COVENTRY IRISH SOCIETY

Registered charity 1150290 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing a wide range of health, welfare and cultural services to the Irish community in Coventry and the surrounding areas

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£143k

Latest spending

£108k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received a grant of €93,000 from the Emigrant Support Programme, with £46,670 deferred to the next financial year. The document does not disclose total income, total expenditure, or unrestricted reserves figures, preventing a full assessment of financial health beyond the noted tenancy extension until May 2028.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

National Lottery Community Funding — “Coventry Irish Society is delighted to have received an Awards for All National Lottery grant to support Irish Survivors in Coventry and the…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

Received assets from another charity (13/01/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Hayley Louise McCarthy
KATHLEEN FORREST
MISS KATE MCCARTHY
MRS JO ADDLETON
Majella O'Brien
Rory Ryan

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Leicestershire · Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£143k	£108k
31/12/2023	£75k	£101k
31/12/2022	£93k	£77k
31/12/2021	£65k	£65k
31/12/2020	£96k	£90k

Common questions

Is COVENTRY IRISH SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity received a grant of €93,000 from the Emigrant Support Programme, with £46,670 deferred to the next financial year. The document does not disclose total income, total expenditure, or unrestricted reserves figures, preventing a full assessment of financial health beyond the noted tenancy extension until May 2028.

Who funds COVENTRY IRISH SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COVENTRY IRISH SOCIETY as a grant recipient include THE IRELAND FUND OF GREAT BRITAIN.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE IRELAND FUND OF GREAT BRITAIN	FY2023	£5k
THE IRELAND FUND OF GREAT BRITAIN	FY2024	£5k
THE IRELAND FUND OF GREAT BRITAIN	FY2022	£3k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/02/2024	£19k	Irish Survivors Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/05/2022	£9k	Dementia Support Group
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/08/2019	£6k	Irish Survivors Lunch Club
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/06/2016	£60k	"Coventry-Irish Oral History Project"
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/11/2015	£10k	Coventry Irish Society Dementia Support Group