COMHALTAS IN BRITAIN

Registered charity 1185729 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC053265 (OSCR)

Comhaltas in Britain is a creative community nurturing Irish culture. We promote and pass on our Irish cultural traditions to future generations. As a voluntary membership organisation we provide education opportunities to young people, social activities for families and support against isolation for later in life through a connection to traditional Irish music, song, dance & the Irish language.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSICAL ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BY PRESENTING PERFORMANCES OF, AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE IN, TRADITIONAL FORMS OF IRISH MUSIC, DANCING AND SINGING INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) TRADITIONAL IRISH DANCING, THE PLAYING OF THE HARP AND UILLEANN PIPES, AND TRADITIONAL SONG IN THE IRISH LANGUAGE.

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: Liverpool, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £9,838 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £79,713 to £69,875. The trustees note that the charity continues to hold £20,000 in reserves to support staff salaries and program delivery, although the unrestricted fund balance dropped to £65,362. The charity remains dependent on multi-year grant funding from the Emigrant Support Programme for its core stability.

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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Comhaltas in Britain (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).

• Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann — “Comhaltas in Britain (a provincial division of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann )” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Theresa Concepta Gallagherchair
• Calum McGregor
• David Ross Browne
• Evin Francis Downey
• Mairi Claire Docherty
• Michael Peter Fitzgerald

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with IRISH CULTURAL CENTRE HAMMERSMITH LTD.

• IRISH CULTURAL CENTRE HAMMERSMITH LTD income £1.1m
• IRISH HERITAGE LIMITED income £53k
• LEEDS IRISH ARTS FOUNDATION income £12k
• MID BORDER COMMUNITY ARTS LTD income £46k
• CATALANS UK income £82k
• COMPASS COMMUNITY ARTS income £46k

Side by side with its peers

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