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.

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a small deficit of £5,613, having incurred total expenditure of £574,870 against total income of £569,257. Per the trustees' report, the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £37,717, which is below the stated policy target of approximately £125,000 (three months of expenditure). The trustees note that reliance on grant funding limits the ability to build reserves and that the charity is actively seeking to diversify income to reduce this dependency.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 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 (88% 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: 3.9% 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

• BARBARA AHERNE
• 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

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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