IRISH YOUTH FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED

Registered charity 328265 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To raise funds and make grants available for: (a) Projects in the UK that assist young Irish people and their families(b) The advancement of education in Northern Ireland for example by making available grants for individual students and support for organisations

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £5,356 for the year ended 31 December 2024, primarily due to an increase in grants awarded. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £2,742,783, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue operations as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Mercer & Hole LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02397878

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Giving | Grousbeck Fazzalari — “Supported by Giving | Grousbeck Fazzalari The Irish Youth Foundation has initiated a new bursary programme in 2024 supported by Giving | Gro…” (source page)

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.

• MAHER, Yvonne Mary — director, appointed 01/06/2026on trustee list
• DOWD, Triona — director, appointed 01/03/2024on trustee list
• MCGOVERN, David — director, appointed 01/03/2024on trustee list
• MCMULLAN, Martin, Dr — director, appointed 01/03/2024on trustee list
• O'ROURKE, Tiarnan — director, appointed 01/03/2024on trustee list
• DWYER, John — director, appointed 19/01/2004on trustee list
• TANNER, Linda May — secretary, appointed 01/11/2000

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 ~0.0 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 (80% 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: 58.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN DWYERchair
• David McGovern
• Dr Martin McMullan
• Tiarnan O'Rourke
• Triona Dowd
• Yvonne Mary Maher

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HONOURABLE THE IRISH SOCIETY.

• THE HONOURABLE THE IRISH SOCIETY income £611k
• THE YORKSHIRE YOUNG ACHIEVERS FOUNDATION income £115k
• INTER-CULTURAL YOUTH EXCHANGE (ICYE-UK) LTD income £126k
• THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FOUNDATION income £2.2m
• INDIA YOUTH FUND UK income £487k
• IRISH CULTURAL CENTRE HAMMERSMITH LTD income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.