Registered charity (CIO) · London
Persian Advice Bureau
Persian Advice Bureau is a registered charity (number 1163147) based in London, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Foujon B Naini since 2016. Latest income £228k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as PAB (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £228k (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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 7 more
- Where
- Scotland, Throughout England
- Website
- www.facebook.com/persianadvicebureau (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£228k£247k
- 2024£293k£205k
- 2023£173k£104k
Earlier years
- 2022£120k£165k
- 2021£77k£28k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 98%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS IN THE UK, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO IRANIANS AND FARSI SPEAKERS (AFGHAN, TAJIK, KURDS, BALLOCH, AZERI) AND THEIR FAMILIES LIVING IN LONDON TO PROVIDE TRAINING FACILITIES AND SUPPORT SERVICES SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM WITH THE ADAPTION WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY, WITH THE OBJECTS OF: -1.PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH2.ADVANCING THEIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING; 3.RELIEVING THEM FROM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND UNEMPLOYMENT;4.PROMOTING ART, CULTURE AND HERITAGE; AND5.TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.
Grants received
7 grants · £95,484 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
- Trust for London · £64,500 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000
- London Borough of Barnet · £10,000 (2 grants)
- The London Community Foundation · £5,492
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £5,492
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- London Borough of Barnet
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
- Foujon B Naini Chair since 2016
- Aryan Chobin since 2025
- Atusa Tehrani since 2021
- Faranak Rezazadeh Graphic since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Foujon B Naini Chair since 2016
- Faranak Rezazadeh Graphic since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Foujon B Naini Chair since 2016
- Aryan Chobin since 2025
- Atusa Tehrani since 2021
- Faranak Rezazadeh Graphic since 2016
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
- 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
- 1163147
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 14 Aug 2015
- Contact on the register
- 020 8446 1716 · info@persianadvicebureau.co.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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