IRISH CHAPLAINCY
Registered charity 1160365 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
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.
Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £9,464 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £411,146. The trustees noted that expenditure was beginning to outstrip income and conducted a review to safeguard viability, but confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: four months operational costs (held: £356k)
“in 2011 the Board of Trustees adopted a Reserves Policy to reach a free reserves fund of four months operational costs as the minimum required to meet any eventualities.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by N7 Accountants Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Irish Chaplaincy (matched by registered charity number).
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Government of Ireland (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Emigrant Support Programme) — “Irish Chaplaincy is funded in part by the Government of Ireland (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Emigrant Support Programme), and b…” (source page)
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~10.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (20/07/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Clare Coffeychair
- Andrew Cusack
- Ann-Marie McDaid
- Elizabeth Palmer
- Fr John Patrick Deehan · trustee of 1 other charity
- Jayne Baker
- Susan O'Malley
- Tony Walsh
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is IRISH CHAPLAINCY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £9,464 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £411,146. The trustees noted that expenditure was beginning to outstrip income and conducted a review to safeguard viability, but confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by N7 Accountants Limited.
Who funds IRISH CHAPLAINCY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name IRISH CHAPLAINCY as a grant recipient include SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS CIO, The Merchant Taylors' Foundation, THE UNION OF THE SISTERS OF MERCY OF GREAT BRITAIN, THE IRELAND FUND OF GREAT BRITAIN.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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