DOOSTAN

Registered charity 1139464 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DOOSTAN LIMITED · filing overdue (register status)

The activities of the charity comprise the promotion of the education (including social and physical training) of the people in developing countries in such ways as the Charity Trustees see fit, including the provision for the construction, repair and maintenance of buildings and related facilities necessary for their education.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF PEOPLE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING THE PROVISION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND RELATED FACILITIES NECESSARY FOR THEIR EDUCATION.

Area of benefit: IRAN

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

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £2,023,071 and generates a net income of £102,801 from property rentals and donations. The charity is actively repaying a private loan, having repaid £35,000 of a £250,000 loan, with the property generating approximately £8,000 in monthly rental income. The trustees do not anticipate any risks to the charity's operations during this repayment period.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04972133 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BORHANI, Bahram — director, appointed 29/04/2026on trustee list
• ASADI, Mohsen — director, appointed 03/10/2018on trustee list
• SARRAFAN, Amir Mansour, Dr — director, appointed 12/10/2007not on trustee list
• BONAKDARIAN, Nasser — director, appointed 21/11/2003on trustee list
• NILI, Alireza — director, appointed 21/11/2003not on trustee list
• BONAKDARIAN, Nasser — secretary, appointed 01/05/2022

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALIREZA NILI M.SC.
• Bahram Borhani
• DR AMIR MANSOUR SARRAFAN PH.D.
• MOHSEN ASADI
• Nasser Bonakdarian

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Iran · Tajikistan · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan

Income and spending

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