THE HONOURABLE THE IRISH SOCIETY

Registered charity 1150776 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7740189 · Wikipedia

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

Objects

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 INCLUDING THOSE WITHIN THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTIONS:(I) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION,(II) THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,(III) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE, HERITAGE OR SCIENCE,(IV) THE ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR SPORT,(V) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR IMPROVEMENT, AND(VI) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.

Area of benefit: COUNTY OF LONDONDERRY AND NEIGHBOURING AREAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland (from the postcode on the register)

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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 13/02/2026, 13 days after the 31/01/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Common questions

Known funders

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

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Side by side with its peers

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