FARSOPHONE ASSOCIATION IN BRITAIN

Registered charity 1070348 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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.

Objects

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.

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £1,721 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £10,202. The trustees note that the charity depends on a range of funding sources, including NHS contracts which are under review, and aim to maintain reserves equivalent to three to six months of annual expenditure. The organization highlights risks related to management capacity and the potential non-renewal of key service contracts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mansoureh Poursadegh-sadighchair
• Azam Saeb-Parsy
• Faramarz Radfar · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mohsen Fakhari

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• REFUGEE WORKERS' CULTURAL ASSOCIATION income £199k

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