Registered charity · Manchester
Rapar (Refugee and Asylum Seeker Participatory Action Research)
- 6 trustees
- Income £23k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 4 more
- Where
- Manchester City, Salford City, Trafford
- Website
- www.rapar.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Rapar (Refugee and Asylum Seeker Participatory Action Research)
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£23k£96k
- 2024£137k£86k
- 2023£66k£72k
Earlier years
- 2022£77k£81k
- 2021£126k£93k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND OTHER DISPLACED PERSONS WITHIN THE MANCHESTER, SALFORD AND TRAFFORD AREAS WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS BECAUSE OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE INCLUDING THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AND PROMOTION OF PERSONAL SAFETY AND SECURITY.
Grants received
15 grants · £270,869 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Lankelly Chase Foundation · £152,413 (5 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £42,291 (5 grants)
- Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund · £41,525 (2 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £22,800
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £8,320
Most recent
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
6 trustees on the board
- Aria Akhlaghi Esfahani since 2023
- Dr Edward Mynott since 2025
- Farid Vahidi since 2025
- Kath Grant since 2019
- Stephen Anderson since 2019
- Tendai Masiya since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Kath Grant since 2019
- Stephen Anderson since 2019
- Tendai Masiya since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Aria Akhlaghi Esfahani since 2023
- Dr Edward Mynott since 2025
- Farid Vahidi since 2025
- Kath Grant since 2019
- Stephen Anderson since 2019
- Tendai Masiya since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1095961
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 5 MARCH 2002 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 28 OCTOBER 2002.
- Companies House
- Company number 04387010 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 00441618348221 · admin@rapar.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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