The London Irish Centre

Analysis

The London Irish Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08221421). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The London Irish Centre reported income of £4.1m and spending of £3.4m, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £4.1m (+164%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The London Irish Centre sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include War on Want (£4.0m), Trent Vineyard (£4.1m) and Little Village (£4.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 61%, donations and legacies 35% and investments 4.0%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 13%. Reserves of £4.8m would cover about 17 months of spending at that rate. It employed 44 people.