CENTRE
Registered charity 1149787 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LI CENTRE LIMITED
SERVING THE WELFARE AND CULTURAL NEEDS OF THE IRISH COMMUNITY IN LONDON THROUGH A RANGE OF SERVICES INCLUDING: ADVICE, ADVOCACY, OUTREACH, DAY CENTRE SERVICES, VOLUNTEERING, HEALTHY LIVING, MISSING PERSONS, EDUCATION, REFERRALS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN AND PARTICIPATE IN IRISH MUSIC, DANCE, LANGUAGE AND THEATRE.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the Charity recorded an operating surplus of £49k for the year ended 30 September 2025, following a period of strategic change and inflationary pressures. The Trustees report that unrestricted funds are maintained at a level to cover three months' net expenditure, and the auditor confirmed no material uncertainties regarding the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Related-party transaction: Mrs J Bracken, partner of Trustee Mr E Bracken, provided consultancy services.
“Mrs J Bracken the partner of Trustee Mr E Bracken provided consultancy services to the Charity amounting to £11,700 (2024 - £2,426). A total of £70,425 (2024 - £498,930 by 13 Trustees) was donated in aggregate by 12 Trustees.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Affinia (Stratford). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The London Irish Centre (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- HEGARTY, Jennifer Niamh — director, appointed 01/04/2025on trustee list
- O' RIORDAN, James Anthony — director, appointed 01/04/2025not on trustee list
- BENMAOU, Caoimhe — director, appointed 01/11/2024on trustee list
- GODSON, Rory James — director, appointed 01/11/2024on trustee list
- CONNAUGHTON, Thomas Wolfe Tone — director, appointed 09/11/2023on trustee list
- BRACKEN, Edward — director, appointed 01/08/2023on trustee list
- MURPHY, Angela Mary — director, appointed 01/08/2023on trustee list
- HUNT, Declan Christopher — director, appointed 08/10/2022on trustee list
- MCGOWAN, Mary Patricia — director, appointed 22/01/2020on trustee list
- BLAIR, Rosaleen — director, appointed 22/01/2020on trustee list
- DOHERTY, James Patrick — director, appointed 09/09/2019on trustee list
- GODDARD, Thomas Christopher — director, appointed 06/05/2018not on trustee list
- O'CONNOR, Michael Cornelius — director, appointed 15/11/2017on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£439k
Reported reserves equal ~16.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (61% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 10.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (14/12/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Rosaleen Blairchair
- Angela Murphy
- Caoimhe Benmaou
- Dame Mary Patricia McGowan
- Declan Christopher Hunt
- Edward Bracken
- James Anthony O'Riordan
- James Patrick Doherty
- Jennifer Hegarty
- Michael O'Connor · trustee of 1 other charity
- Rory James Godson
- Thomas Connaughton
- Tom Goddard
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Essex · Hertfordshire · Kent · Surrey · Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE LONDON IRISH CENTRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Charity recorded an operating surplus of £49k for the year ended 30 September 2025, following a period of strategic change and inflationary pressures. The Trustees report that unrestricted funds are maintained at a level to cover three months' net expenditure, and the auditor confirmed no material uncertainties regarding the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Affinia (Stratford).
Who funds THE LONDON IRISH CENTRE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE LONDON IRISH CENTRE as a grant recipient include TRUST FOR LONDON, THE IRELAND FUND OF GREAT BRITAIN.
Known funders
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