IRANIAN ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1120205 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of persons from ethnic minorities, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, in particular but not exclusively those of Iranian origin and their families resident in the United Kingdom, in particular the relief of poverty, promotion of health, the provision and advancement of education and training.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS FROM ETHNIC MINORITIES, MIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE OF AN IRANIAN ORIGIN AND THEIR FAMILIES RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN PARTICULAR BY THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, PROMOTION OF HEALTH, PROVISION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING; AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE- TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SAID PERSONS.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£391k
Latest spending
£313k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Iranian Association utilized its unrestricted income and reserves to meet demand exceeding its funded programmes during the year. The organization reported supporting over 1,500 service beneficiaries and delivering over 6,000 sessions across various advisory, health, and training services. No specific financial figures for reserves or income are provided in the text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£391k£313k
31/03/2024£309k£309k
31/03/2023£370k£310k
31/03/2022£259k£233k
31/03/2021£297k£270k

Common questions

Is IRANIAN ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Iranian Association utilized its unrestricted income and reserves to meet demand exceeding its funded programmes during the year. The organization reported supporting over 1,500 service beneficiaries and delivering over 6,000 sessions across various advisory, health, and training services. No specific financial figures for reserves or income are provided in the text.

Who funds IRANIAN ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name IRANIAN ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include TRUST FOR LONDON.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
TRUST FOR LONDONFY2022£114kConnected communities

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation01/06/2023£150kGrant to Iranian Association
The National Lottery Community Fund02/07/2021£10kA Lifeline Out of COVID
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/04/2016£57k"Cultural Heritage of Persian Carpet in Britain"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/11/2011£49k"Persian Food Culture in Britain"
City Bridge Foundation03/12/2009£37kGrant to Iranian Association
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/08/2009£50k"Iranian Artists UK Heritage"
The National Lottery Community Fund05/04/2006£5kRefurbishment
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/01/2005£23k"Young Roots: The Story of Uprooted Iranian Children"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with IRISH IN BRITAIN.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
IRANIAN ASSOCIATION£391k—0unclear—no doubt
IRISH IN BRITAIN FY2025£553k—0unclear—no doubt
PARS COMMUNITY FY2026£175k—0below—no doubt
IQRA NEWPORT TRUST FY2025£169k—0unclear—no doubt
LIFE ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£131k—0unclear—no doubt
PERSIAN ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£228kunclear0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.