THE HONOURABLE THE IRISH SOCIETY

Registered charity 1150776 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE THE PROMOTION OF ANY EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF THE COUNTY OF LONDONDERRY AND NEIGHBOURING AREAS

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a trading deficit of £70,163 for the 11-month period, which was offset by significant unrealised gains on investment properties and securities to produce a net position of £1,990,334. The trustees' report notes that free reserves are expressed as a negative balance of (£343,864) due to designated funds, although the charity holds substantial investment property and financial assets. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by IDS Chartered Accountants LLP. Discloses 5 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).

• The Drapers’ Company — “This includes partnerships with The Drapers’ Company, The Clothworkers’ Foundation, and the...” (source page)
• The Clothworkers’ Foundation — “This includes partnerships with The Drapers’ Company, The Clothworkers’ Foundation, and the...” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (39% 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: 1.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alderman Vincent Keaveny CBEchair
• Alderman Robert Picton Seymour Howard · trustee of 2 other charities
• Alex Barr
• Anne Corbett
• Anthony David Fitzpatrick
• Ceri Wilkins
• Charles Edward Lord · trustee of 3 other charities
• David Sales · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dawn Linsey Wright CC
• Dawn Margaret Frampton
• Hugh Maximilian Hilliard Selka
• John Ross Foley
• Matthew Bell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Philip Woodhouse Deputy
• Shravan Jashvantrai Joshi

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with IRISH YOUTH FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED.

• IRISH YOUTH FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED income £596k
• LIVERPOOL IRISH CENTRE income £374k
• IRISH CULTURAL CENTRE HAMMERSMITH LTD income £1.1m
• THE DENBIGHSHIRE AND FLINTSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £263k
• ST PATRICK'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY UK income £1.6m
• ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES ADMINISTERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOCIETY OF AFRICAN MISSIONS income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.