Afghanistan & Central Asian Association

Registered charity 1096908 Registered since 2003

Operates: Afghanistan, Throughout England

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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.

3 trustees on the board

Fariba Shahmohammadi since 2024
Nooruddin Ansari since 2024
Noorzia Aimaq since 2020

3.3y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Fariba Shahmohammadi since 2024
Nooruddin Ansari since 2024
Noorzia Aimaq since 2020

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3

Gaps to watch

Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£1.1m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

17 from 27 in 2020

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

10%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

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Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.acaa.org.uk
Email	admin@afghanistan-central-asian.org.uk
Phone	0208 572 0300
Address	Unit 9, Griffin Centre, Staines Road, FELTHAM, TW14 0HS

Finances

£1,167,166 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£963,281	£616,232
2022	£948,578	£693,853
2023	£1,177,345	£1,190,298
2024	£1,099,211	£1,489,481
2025	£1,167,166	£1,248,100

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefAccommodation/housingArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or DiversityRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR AMONGST AFGHAN REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF LANGUAGE AND OTHER SUPPLEMENTARY CLASSES.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN AFGHAN CULTURE AND HISTORY IN PARTICULAR THROUGH EDUCATIONAL EVENTS. 1.THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH OF PEOPLE IN AFGHANISTAN IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.2.THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:A) RELIEVING THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES B) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES THROUGH THE USE OF [PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES], SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED ON 20 NOVEMBER 2000 AND AMENDED ON 1 MAY 2002 AND 18 FEBRUARY 2003 AS AMENDED 5 NOVEMBER 2004

Trustees (3)

3trustees

0aged 70+

Fariba Shahmohammadi since 2024
Nooruddin Ansari since 2024
Noorzia Aimaq since 2020

Connected charities (0)

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