Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 10
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

IRANIAN ASSOCIATION

To promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of persons from ethnic minorities, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, in particular but not exclusively those of Iranian origin and their families resident in the United Kingdom, in particular the relief of poverty, promotion of health, the provision and advancement of education and training.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£370£310£60n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£259£233£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£297£270£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£264£249£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£261£260£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£252£249£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17*£293£282£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£244£260£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£282£252£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£203£216£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13*£270£298£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12*£248£291£-43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11*£348£332£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10*£428£357£72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£362£347£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£376£387£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 17 years

www.iranianassociation.org.uk

info@iranian-association.org.uk

02087412304

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other welfare services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
City Bridge Trust£150,175
Trust for London£123,550
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
DCMS£10,020
National Lottery Community Fund£9,740
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Iranian Association
£150,175 01/06/2023
60
£150,175 over five years (£28,342; £29,163; £30,010; £30,881; £31,779) for 0.5 FTE Emotional Support Adviser and 0.2 FTE Marketing & Administrative Assistant, Training, four Cultural Events and oncosts to improve the health and emotional ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Iranian Association
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Trust for London - Iranian Association
£9,550 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-05.10.2021-9330
Trust for London - Iranian Association
£114,000 09/02/2022
The funding is for the salary of the Welfare and Housing Advisor and associated costs over 3 years to help 720 (240 per year) vulnerable Iranian and Farsi speaking refugees/migrants reduce financial hardship and isolation. A further 40 people per ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - A Lifeline Out of COVID
£9,740 02/07/2021
The group will use the funding to provide support and advice for women from the local Iranian ethnic community. This will help vulnerable people who have been particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to Iranian Association
£50,000 03/12/2020
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Iranian Association, awarded under the Foundation's Racial Equity funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support charities to emerge from the pandemic.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£10,020 03/12/2020
The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and grant making organisations to match funds raised on ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Bright Life For Older People
£311,069 21/03/2018
36
This project aims to improve confidence, health and wellbeing, and reduce isolation through improved skills and opportunities for older Iranian and Farsi speaking people. It will provide an advice and information service supporting with welfare and ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Iranian Association
£57,400 06/04/2016
Cultural Heritage of Persian Carpet in Britain
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Iranian Association
£29,900 29/05/2014
This charity has a range of services supporting the Iranian and Farsi speaking communities in London including advice, supplementary schools, events and is a citizenship test centre. it is seeking funding for a women's advice and information project
National Lottery Community Fund - Bright Life For Older People
£282,525 20/03/2014
36
This is a new project that aims to improve the quality of life and social integration of Iranian and Farsi speaking older people by reducing their isolation, building their confidence and developing their skills enabling them to maintain their ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 52-71
  • FARIDADIN ANSARI DEZFOULI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Charity Worker
  • FARIBA NAZEMI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Foster Carer
  • MAHRAM MOAREFI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Businessman
  • MEHRAN BIRCAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Fundraiser
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/07/2007, number: 1120205
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/02/2007, number: 06124753
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR13: 2 days late, AR12: 0 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR08: 11 days late,
Main office

222 KING STREET
LONDON
W6 0RA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS FROM ETHNIC MINORITIES, MIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE OF AN IRANIAN ORIGIN AND THEIR FAMILIES RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN PARTICULAR BY THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, PROMOTION OF HEALTH, PROVISION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING; AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE- TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SAID PERSONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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