Southwark Irish Pensioners Project
Analysis
Southwark Irish Pensioners Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03915939). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.
In the financial year ending March 2025, Southwark Irish Pensioners Project reported income of £354k and spending of £373k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £220k to £354k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.
Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Southwark Irish Pensioners Project sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sylvanus Lysons Charity (£354k), Gender and Development Network (£354k) and Street Storage (£353k).
Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
Southwark Irish Pensioner's Project is a Charity that works with some of the most disadvantaged and isolated Irish people in London. These people, who emigrated largely in the 1950s have become marginalised by society. They are unable to return to Ireland, as the people they knew and the places they came from are so changed that they are unrecognisable to them.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Sylvanus Lysons Charity | Gloucester | £354k |
| Gender and Development Network | London | £354k |
| Street Storage | London | £353k |
| Kollel Ahavas Torah | London | £354k |