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Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'IS of Manchester
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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Michael AfnanDirector · since 2026
- Mona NooreyezdanDirector · since 2024
- May TalebDirector · since 2023
- Dr Julia HavilandDirector · since 2022
- Nabil TalebDirector · since 2021
- Carmel AfnanDirector · since 2020
- Emilia ZabihiDirector · since 2020
- Rebecca CleasbyDirector · since 2019
- Ahmad Shueh VegahDirector · since 2016
Previous officers 73
- Saksham Taneja 2025-2026 View profile
- Shantam Taneja 2022-2025 View profile
- Maximillian Afnan 2020-2023 View profile
- Dr Robin Appadoo 2019-2022 View profile
- Parnian Doostdar 2017-2020 View profile
- Grange Alan Williams 2017-2019 View profile
- Rosamund May Hawkins 2017-2019 View profile
- Helen Marlow 2017-2020 View profile
- Sam Davies 2016-2021 View profile
- Aron Edwin Foley 2016-2020 View profile
- Anisa Elizabeth Mazidian 2015-2018 View profile
- Holly May Smith 2015-2017 View profile
- Bayan Wade Smith 2015-2017 View profile
- Carmelia Paramasivan 2014-2016 View profile
- Christina Amelia Higgins 2014-2017 View profile
- Sanjiv Taneja 2012-2024 View profile
- Bahar Rowshan 2009-2010 View profile
- Mara Luciano 2009-2010 View profile
- Saman Sabeti 2009-2013 View profile
- Dr Godwill Imbonzugah Vegah 2009-2010 View profile
- Rosanna Smith 2009-2013 View profile
- Sara Hedayati 2009-2010 View profile
- Immaculate Vegah 2008-2009 View profile
- Linda Rootamm 2007-2007 View profile
- Michael Dominic Jay 2007-2008 View profile
- Martin Kummel 2007-2008 View profile
- Jean-Paul Dewea 2005-2008 View profile
- Simon Mills 2005-2005 View profile
- Raquel Summers Xavier Rodrigues Silvestre 2005-2005 View profile
- Samira Habibi 2005-2006 View profile
- Shahin Habibi 2005-2007 View profile
- Carmen Bell 2003-2004 View profile
- Martin Scott Gordon Bellamy 2003-2005 View profile
- Jamal Rahman 2003-2005 View profile
- Navid Khoshbin 2002-2005 View profile
- Charlotte Elizabeth Chapman 2002-2003 View profile
- Griselda Luz Torrico Cerrogande 2002-2003 View profile
- Alison Coral Bird 2001-2002 View profile
- Mo Yu in 2001-2007 View profile
- Jacqueline Marie Harris 2001-2002 View profile
- Olivier Muller 2000-2001 View profile
- Behzad Salehi 2000-2003 View profile
- Thomas, Duncan Andrew, Doctor 2000-2009 View profile
- Nuri Niyazi 1999-2000 View profile
- Marcus Bent 1999-2002 View profile
- Manijeh Afnan 1999-2000 View profile
- Darren Smith 1998-1999 View profile
- Robin John Bell 1997-2004 View profile
- Farhad Foroughi 1997-2002 View profile
- Stella Indira Pathan 1996-1998 View profile
- Pouneh Vargwai 1996-1997 View profile
- Homa Salehi 1996-2003 View profile
- Martin John Perry 1996-1997 View profile
- Lona Shanmuganathan-Sabeti 1995-1996 View profile
- Gopi Shanmuganathan 1995-1996 View profile
- Sarah Patricia Grace Semple 1993-1995 View profile
- Irene Gold Rawling 1993-1994 View profile
- Nicholas Jurg Semple 1995 View profile
- Mae Chambers 1996 View profile
- Sydney Rawling 1995 View profile
- Yves Rohrbasser 1994 View profile
- Afsaneh Eghterafi 1994 View profile
- Frank Leetch 1994 View profile
- Sam Davies 2017-2020 View profile
- Jordan Lyle Wilkinson-Smith 2016-2017 View profile
- Bayan Wade Smith 2016-2017 View profile
- Erfan Fadaei 2013-2014 View profile
- Nicholas James Bridgewater 2009-2009 View profile
- Sara Talai 2002-2022 View profile
- Rowan Andrew Turvey 1998-2002 View profile
- Naghmeh Raiyat 1995-2001 View profile
- Amanda Felipe 1995-1997 View profile
- Homeyra Doostdar-Smith 1994-1999 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Activities of religious organizations
- Incorporated
- 07/01/1955
- Also a registered charity
- Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'IS of Manchester
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.
9 directors on the board
- Rebecca Cleasby Director · appointed 2019
- Carmel Afnan Director · appointed 2020
- Ahmad Shueh Vegah Director · appointed 2016
- May Taleb Director · appointed 2023
- Dr Julia Haviland Director · appointed 2022
- Nabil Taleb Director · appointed 2021
- Dr Michael Afnan Director · appointed 2026
- Emilia Zabihi Director · appointed 2020
- Mona Nooreyezdan Director · appointed 2024
Directors past 6 years
- Rebecca Cleasby Director · appointed 2019
- Ahmad Shueh Vegah Director · appointed 2016
- Emilia Zabihi Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (9)
- Rebecca Cleasby Director · appointed 2019
- Carmel Afnan Director · appointed 2020
- Ahmad Shueh Vegah Director · appointed 2016
- May Taleb Director · appointed 2023
- Dr Julia Haviland Director · appointed 2022
- Nabil Taleb Director · appointed 2021
- Dr Michael Afnan Director · appointed 2026
- Emilia Zabihi Director · appointed 2020
- Mona Nooreyezdan Director · appointed 2024
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Saksham Taneja Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
Gaps to watch
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00543024
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 31/12/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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