Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 3

Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Static board: -3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -3

FARSOPHONE ASSOCIATION IN BRITAIN

Counselling & psychotherapy service (in partnership with NHS Barnet) in Persian and other Community languages as well as English. Older adult services. Welfare & Legal info & signposting. Persian library. General Education info and network. Events on special occasions. Community and environment project activities. Hosting art and cultural activities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£140	£165	£-25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/03/22		£140	£138	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/21		£140	£148	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/20		£160	£130	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/19		£119	£116	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/18		£140	£107	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£108	£126	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£125	£114	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£75	£70	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£63	£68	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£62	£56	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£74	£69	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£87	£89	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£61	£68	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£51	£42	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£38	£39	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£33	£30	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£14	£9	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£17	£21	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£24	£34	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 26 years

www.farsophone.org.uk

info@farsophone.org.uk

02089055522

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community services

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
9 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Farsophone Association in Britain
£7,500	15/09/2023	Purchase of ICT equipment for a charity which works with refugees with poor mental health in Barnet

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

MANSOUREH POURSADEGH-SADIGH (Chair) Appointed: 2017

MOHSEN FAKHARI Appointed: 2019

AZAM SAEB-PARSY Appointed: 2019

FARAMARZ RADFAR Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: MULTILINGUAL WELLBEING SERVICES,

GHOLAM REZA MOGHTADER SANGSARI Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/07/1998, number: 1070348

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR09: 16 days late, AR05: 30 days late,

Main office

London Borough of Barnet
Edgware Library
Hale Lane
EDGWARE
HA8 8NN

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FARSI SPEAKING COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE FOREGOING, REFUGEES:(1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE ABOUT BENEFIT ENTITLEMENTS, INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATION, EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT.(2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING COURSES, AND THE PROVISION OF ADVICE ABOUT SUCH COURSES. (3) THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING CAUSED BY BEREAVEMENT, WAR OR NATURAL DISASTER BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING. (4) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES TO THE COMMUNITY FOR LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION AND RECREATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE UNITED KINGDOM

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