PARS COMMUNITY

Registered charity 1194418 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IRANIAN LIVERPOOL COMMUNITY

Iranian Liverpool charity is the first point of contact for more than 5000 in Persian community, including Iranian, Kurdish, Afghan, Tajiks in Liverpool and Merseyside. We provide different services to community such as: update and translate the UK life rules, Help and support asylum seekers. English Course, Cultural events, Ladies sport and workshops, Mental health-well being support, Food Bank.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO THOSE PERSONS FROM ETHNIC MINORITIES INCLUDING MIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS, IN PARTICULAR THOSE OF IRANIAN ORIGIN AND OTHER FARSI SPEAKING MINORITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND TO ASSIST THEM IN DAY-TO-DAY LIFE AND THEIR INTEGRATION WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY. IN PARTICULAR, THROUGH: Ò THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, SIGNPOSTING AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH;Ò THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, SIGNPOSTING AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT TO ADVANCE THEIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING; Ò THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES;Ò THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, SIGNPOSTING AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT TO RELIEVE THEM OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, HOUSING NEEDS, FOOD POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT;Ò THE PROMOTION OF ART, CULTURE AND HERITAGE; AND Ò TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Liverpool, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£175k
Latest spending
£173k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with net liabilities of £5,399, resulting in a net expenditure of £947. The trustees report that the charity has made significant progress in securing sustainable funding from charitable trusts, foundations, and local authorities. Despite the current deficit, the charity maintains cash reserves of £14,229 and plans to expand its services and outreach.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“Total funds carried forward (5,399)”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2026

  • Volunteers: 160

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 120
  • Government income: £35,627 — grants £35,627 (4); 21% of the £171,750 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 75
  • Government income: £2,563 — grants £2,563 (1); 1% of the £203,697 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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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
05/04/2026£175k£173k
05/04/2025£172k£176k
05/04/2024£204k£198k
05/04/2023£107k£109k
05/04/2022£27k£21k

Common questions

Is PARS COMMUNITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with net liabilities of £5,399, resulting in a net expenditure of £947. The trustees report that the charity has made significant progress in securing sustainable funding from charitable trusts, foundations, and local authorities. Despite the current deficit, the charity maintains cash reserves of £14,229 and plans to expand its services and outreach. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PARS COMMUNITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PARS COMMUNITY as a grant recipient include THE MSE CHARITY, THE THOMAS WALL TRUST, MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST, SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUND, SKELTON BOUNTY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MSE CHARITYFY2025£8k
THE THOMAS WALL TRUSTFY2024£5k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£4kMerseyside
SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUNDFY2022£3k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3k
SKELTON BOUNTYFY2024£2k
SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUNDFY2023£2k
THE HEMBY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund21/05/2026£20kCommunity Hot Meals & Wellbeing Support for Asylum Seekers
Sport England17/12/2025£13kWomen’s Health & Movement Programme in Liverpool
The National Lottery Heritage Fund15/04/2025£104k"Voices of Resilience: Preserving Persian Heritage through Dance, Music, and Digital Media"
Sport England22/01/2025£15kSports and Wellbeing for Iranian Refugees in Liverpool
The National Lottery Community Fund05/09/2024£20kCommunity Hot Meal Distribution for Asylum Seekers
Sport England04/01/2024£11kSports and Wellbeing for Liverpool Communities
Postcode Lottery01/11/2023£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund09/06/2023£10kSupport and Growth
The National Lottery Community Fund25/07/2022£122kThe ILC Community Cares Project
The National Lottery Community Fund11/06/2021£10kILC Project

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PERSIAN HEBREW COMMUNITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PARS COMMUNITY£175k—0below—no doubt
THE PERSIAN HEBREW COMMUNITY FY2025£92k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LONDON IRISH CENTRE FY2025£4.1m——unclear—no doubt
Liverpool Irish Festival FY2025£141k——unclear—noted
LEWISHAM IRISH COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£357k—0unclear—no doubt
LONDON ISLAMIC CULTURE AND RECREATION SOCIETY FY2025£396k—0unclear—no doubt

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