Birmingham Irish Association

Registered charity 1072258 Registered since 1998

Operates: Birmingham City

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5 trustees on the board

5.2y median 4y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Joan Bernadette Smith since 2015

12.4y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Accommodation/housing 5General Charitable Purposes 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 5Professional services 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£728k latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 6.3 in 2021

15 from 18 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Lighthouse Women's AID Limited Similar size; both Housing
Royal Benevolent and Educational Fund for Watermen and Lightermen Similar size; both Housing
The Smiles Foundation Similar size; both Housing
Diss, Thetford and District Citizens Advice Bureau Similar size; both Housing
The Spinal Unit Action Group Similar size; both Housing
Mission Direct Limited Similar size; both Housing

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.birish.org.uk
Email	info@birish.org.uk
Phone	01216046111
Address	The Irish Centre, 205 Wheelers Lane, BIRMINGHAM, B13 0ST

Finances

£727,580 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,040,386	£692,370
2022	£682,907	£717,426
2023	£651,516	£774,213
2024	£539,957	£701,001
2025	£727,580	£688,898

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THOSE WHO ARE IRISH OR WHO ARE OF IRISH DESCENT. IN PARTICULAR, TO ADVANCE RELIGION, EDUCATION AND TRAINING, RELIEVE SICKNESS AND OLD AGE, PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08/09/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/09/1998AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 30/09/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 23/06/2014

Trustees (5)

5trustees

60median age

0aged 70+

Alan Downtonage band 60-64 since 2024
Edward O'Connorage band 45-49 since 2023
Joan Bernadette Smith since 2015
Michael Peter O'Brienage band 55-59 since 2021
Rev Eamonn Corduff

Linked company (Companies House)

Birmingham Irish Association · 03628076 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 08/09/1998

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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