DIOCESE OF IRAN TRUST FUND

Registered charity 299104 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote such religious, educational and other charitable purposes within or in connection with the Anglican Diocese of Iran as the Trustees may in their absolute discretion determine

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Latest income

£101k

Latest spending

£40k

Registered

1988

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,097,426 against a policy to hold sufficient funds to meet foreseeable requests, indicating a strong financial position. The charity reported a net income of £302,036 for the year, driven by significant investment gains, and maintains adequate resources to continue activities as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient funds to meet foreseeable requests from the Diocese for its work and ministry (held: £3.1m)

“The Trustees’ reserves policy is to ensure that they hold sufficient funds to meet foreseeable requests from the Diocese for its work and ministry.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

JOHN MULLIN CLARKchair · trustee of 7 other charities
Catherine Dawkins
JIM STEWART · trustee of 2 other charities
REVD PHIL SIMPSON · trustee of 4 other charities
Right Reverend Philip Mounstephen
Rt Revd Dr GULI FRANCIS-DEHQANI

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

Operates in: Cyprus · Iran

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£101k	£40k
31/03/2024	£96k	£32k
31/03/2023	£89k	£32k
31/03/2022	£69k	£38k
31/03/2021	£109k	£28k

Common questions

Is DIOCESE OF IRAN TRUST FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,097,426 against a policy to hold sufficient funds to meet foreseeable requests, indicating a strong financial position. The charity reported a net income of £302,036 for the year, driven by significant investment gains, and maintains adequate resources to continue activities as a going concern. 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
THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES	1	£226k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTH LONDON IRANIAN CHURCH.

NORTH LONDON IRANIAN CHURCH income £224k
THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES income £301k
MULTIMEDIA THEOLOGICAL TRAINING LIMITED income £1.4m
INCORPORATED TRUSTEES OF THE NUMBER 1 TRUST FUND income £392k
MAKTAB TARIGHAT OVEYSSI SHAHMAGHSOUDI (SCHOOL OF ISLAMIC SUFISM) income £355k
THE YADIRAN TRUST income £164k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DIOCESE OF IRAN TRUST FUND	£101k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTH LONDON IRANIAN CHURCH FY2024	£224k	£39,600	0	above	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES FY2025	£301k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MULTIMEDIA THEOLOGICAL TRAINING LIMITED FY2025	£1.4m	—	1	unclear	—	no doubt
INCORPORATED TRUSTEES OF THE NUMBER 1 TRUST FUND FY2024	£392k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MAKTAB TARIGHAT OVEYSSI SHAHMAGHSOUDI (SCHOOL OF ISLAMIC SUFISM) FY2024	£355k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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