IRISH COMMUNITY CARE MANCHESTER

Registered charity 1169291 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ICCM

Throughout Greater Manchester we run social groups for the over 50s. We also run one to one advice sessions in relation to benefits applications and provide advice for those trying to get Irish government documentation.We have an outreach worker who works with the Irish traveler population in the region and we provide for the burial of persons of Irish descent who have no next of kin.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF MANCHESTER AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY PERSONS OF IRISH DESCENT, REGARDLESS OF SEX, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS TO: A) PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS.B) PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION AND DISSEMINATION OF HEALTH CARE ADVICE AND INFORMATION.C) RELIEVE ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO ARE IN FINANCIAL NEED, BY PROVIDING ITEMS, SERVICES AND FACILITIES TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Manchester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £53,702 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £683,574 and expenditure of £629,872. Unrestricted reserves stood at £63,899, which the trustees acknowledge falls below their stated policy target of approximately £150k (equivalent to three months' expenditure). The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, and the trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09877345

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Irish Community Care Manchester (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.

• LENNON, Colette — director, appointed 01/10/2025on trustee list
• LYNCH, Joseph — director, appointed 01/10/2025on trustee list
• BARRY, Sinead — director, appointed 03/12/2024on trustee list
• HEGARTY, Brendan Carl — director, appointed 06/02/2024on trustee list
• GORMAN, Michael David, Councillor — director, appointed 02/06/2021on trustee list
• POTTER, Ann Marie O'Brien, Dr — director, appointed 02/06/2021on trustee list
• RUSSELL, Noel Patrick, Dr — director, appointed 21/05/2019on trustee list
• VESEY, Geraldine — director, appointed 10/04/2018on trustee list
• AHERNE, Barbara — director, appointed 10/02/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (70% 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: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/11/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brendan Hegarty
• Colette Lennon
• Dr Ann Marie O'Brien Potter
• Dr Noel Patrick Russell
• Geraldine Vesey
• Joseph Michael Martin Lynch
• Michael David Gorman
• Sinead Barry

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

Operates in: Manchester City · Salford City · Trafford

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with IRISH COMMUNITY SERVICES.

• IRISH COMMUNITY SERVICES income £492k
• IRISH COMMUNITY CARE income £674k
• THE EAST MANCHESTER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £431k
• INDIAN SENIOR CITIZEN'S CENTRE (MANCHESTER) income £69k
• AGE CONCERN MANCHESTER income £5.3m
• SCAITCLIFFE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £108k

Side by side with its peers

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