Afghan Refugee Information Network
Registered charity 327194 Registered since 1986
Operates: Throughout London
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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.
10 trustees on the board
- MS E Winter Chair
- Dr Marissa Virginia Quie since 2023
- Ghulam Rasol Yalaqi since 2024
- Heidi Wagner since 2024
- Kudsia Kaker since 2019
- Leslie Ann Charlotte Knott since 2019
- MR R Arguile
- Mark Rainer Bowden since 2019
- Mirwais Wardak since 2023
- Shirazuddin Siddiqi since 2019
4.8y median 5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Kudsia Kaker since 2019
- Leslie Ann Charlotte Knott since 2019
- Mark Rainer Bowden since 2019
- Shirazuddin Siddiqi since 2019
8y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Dr Marissa Virginia Quie since 2023
- Ghulam Rasol Yalaqi since 2024
- Heidi Wagner since 2024
- Kudsia Kaker since 2019
- Leslie Ann Charlotte Knott since 2019
- Mirwais Wardak since 2023
Portfolio (4)
- MS E Winter Chair
- MR R Arguile
- Mark Rainer Bowden since 2019
- Shirazuddin Siddiqi since 2019
2
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 10General Charitable Purposes 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3Overseas Aid/famine Relief 2
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Dormant 2Business services 1
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£2k 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
- Afghanaid 3 shared trustees
Connected through a shared trustee
- The Putney Society 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
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- The Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospital Radio Service Similar size; both Health
- Gastrointestinal Motility Research Fund Similar size; both Health
- Friends of Avisford Medical Group Similar size; both Health
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| afghanistansociety@gmail.com | |
| Phone | 02087884554 |
| Address | 18 BURSTOCK ROAD, LONDON, SW15 2PW |
Finances
£1,995 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £1,728 | £749 |
| 2022 | £2,414 | £2,261 |
| 2023 | £574 | £1,279 |
| 2024 | £4,519 | £3,949 |
| 2025 | £1,995 | £1,349 |
What it does
What
General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyArts/culture/heritage/scienceWho
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesHow
Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesCharitable objects
(I) TH RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS AND THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH AMONGST AFGHAN REFUGEES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND (II) THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION CONCERNING THE COUNTRY AN PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN.
Governing document: CONSTITUTION AND RULES ADOPTED 20 OCTOBER 1986.
Trustees (10)
10trustees
69median age
1aged 70+
- MS E Winter Chair
- Dr Marissa Virginia Quie since 2023
- Ghulam Rasol Yalaqi since 2024
- Heidi Wagner since 2024
- Kudsia Kaker since 2019
- Leslie Ann Charlotte Knott since 2019
- MR R Arguile
- Mark Rainer Bowdenage band 75-79 since 2019
- Mirwais Wardak since 2023
- Shirazuddin Siddiqiage band 60-64 since 2019
Connected charities (2)
- Afghanaid 3 shared trustees
- The Putney Society 1 shared trustee
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