Registered charity · Gillingham
The Irish Genealogical Research Society
The Irish Genealogical Research Society is a registered charity (number 235886) based in Gillingham, governed by 20 trustees and chaired by Steven Charles Smyrl. Latest income £26k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Igrs (Charity Commission)
- 20 trustees
- Income £26k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Steven Charles SmyrlChair
- David ButlerTrustee · since 2012
- Edward John RowlandTrustee
- James BouldenTrustee · since 2015
- Jill WilliamsTrustee · since 2011
- Linda ClaytonTrustee
- Maire MacconghailTrustee
- Marguerite FletcherTrustee · since 2026
- Mark Norman Graham GooldTrustee · since 2013
- Mary Teresa CasteleynTrustee
- Maureen PowerTrustee · since 2025
- Nick ReddanTrustee · since 2016
- Paul Aloysius GorryTrustee · since 2015
- Peter Manning FigrsTrustee
- Peter Michael QuirkTrustee · since 2019
- Sharon HintzeTrustee · since 2024
- Stephen Francis DohertyTrustee · since 2024
- Steven KeoghTrustee · since 2022
- Terence John HatcheTrustee · since 2015
- Thomas MurphyTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Throughout London
- Website
- www.irishancestors.ie (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£26k£21k
- 2024£21k£21k
- 2023£24k£30k
Earlier years
- 2022£30k£35k
- 2021£23k£23k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF IRISH GENEALOGY.
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.
20 trustees on the board
- Steven Charles Smyrl Chair
- David Butler since 2012
- Edward John Rowland
- Jill Williams since 2011
- James Boulden since 2015
- Linda Clayton
- Maire Macconghail
- Marguerite Fletcher since 2026
- Mark Norman Graham Goold since 2013
- Mary Teresa Casteleyn
- Maureen Power since 2025
- Nick Reddan since 2016
- Peter Manning Figrs
- Paul Aloysius Gorry since 2015
- Peter Michael Quirk since 2019
- Steven Keogh since 2022
- Sharon Hintze since 2024
- Stephen Francis Doherty since 2024
- Terence John Hatche since 2015
- Thomas Murphy since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- David Butler since 2012
- Jill Williams since 2011
- James Boulden since 2015
- Mark Norman Graham Goold since 2013
- Nick Reddan since 2016
- Paul Aloysius Gorry since 2015
- Peter Michael Quirk since 2019
- Terence John Hatche since 2015
- Thomas Murphy since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (18)
- Steven Charles Smyrl Chair
- David Butler since 2012
- Edward John Rowland
- Jill Williams since 2011
- James Boulden since 2015
- Linda Clayton
- Maire Macconghail
- Marguerite Fletcher since 2026
- Mark Norman Graham Goold since 2013
- Mary Teresa Casteleyn
- Maureen Power since 2025
- Nick Reddan since 2016
- Peter Manning Figrs
- Paul Aloysius Gorry since 2015
- Peter Michael Quirk since 2019
- Stephen Francis Doherty since 2024
- Terence John Hatche since 2015
- Thomas Murphy since 2019
Portfolio (2)
- Steven Keogh since 2022
- Sharon Hintze since 2024
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 235886
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED 1976 AND AMENDED 23RD SEPTEMBER 1978 as amended on 14 Sep 2022
- Contact on the register
- 01634362250 · info@irishancestors.ie
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 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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