CCNI Northern Ireland charity profile

An Droichead Limited

Also known as An Droichead

Received: 137 days lateCharity number 101504
Registered10 March 2015
Latest income£1,074,625
Financial year end31 March 2025

01 Registration

Identity and public record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
Official name
An Droichead Limited
CCNI number
101504
Reporting status
Received: 137 days late
Governing document
Memorandum and Articles
Public address
Larionad An Droichid, 20 Cooke Street, Belfast, BT7 2EP

02 Charity activity

Purposes and classifications

CCNI

Charitable purposes

The company’s objects (purposes) are specifically restricted to the promotion of the Irish language, arts and culture, the promotion and advancement of education through the medium of Irish language, and the promotion of the benefit of the inhabitants (hereinafter called “the beneficiaries”) who are resident in the South and East Belfast areas in particular but not exclusively (hereinafter called the “area of benefit”) without distinction of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic identity, political or religious opinion, by associating the statutory authorities, community and voluntary organisations and the inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and the promotion of Irish language and culture and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure-time occupation, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said beneficiaries and in particular: (a) to promote the benefit of the public and advance education in all matters relating to the Irish language, arts, music, crafts and Irish cultural heritage; (b) to establish or secure or assist in the securing of the establishment of arts and cultural facilities and to maintain or manage or co-operate with any statutory authority in the maintenance and management of such facilities for activities promoted by the company in furtherance of the above objects; (c) to maintain, develop and manage or co-operate with any local education authority or statutory body in the maintenance and management of pre-school, primary school, afterschool and youth facilities educational and recreational facilities through the medium of Irish in the interests of social welfare for children, young people and their parents; (d) to provide and facilitate training for parents and carers of children in child development, parenting and other appropriate subjects; (e) to promote or assist in promoting capacity building programmes and projects for the benefit of the inhabitants within the area of benefit who have need of such assistance as a result of their youth, age, disability or infirmity, or social and economic circumstances, in an effort to increase the abilities, skills, self-esteem and self-confidence of such communities in the area of benefit so that their conditions of life may be improved; (f) to advance any other exclusively charitable purpose as the directors, may from time to time, decide in accordance with the law of charity.

What the charity does

The advancement of education,The advancement of citizenship or community development,The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science

Who the charity helps

Adult training,Carers,Children (5-13 year olds),Ethnic minorities,General public,Interface communities,Language community,Learning disabilities,Older people,Parents,Physical disabilities,Preschool (0-5 year olds),Specific areas of deprivation,Unemployed/low income,Voluntary and community sector,Volunteers,Women,Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

Arts,Community development,Community enterprise,Cross-border/cross-community,Cultural,Education/training,Environment/sustainable development/conservation,Heritage/historical,Playgroup/after schools,Sport/recreation,Volunteer development,Youth development

03 Latest finances

Income, spending and resources

Period 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Total income
£1,074,625
Previous total income
£0
Donations and legacies
£8,107
Charitable activities income
£918,339
Trading income
£148,179
Investment income
£0
Other income
£0
Total income and endowments
£1,074,625
Total spending
£1,119,984
Raising funds expenditure
£0
Charitable activities expenditure
£1,119,984
Governance expenditure
£5,100
Other expenditure
£0
Total expenditure
£1,119,984
Total fixed assets
£467,905
Net assets and liabilities
−£237,897
Employees / volunteers
40 / 50
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These are reported values from the CCNI register export. Zero and missing values are reproduced as supplied and should be checked against the charity’s filed accounts before a material decision.

04 Provenance

Source and matching