Diocese of Iran Trust Fund
Registered charity 299104 Registered since 1988
Operates: Cyprus, Iran
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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.
6 trustees on the board
- John Mullin Clark Chair
- Catherine Dawkins since 2026
- JIM Stewart
- Revd Phil Simpson since 2016
- Right Reverend Philip Mounstephen since 2022
- Rt Revd Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani since 2013
6.8y median 7y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Revd Phil Simpson since 2016
- Rt Revd Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani since 2013
9.7y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Catherine Dawkins since 2026
- Right Reverend Philip Mounstephen since 2022
- Rt Revd Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani since 2013
Portfolio (3)
- John Mullin Clark Chair
- JIM Stewart
- Revd Phil Simpson since 2016
3
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Religious Activities 6Education/training 3Accommodation/housing 1Economic/community Development/employment 1General Charitable Purposes 1
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Other services 4Education 3Health and social care 2
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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£101k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.
Related organisations
- The Friends of the Diocese of Iran 2 shared trustees
Connected through a shared trustee
- United Society for Christian Literature 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Michael & ALL Angels Blackheath Park SE3 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Woking Christ Church 1 shared trustee
- The Arthur Benjamin Jones Travel Bursary Trust 1 shared trustee
- ST Mary's Waqf 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Phone | 01865787400 |
| Address | Church Mission Society, C M S House, Watlington Road, Cowley, OXFORD, OX4 6BZ |
Finances
£100,602 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £109,152 | £27,660 |
| 2022 | £68,541 | £38,094 |
| 2023 | £88,810 | £31,781 |
| 2024 | £95,689 | £32,332 |
| 2025 | £100,602 | £39,572 |
What it does
What
Religious ActivitiesWho
Other Defined GroupsHow
Makes Grants To OrganisationsCharitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST ARE TO PROMOTE SUCH RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES WITHIN OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF IRAN AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.
Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 9TH MARCH 1988
Trustees (6)
6trustees
71median age
3aged 70+
- John Mullin Clarkage band 80-84 Chair
- Catherine Dawkins since 2026
- JIM Stewartage band 70-74
- Revd Phil Simpsonage band 70-74 since 2016
- Right Reverend Philip Mounstephen since 2022
- Rt Revd Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani since 2013
Connected charities (12)
- The Friends of the Diocese of Iran 2 shared trustees
- The Arthur Benjamin Jones Travel Bursary Trust 1 shared trustee
- ST Mary's Waqf 1 shared trustee
- 1124343 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Michael & ALL Angels Blackheath Park SE3 1 shared trustee
- The Jerusalem and the Middle East Church Association 1 shared trustee
- Trust Property Held in Connexion With the Episcopal Church in Egypt 1 shared trustee
- The Family and Community Network 1 shared trustee
- Woking People of Faith 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Woking Christ Church 1 shared trustee
- Mahabba Network 1 shared trustee
- United Society for Christian Literature 1 shared trustee
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