TABAN

Registered charity 1188892 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To support Farsi-speaking asylum seekers and refugees living in Greater Manchester.

Objects

1. THE PROVISION OF RELIEF, FOR THOSE INTENDING TO MAKE AN INITIAL CLAIM FOR ASYLUM OR THOSE WHOSE CLAIM IS BEING CONSIDERED BY THE HOME OFFICE, AND REFUGEES, TOGETHER WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDENTS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE;(B) ASSISTING WITH ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPING COMMUNITY AND COMBATTING ISOLATION;(C) SUPPORTING THEM IN FINDING ACCOMMODATION AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ACCESS PAID AND VOLUNTARY WORK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES;(D) FACILITATING ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND TRAINING SO AS TO ASSIST THEM IN DAY-TO-DAY LIFE AND THEIR INTEGRATION WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY; AND(E) LIAISING WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS THAT CAN HELP FULFIL SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND PROVIDE EQUIVALENT SUPPORT; 2. TO RELIEVE THE NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AMONGST FAILED ASYLUM SEEKERS (BEING INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN DECLINED REFUGEE STATUS AND DO NOT WISH TO APPEAL THE DECISION) BY PROVIDING BASIC NECESSITIES SUCH AS FOOD, CLOTHING OR TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION."

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position is secure, with cash reserves and donor commitments sufficient to cover the next 12 months of expenses. The trustees have set a minimum reserves policy to cover four months of costs, including employee notice periods and winding-up costs. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention during the examination of the accounts.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Taban (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD MICHAEL YOUNGchair
• Actar Arya
• Hilary Nelson Jones
• Kaveh Ghaleh Golab
• Kurosh Behpouri
• Timothy Robert Gibbs
• Yousef Safari

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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