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Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

THE IRAN SOCIETY

The Iran Society was established to advance education in the subject of Iran, its peoples and culture, in particular through the study of language, literature, art, history, religions, antiquities, usages, institutions and customs of Iran. It does this by holding lectures approximately 8 times a year, in London, on topics deemed of interest to members, and by awarding grants to students of Persian
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23?£15£17£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£12£10£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£12£17£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£25£18£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£19£19£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£19£16£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£18£20£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£18£20£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£14£14£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£15£15£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£14£12£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£11£14£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£30£15£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£15£12£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08*£13£14£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£12£17£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£11£12£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£11£9£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£19£11£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 2 years

www.iransociety.org

info@iransociety.org

02072355122

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANTONY WYNN (Chair) Appointed: 2022
  • DAVID HUGH GYE Appointed: 2022
  • FUCHSIA FRANKLIN HART Appointed: 2022
  • HON JAMES BUCHAN Appointed: 2022
  • JANET NORRIS RADY Appointed: 2022
  • ROBERT MOIR MACKENZIE FCA Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/10/2022, number: 1200807
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR08: 88 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE IRAN SOCIETY on 21/06/2023
Main office

HUDSON HOUSE
8 TAVISTOCK STREET
LONDON
WC2E 7PP

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECT OF IRAN, ITS PEOPLES AND CULTURE (BUT SO THAT IN NO EVENT.SHOULD THE CIO TAKE A POSITION ON, OR TAKE ANY PART IN, CONTEMPORARY POLITICS) IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, ART, HISTORY, RELIGIONS, ANTIQUITIES, USAGES, INSTITUTIONS AND CUSTOMS OF IRAN.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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