IRANIAN DISABILITY SUPPORT ASSOCIATION (IDSA)

Registered charity 1116648 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

IDSA exists to provide advice and information on disability to the Iranian and Persian speaking disabled people, their carers and families by phone, E-mail, and drop in. The association improves the clients access to services by offering advice and information, helping them in form filling, providing interpreting and translation and a monthly e-newsletter.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF IRANIAN AND PERSIAN SPEAKING DISABLED PEOPLE AND THEIR CARERS LIVING IN LONDON BY PROVISION OF SERVICE, INFORMATION AND ADVICE.

Area of benefit: LONDON

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

Causes: Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £8,216 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reducing its net assets from £66,149 to £57,933. Despite the deficit, the charity holds current assets of £54,813 against creditors of £838, indicating sufficient liquidity to meet immediate obligations. The filing does not disclose any reserves policy or specific financial health risks beyond the reported loss.

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 4 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
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr MAHMOOD SARFARAZIchair
• Mahnaz Massomzadeh
• Masoud Molazadeh

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).