Registered charity · London
The London Irish Centre
- 13 trustees
- Income £4.1m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rosaleen BlairChair · since 2020
- Angela MurphyTrustee · since 2023
- Caoimhe BenmaouTrustee · since 2024
- Dame Mary Patricia McgowanTrustee · since 2020
- Declan Christopher HuntTrustee · since 2022
- Edward BrackenTrustee · since 2023
- James Anthony O'RiordanTrustee · since 2025
- James Patrick DohertyTrustee · since 2019
- Jennifer HegartyTrustee · since 2025
- Michael O'ConnorTrustee · since 2017
- Rory James GodsonTrustee · since 2024
- Thomas ConnaughtonTrustee · since 2023
- Tom GoddardTrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout London, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and more
- Website
- www.londonirishcentre.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The London Irish Centre
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.1m£3.4m
- 2024£5.1m£3.9m
- 2023£2.8m£2.9m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.8m£2.2m
- 2021£1.5m£1.5m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 24%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, AND INCLUDING FOR THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE FROM THE IRISH COMMUNITY: 1 TO RELIEVE AND COMBAT POVERTY, DISTRESS FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, AND SICKNESS; 2 TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, UNEMPLOYMENT OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE; 3 TO PROMOTE IRISH ART, CULTURE AND HERITAGE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; 4 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN IRISH CULTURE AND LANGUAGE; 5 TO ADVANCE ANY SUCH OTHER PURPOSE BEING EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.?
Grants received
20 grants · £631,694 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- City Bridge Trust · £293,562 (3 grants)
- Trust for London · £190,250 (4 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £49,600
- Rank Foundation · £46,233 (5 grants)
- The London Community Foundation · £22,579 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Rosaleen Blair Chair since 2020
- Angela Murphy since 2023
- Caoimhe Benmaou since 2024
- Dame Mary Patricia Mcgowan since 2020
- Declan Christopher Hunt since 2022
- Edward Bracken since 2023
- James Anthony O'Riordan since 2025
- James Patrick Doherty since 2019
- Jennifer Hegarty since 2025
- Michael O'Connor since 2017
- Rory James Godson since 2024
- Thomas Connaughton since 2023
- Tom Goddard since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Rosaleen Blair Chair since 2020
- Dame Mary Patricia Mcgowan since 2020
- James Patrick Doherty since 2019
- Michael O'Connor since 2017
- Tom Goddard since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Rosaleen Blair Chair since 2020
- Angela Murphy since 2023
- Caoimhe Benmaou since 2024
- Dame Mary Patricia Mcgowan since 2020
- Declan Christopher Hunt since 2022
- Edward Bracken since 2023
- James Anthony O'Riordan since 2025
- James Patrick Doherty since 2019
- Jennifer Hegarty since 2025
- Rory James Godson since 2024
- Thomas Connaughton since 2023
- Tom Goddard since 2018
Portfolio (1)
- Michael O'Connor since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
16.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1149787
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 SEP 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14/11/2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 25/04/2013 AS AMENDED ON 05 APR 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 MAY 2018AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 16 OCT 2018 as amended on 28 Jun 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 08221421 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02079162222 · info@londonirishcentre.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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