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Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'IS of Durham
Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'IS of Durham is an active UK company (number 03431279), incorporated 1997, with 2 current directors, Dr Varqa Shamsi Bahar and Ladan Howell. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 32
- Dr Tahirih Ladan Cockshut-Miller 2014-2025 View profile
- Husayn Tahmosybayat 2014-2025 View profile
- Shireen Robson 2013-2026 View profile
- Mina Nash 2013-2022 View profile
- Simon Fuad Forghani Ashrafi 2011-2012 View profile
- James C Russell 2011-2013 View profile
- Nahid Agahi 2011-2026 View profile
- Yasodhaa Ganesan 2009-2010 View profile
- Zoe Ann Sier 2009-2013 View profile
- Amy Tidswell 2009-2011 View profile
- Rebecca Marriner 2009-2012 View profile
- Janet Tahmosybayat 2005-2025 View profile
- Karina Alison Lindsley 2003-2005 View profile
- Fraser Lindsley 2003-2005 View profile
- Michael Sunderland 2003-2003 View profile
- Serene Freemantle 2002-2003 View profile
- Shireen Claire Tahmosybayat 2002-2008 View profile
- Charles Arzhang Tahmosybayat 2001-2002 View profile
- James Robert Gillespie 2000-2008 View profile
- Abbas Bayat 2000-2011 View profile
- Fraser Edward Lindsley 1999-2002 View profile
- Karina Lindsley 1998-2003 View profile
- Alison Jane Laver 1998-1999 View profile
- Grant Alexander Morley 1998-1998 View profile
- Ghollam Husayn Tahmosybayat 1997-2011 View profile
- Fakhrigan Fathy Mi Abady 1997-2025 View profile
- Maureen Gail Bell 1997-1999 View profile
- David William Merrick 1997-2000 View profile
- Nahid Agahi 2014-2025 View profile
- Zoe Anne Sier 2009-2011 View profile
- Margaret Eileen Gosden 1997-2004 View profile
- Eric Findlay Bell 1997-1999 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 09/09/1997
- Also a registered charity
- Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'IS of Durham
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.
2 directors on the board
- Ladan Howell Director · appointed 2015
- Dr Varqa Shamsi Bahar Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Ladan Howell Director · appointed 2015
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Ladan Howell Director · appointed 2015
- Dr Varqa Shamsi Bahar Director · appointed 2025
Left in the last 12 months
- Nahid Agahi Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2026
- Shireen Robson Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2026
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 03431279
- 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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