The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Honourable the Irish Society

Registered charity 1150776 Registered since 2013

Operates: Northern Ireland

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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.

2.6y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.6y
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.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.honourableirishsociety.org.uk
Emailoffice@irishsociety.co.uk
Phone02870344796
AddressThe Honourable the Irish Society, 54 Castleroe Road, Coleraine, BT51 3RL

Finances

£611,416 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£654,228£606,017
2022£648,825£575,520
2023£677,362£636,050
2024£684,103£792,254
2025£611,416£681,759

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes Research

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.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 10 APRIL 1662 AS AMENDED BY A SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER GRANTED 20 DECEMBER 2012

Trustees (15)

15trustees
52median age
0aged 70+

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