Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

PERSIAN ADVICE BUREAU

To provide assistance and advocacy to asylum seekers and refugees in the UK, women and children subject to domestic abuse, in particular, but not exclusively to Iranians and Farsi speakers. To provide support services, to advance them in life, and assist them with the adaption and integration within a new community. To promote Persian Culture and freedom of speech, particularly for Iranian women.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
  • Why are there only 3 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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
04/04/23£173£104£69n/an/an/an/an/an/a
04/04/22£120£165£-45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
04/04/21*£77£28£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
04/04/20£31£32£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
04/04/19£40£54£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
04/04/18£20£60£-40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
04/04/17*£9£59£-50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
04/04/16*£5£50£-45n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

https://www.facebook.com/persianadvicebureau/

info@persianadvicebureau.co.uk

020 8446 1716

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for refugees & asylum seekers
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Trust for London£64,500
City Bridge Trust£9,493
The London Community Foundation£5,492
DCMS£5,492
CAF£3,900
Co-Operative Group£2,919
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Trust for London - Persian Advice Bureau
£4,500 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-01.06.2021-9188
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Persian Advice Bureau
£2,919 23/10/2021
We would like to support asylum seekers and their families who are living in a very poor condition in hostels without enough food, essentials, clothing and footwear.
Trust for London - Persian Advice Bureau
£60,000 13/10/2021
24
The funding is to support Persian Advice Bureau‚ advice services and a part-time outreach worker to assist refugees and asylum seekers, for two years.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Persian Advice Bureau
£5,492 15/09/2020
Provide asylum seekers/refugees with information, advice, and advocacy, and provide counselling sessions on the phone/ face-time or via Skype. Particularly the asylum seekers who speak little or no English and have become somehow lost or forgotten ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,492 15/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
CAF - Grant to Persian Advice Bureau
£3,900 17/06/2020
3
Grant to Persian Advice Bureau to support the organisation through COVID19
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Persian Advice Bureau
£9,493 01/06/2020
A grant of £9,493 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Persian Advice Bureau
£4,717 15/11/2019
We want to set up a community film club for all ages, where we can show films in Farsi and bring together all generations of Iranians.
London Borough of Barnet - Grant to Persian Advice Bureau
£5,000 19/12/2018
On-line videos to acquaint migrants to life in the UK
National Lottery Community Fund - Farsi Telephone Advice Line
£10,000 27/04/2018
12
The group will expand the advice service they provide to refugees and asylum seekers. This will enable people to seek support regarding the issues affecting their lives; including immigration, housing and welfare, as well as the mental and physical ....more
London Borough of Barnet - Grant to Persian Advice Bureau
£5,000 30/06/2017
2016 east finchley arts festival
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

  • ATUSA TEHRANI Appointed: 2021
  • FARANAK REZAZADEH GRAPHIC Appointed: 2016
  • FOUJON B NAINI (Chair) Appointed: 2016
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/08/2015, number: 1163147
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR21: 11 days late, AR17: 19 days late, AR16: 126 days late,
Main office

54 Hendon lane
Finchley
London
N3 1TT

Objectives

TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS IN THE UK, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO IRANIANS AND FARSI SPEAKERS (AFGHAN, TAJIK, KURDS, BALLOCH, AZERI) AND THEIR FAMILIES LIVING IN LONDON TO PROVIDE TRAINING FACILITIES AND SUPPORT SERVICES SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM WITH THE ADAPTION WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY, WITH THE OBJECTS OF: -1.PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH2.ADVANCING THEIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING; 3.RELIEVING THEM FROM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND UNEMPLOYMENT;4.PROMOTING ART, CULTURE AND HERITAGE; AND5.TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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