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Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'IS of the City of Westminster
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Steven Naveed AzariDirector · since 2025
- Hoomaan MissaghiDirector · since 2024
- Badri Amouzandeh-HoushidarDirector · since 2023
- Nabil TesfayDirector · since 2019
- Houman HoushidarDirector · since 2019
- Leila JiwnaniDirector · since 2011
- Sidharth JiwnaniDirector · since 2010
- Surat BayatDirector · since 1998
- Shabnam RahnemaSecretary · since 2019
Previous officers 57
- Bahaa Tayseer Abedalqader Alkarowf 2024-2024 View profile
- Shabnam Alexandra Alkarowf 2023-2024 View profile
- Paymen Sabeti 2022-2022 View profile
- Shirin-Rose King 2021-2023 View profile
- Leila Aghdassi Jiwnani 2020-2024 View profile
- Sohaib Mohammadi 2019-2019 View profile
- Dr Sina Taheri 2019-2022 View profile
- Arnel Lejano 2019-2020 View profile
- Nava Ashraf 2017-2019 View profile
- Patrick O'Mara 2017-2018 View profile
- Soheib Mohammadi 2016-2018 View profile
- Marjan Beheshty 2016-2017 View profile
- Tanaz Atlassi 2015-2016 View profile
- Dumazi Volontiya 2015-2021 View profile
- Shadi May Doostdar 2015-2017 View profile
- Samira Ciotti 2013-2014 View profile
- Dr Kishan Fitzgerald Manocha 2013-2015 View profile
- Farida Ciotti 2012-2015 View profile
- Lesley Taherzadeh O'Mara 2011-2025 View profile
- Danielle Nassim Snaith 2010-2013 View profile
- Dr Matthew Rahim Broumand Evans 2010-2017 View profile
- Payam Beheshti 2010-2011 View profile
- Davachi, Alexander, Lsa Member 2010-2012 View profile
- Kevin Fraikin 2007-2008 View profile
- Mark Bamford 2006-2010 View profile
- Vahid Khamsi 2006-2008 View profile
- Tahereh Danesh 2006-2009 View profile
- Nadia Jiwnani 2005-2006 View profile
- Tamineh Payman 2003-2007 View profile
- Taraneh Hingorani 2003-2006 View profile
- Nezhat Mohajer 2002-2005 View profile
- Beverley Matthews 2002-2003 View profile
- Vafa Payman 2001-2015 View profile
- Babak Javid 2000-2000 View profile
- Tamineh Roshanian Payman 1999-2000 View profile
- Dr Lily Alizadeh 1998-2000 View profile
- William Omar Walker Jr 1998-1999 View profile
- Jamila Griguer 1997-1998 View profile
- Lynda Adamson 1995-1998 View profile
- Lord Dominic Geoffrey Mereworth 1995-2013 View profile
- James S Elliott 1994-1995 View profile
- Natasha Hakim-Banan 1993-2002 View profile
- Nili Reynish 1992-1995 View profile
- Nahid Firoozi 1992-1997 View profile
- Rashida Griguer 1992 View profile
- Dr Ramin Alizadeh 1994 View profile
- Parvin Furutan 1995 View profile
- Foad Tamaddon 1993 View profile
- Soheila Tamaddon 1992 View profile
- Leila Aghdassi 2013-2014 View profile
- Vafa Payman 2010-2013 View profile
- Claudette Mohajer 2005-2010 View profile
- Erica Jane Leith 2005-2005 View profile
- Susanne Raum 2004-2008 View profile
- Holly Twiname 2003-2004 View profile
- Bernard Carr 2002-2003 View profile
- Aidan Matthews 2002-2002 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 07/01/1955
- Also a registered charity
- Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'IS of the City of Westminster
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
8 directors on the board
- Houman Houshidar Director · appointed 2019
- Badri Amouzandeh-Houshidar Director · appointed 2023
- Nabil Tesfay Director · appointed 2019
- Hoomaan Missaghi Director · appointed 2024
- Leila Jiwnani Director · appointed 2011
- Sidharth Jiwnani Director · appointed 2010
- Surat Bayat Director · appointed 1998
- Steven Naveed Azari Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Houman Houshidar Director · appointed 2019
- Nabil Tesfay Director · appointed 2019
- Leila Jiwnani Director · appointed 2011
- Sidharth Jiwnani Director · appointed 2010
- Surat Bayat Director · appointed 1998
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (7)
- Houman Houshidar Director · appointed 2019
- Badri Amouzandeh-Houshidar Director · appointed 2023
- Nabil Tesfay Director · appointed 2019
- Hoomaan Missaghi Director · appointed 2024
- Leila Jiwnani Director · appointed 2011
- Sidharth Jiwnani Director · appointed 2010
- Steven Naveed Azari Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Surat Bayat Director · appointed 1998
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00543023
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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