Liverpool Irish Centre

Analysis

Liverpool Irish Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in June 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Liverpool Irish Centre reported income of £374k and spending of £380k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £193k to £374k (+94%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Liverpool Irish Centre sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% 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 The Guy and Elinor Meynell Charitable Trust (£373k), Firing Line Ltd (£374k) and Heckington and District Agricultural Society (£373k).

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.