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Registered charity · Coleraine

The Honourable the Irish Society

The Honourable the Irish Society is a registered charity (number 1150776) based in Coleraine, governed by 15 trustees and chaired by Alderman Vincent Keaveny CBE since 2024. Latest income £611k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 15 trustees
  • Income £611k (2025)
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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes
Where
Northern Ireland
Website
www.honourableirishsociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£611k£682k
  • 2024£684k£792k
  • 2023£677k£636k
Earlier years
  • 2022£649k£576k
  • 2021£654k£606k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE THE PROMOTION OF ANY EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF THE COUNTY OF LONDONDERRY AND NEIGHBOURING AREAS INCLUDING THOSE WITHIN THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTIONS:(I) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION,(II) THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,(III) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE, HERITAGE OR SCIENCE,(IV) THE ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR SPORT,(V) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR IMPROVEMENT, AND(VI) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.

Grants received

8 grants · £190,000 total

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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.

2.6y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (4)

2
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 15Education/training 3Religious Activities 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Other Charitable Purposes 1

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

Education 5Finance 2Health and social care 2

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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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£611k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

5 from 6 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1150776
Status
Registered
Governing document
ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 10 APRIL 1662 AS AMENDED BY A SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER GRANTED 20 DECEMBER 2012
Contact on the register
02870344796 · office@irishsociety.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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