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MOSTAFAVI FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1188787 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General Charitable Purposes

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Latest income
£144k
Latest spending
£948k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £86,680 against a policy target of approximately 50% of annual investment income. The charity reported a net expenditure of £947,950, primarily consisting of grants, which exceeded its total income of £680,273 for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (79% of income)
“Donations of £536,083 were received in the year. Investment income of £144,190 were received in the year.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £87k; policy: approximately 50% of the Foundation’s annual investment income)
“It is the policy of the Trustees to maintain reserves of approximately 50% of the Foundation’s annual investment income. The balance on unrestricted funds at 5 April 2025 was £86,680.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2022)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£266k
Cost of raising funds
£146k
Reserves (reported)
£152k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~6.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 10.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£144k£948k
05/04/2024£164k£150k
05/04/2023£169k£140k
05/04/2022£1.4m£266k
05/04/2021£4.3m£172k

Common questions

Is MOSTAFAVI FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £86,680 against a policy target of approximately 50% of annual investment income. The charity reported a net expenditure of £947,950, primarily consisting of grants, which exceeded its total income of £680,273 for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION1£1.6m
DEBMAR BENEVOLENT TRUST LIMITED1£314k
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH1£183k
NORTHUMBERLAND NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION1£40k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER1£20k
LIVING WELL UK1£14k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£12k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION1£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MW (GK) FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MOSTAFAVI FOUNDATION£144k—0below—no doubt
MW (GK) FOUNDATION FY2024£261kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
THE LATIF FOUNDATION FY2025£207k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION FY2025£2.6m—0unclear—no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025£834k—0unclear—no doubt
ASTON VILLA FOUNDATION FY2025£2.9m——unclear—no doubt

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