THE CENTRE FOR LEBANESE STUDIES

Registered charity 298375 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CLS

To advance the education of the public by providing an educational establishment to further the study of and research into the historical, economic, geographic and cultural issues relating to and affecting the country of Lebanon and the Lebanese people.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROVIDING AN EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT TO FURTHER THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH INTO THE HISTORICAL, ECONOMIC, GEOGRAPHIC, SOCIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES RELATING TO AND EFFECTING THE COUNTRY OF LEBANON AND LEBANESE PEOPLE AND THE DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND PROMOTION OF TEACHIN IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE SAME IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOREGOING AND INTER ALIA, TO CREATE A LIBRARY OF ARCHIVES AND RECORDS RELATING TO LEBANON, TO ENCOURAGE AND ORGANISE SEMINARS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL EVENTS CONCERNING THE SAME AND TO ISSUE BOOKS PAMPHLETS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO THE WORK OF THE CENTRE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Registered contact address: Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of $90,346 for the year ended 31 December 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, the charity remains financially stable with total reserves of $450,011, supported by substantial cash held in advance for future projects. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bassem Ziadechair
• DALIA SALAAM RISHANI · trustee of 1 other charity
• Edward Asseily
• James Wilfrid Watt · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Lebanon · Oxfordshire · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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