Registered charity · London
The British Institute of Persian Studies
- 12 trustees
- Income £301k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- David Hugh GYETrustee · since 2023
- Dr Cameron Andrew PetrieTrustee · since 2018
- Dr Evaleila PesaranTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Mariano ErrichielloTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Saeedreza TalajooyTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Sarah Rosemary Anne Stewart PhDTrustee · since 2018
- Dr Shabnam Holliday DrTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis PhDTrustee · since 2018
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- Hossein HamedaniTrustee · since 2021
- Prof Ladan AkbarniaTrustee · since 2025
- Prof Robert Martin GleaveTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Ali Massoud AnsariTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 5 other charities:
- Helen & Douglas House · 1 shared trustee
- The Iran Society · 1 shared trustee
- The Sarikhani Foundation · 1 shared trustee
- Russell School Development Foundation · 1 shared trustee
- The President and Fellows of Murray Edwards College, Founded AS NEW Hall, in the University of Cambridge · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout London, Iran
- Website
- www.bips.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- British Institute of Persian Studies(the)
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£301k£289k
- 2024£255k£278k
- 2023£224k£237k
Earlier years
- 2022£184k£168k
- 2021£155k£157k
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE STUDY OF IRAN, ITS HISTORY, CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE IN ALL PERIODS, INCLUDING THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF IRAN (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION)
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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.
12 trustees on the board
- David Hugh GYE since 2023
- Dr Cameron Andrew Petrie since 2018
- Dr Evaleila Pesaran since 2024
- Dr Mariano Errichiello since 2024
- Dr Saeedreza Talajooy since 2023
- Dr Sarah Rosemary Anne Stewart PhD since 2018
- Dr Shabnam Holliday Dr since 2022
- Dr Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis PhD since 2018
- Hossein Hamedani since 2021
- Prof Ladan Akbarnia since 2025
- Prof Robert Martin Gleave since 2025
- Professor Ali Massoud Ansari since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Cameron Andrew Petrie since 2018
- Dr Sarah Rosemary Anne Stewart PhD since 2018
- Dr Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis PhD since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Dr Cameron Andrew Petrie since 2018
- Dr Mariano Errichiello since 2024
- Dr Saeedreza Talajooy since 2023
- Dr Sarah Rosemary Anne Stewart PhD since 2018
- Dr Shabnam Holliday Dr since 2022
- Dr Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis PhD since 2018
- Hossein Hamedani since 2021
- Prof Ladan Akbarnia since 2025
- Prof Robert Martin Gleave since 2025
Portfolio (3)
- David Hugh GYE since 2023
- Dr Evaleila Pesaran since 2024
- Professor Ali Massoud Ansari since 2023
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.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 231161
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 14 NOVEMBER 1962 AS AMENDED 30 JUNE 1981 AND 24 NOVEMBER 2010. as amended on 08 Jan 2017
- Companies House
- Company number 00740813 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02079695203 · bips@britac.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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