THE FRIENDS OF THE DIOCESE OF IRAN

Registered charity 257483 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as F D I, IRAN DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION

Supporting the Ministry of the Episcopal Church of Iran.

Objects

TO ENCOURAGE SUPPORT IN PRAYER, MONEY AND PERSONAL SERVICE FOR THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF IRAN

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.

Causes: Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Babergh, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£333k

Latest spending

£1k

Registered

1969

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £2,832 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total incoming resources of £332,734 against total expenditure of £331,545. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased from £212,090 to £542,367, reflecting significant growth in investment values and charitable income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: The short term aim is to be able to respond promptly to any urgent needs arising in the Diocese of Iran. For the longer term, the aim is to increase the value of our reserves without rendering them inaccessible.

“The short term aim is to be able to respond promptly to any urgent needs arising in the Diocese of Iran. For the longer term, the aim is to increase the value of our reserves without rendering them inaccessible.”

Per its FY2025 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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 31/12/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

JOHN MULLIN CLARKchair · trustee of 6 other charities
CHRISTINE LOUISE GOLDSMID
Dr Vanessa Bowtell
JIM STEWART · trustee of 2 other charities
Paddy Payne
Rev Robert Wilkes
Rev SUSAN JANE HEIGHT
SUSAN HAYES

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

Operates in: Cyprus · Iran · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£333k	£1k
31/12/2024	£16k	£1k
31/12/2023	£7k	£758
31/12/2022	£6k	£1k
31/12/2021	£6k	£676

Common questions

Is THE FRIENDS OF THE DIOCESE OF IRAN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £2,832 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total incoming resources of £332,734 against total expenditure of £331,545. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased from £212,090 to £542,367, reflecting significant growth in investment values and charitable income. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
4 CHARITY FOUNDATION	1	£149k
THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£24k
DONATING CHARITY LIMITED	1	£20k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, TOOTING GRAVENEY	1	£4k
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DIOCESE OF IRAN TRUST FUND.

DIOCESE OF IRAN TRUST FUND income £101k
FRIENDS OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING income £493k
FOUNT income £89k
FRIENDS OF NACHALAS BNEI SHIMON income £194k
THE FRIENDS OF THE YESHIVAT HAR ETZION TRUST income £81k
NORTH LONDON IRANIAN CHURCH income £176k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE FRIENDS OF THE DIOCESE OF IRAN	£333k	—	above	—	no doubt
DIOCESE OF IRAN TRUST FUND FY2025	£101k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING FY2025	£493k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
FOUNT FY2025	£89k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF NACHALAS BNEI SHIMON FY2025	£194k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF THE YESHIVAT HAR ETZION TRUST FY2025	£81k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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