Registered charity · Devon
Devon and Cornwall Kurdish Community
Devon and Cornwall Kurdish Community is a registered charity (number 1106624) based in Devon, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Karen Amanda Susan Sharland since 2024. Latest income £5k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £5k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 2 more
- Where
- Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth City, Torbay
- Website
- www.pkc.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£5k£4k
- 2024£5k£14k
- 2023£4k£3k
Earlier years
- 2022£22k£21k
- 2021£25k£21k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 40%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS LIVING (TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY) IN PLYMOUTH AND SURROUNDING AREA.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY.3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM.4. THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.5. THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT OF THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM , AND IN PARTICULAR PLYMOUTH AND SURROUNDING AREA, BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL AND SKILLS TRAINING, ADVICE AND SUPPORT.6. TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGE COMMUNITY OF REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND WHO RESIDE IN PLYMOUTH AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.
Grants received
10 grants · £148,287 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £83,577 (8 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £50,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £14,710
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Karen Amanda Susan Sharland Chair since 2024
- Dilshad Karam Khalil since 2024
- Ibrahim Rizgar
- Vian Harki since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Karen Amanda Susan Sharland Chair since 2024
- Dilshad Karam Khalil since 2024
- Ibrahim Rizgar
- Vian Harki since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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
- 1106624
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15/06/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/09/2004AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 24/09/2012 as amended on 01 Jan 2024
- Contact on the register
- 07708920805 · info@pkc.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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