Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 0

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 7

THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES

To promote and encourage the study of Iran, its history, civilisation and culture in all periods, including the archaeology of Iran

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/03/23		£224	£237	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£184	£168	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£155	£157	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£149	£131	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£145	£118	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	*	£123	£107	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/17		£156	£129	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/16		£154	£172	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/15		£187	£158	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/14		£178	£178	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/13		£201	£126	£75	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/12		£157	£161	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/11		£145	£144	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/10		£134	£141	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/09		£153	£154	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/08		£175	£179	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/07		£154	£159	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/06	*	£153	£162	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/05		£142	£147	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/04		£143	£148	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 60 years

www.bips.ac.uk

bips@britac.ac.uk

02079695203

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Iran, Throughout London,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 44-76

DR LINDSAY ALLEN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: University Lecturer

DR ROHAM ALVANDI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Lecturer

DR SAEEDREZA TALAJOOY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Lecturer

DR VESTA SARKHOSH CURTIS PHD Appointed: 2018

DR AREZOU AZAD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Senior Research Fellow

DR SARAH ROSEMARY ANNE STEWART PHD Appointed: 2018

DR SHABNAM HOLLIDAY DR Appointed: 2022

HOSSEIN HAMEDANI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

DAVID HUGH GYE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: THE LYNAM EDUCATIONAL FUND, HELEN & DOUGLAS HOUSE, THE IRAN SOCIETY,

DR CAMERON ANDREW PETRIE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Archaeologist, Other trusteeship: TRINITY COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE,

PROFESSOR ALI MASSOUD ANSARI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Professor, Other trusteeships: THE SARIKHANI FOUNDATION, Early Career Academic Trust [SI], RUSSELL SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION,

PROFESSOR ANDREW NEWMAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Professor Of Islamic Studies And Persian

PROFESSOR C P MELVILLE (Chair), Occupation: University Lecturer, Other trusteeship: ELIAS JOHN WILKINSON GIBB MEMORIAL,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/05/1964, number: 231161
Registered at Companies House on 14/11/1962, number: 00740813

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR18: 12 days late, AR06: 78 days late,

Main office

British Institute Persian Studies
10 Carlton House Terrace
LONDON
SW1Y 5AH

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE STUDY OF IRAN, ITS HISTORY, CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE IN ALL PERIODS, INCLUDING THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF IRAN (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION)

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM AND COMMONWEALTH, IRAN

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