THE IRELAND FUND OF GREAT BRITAIN

Registered charity 327889 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

THE RELIEVE OF POVERTY, DISTREES AND SUFFERING AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONG THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND AND THE PEOPLE OF IRISH DESCENT IN ANY PART OR PARTS OF THE WORLD.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tower Hamlets, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Trustees have confirmed that there are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt upon the entity's ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 0 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• 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

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 07614886 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Ireland Funds GB (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.

• DOYLE, Sean Liam — director, appointed 16/07/2025on trustee list
• MOORE, Padraig James — director, appointed 01/02/2025on trustee list
• WHELAN, Susan Valerie — director, appointed 15/06/2021on trustee list
• WALSH, Bridget — director, appointed 15/06/2021on trustee list
• FINNAN, Emer — director, appointed 22/03/2021on trustee list
• HILLERY, Conor Thomas — director, appointed 01/08/2019on trustee list
• NAUGHTON, Rachel — director, appointed 01/08/2019on trustee list
• TIERNAN, Declan Martin, Dr — director, appointed 01/08/2019on trustee list
• BASTIBLE, Eoin — director, appointed 14/05/2018on trustee list
• HAYES, Garrett — director, appointed 31/01/2014on trustee list
• WEBB, Zachary Peter — director, appointed 19/03/2012not on trustee list
• CONNEELY, Sean Ruairi — director, appointed 19/03/2012on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (82% 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: 17.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bridget Walshchair
• Conor Hillery
• Declan Tiernan
• Emer Finnan
• Eoin Bastible
• GARRETT HAYES
• Padraig James Moore
• RORY GODSON
• RUAIRI CONNEELY
• Rachel Naughton
• Sean Liam Doyle
• Susan Anne O'Brien
• Susan Whelan
• ZACH WEBB

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · United States

Income and spending

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