2024-03-31-accounts - Panah Ltd.

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Panah Ltd	Panah Ltd	CharityNo	1130290	1130290
		CompanyNo	6850910
Annual accounts for theperiod
Period start date	01/04/2023	To	Period end date	31/03/2024

Section A Statement of financial activities (including summary income and expenditure account)

Recommended categories by activity	Unrestricted funds	Restricted income funds	Endowment funds	April 2024 Total funds	April 2023 Prior year funds
S01 S02 S03 S04 S05 S06 S07 Expenditure (Notes 6) Expenditure on: S08 S09 S10 S11 S12 S13 Tax payable S14 S15 Net gains/(losses) on investments S16 S17 Extraordinary items S18 S19 S20 Other gains/(losses) S21 S22 *Reconciliation of* *funds:* S23 S24 *Net movement in funds* Total funds brought forward *Total funds carried forward* *Total* Net income/(expenditure) before tax for the reporting period Net income/(expenditure) after tax before investment gains/(losses) Net income/(expenditure) Transfers between funds Other recognised gains/(losses): Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets for the charity’s own use *Total* Raising funds Charitable activities Investment Other Charitable activities Other trading activities Rental from leasing Separate material item of income Other Income (Note 3) Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies	£ £ £ £ £ F01 F02 F03 F04 F05
	-		-	-	-
	2,184	1,529	-	3,713	51,143
	-	-	-	-	-
	28,153	99,814	-	127,967	-
	-	-	-	-	-
			-	-	27,452
	30,337	101,343	-	131,680	78,595

	125	-	-	125	6,163
	-	47,554	-	47,554	34,874
	-		-	-
	34,773	-	-	34,773	8,269
	34,898	47,554	-	82,452	49,307

	4,561 -	53,789	-	49,228	29,288
	-	-	-	-	-
	4,561 -	53,789	-	49,228	29,288
	-	-	-	-	-
	4,561 -	53,789	-	49,228	29,288
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-

	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	4,561 -	53,789	-	49,228	29,288

	-	-	-	-	-
	4,561 -	53,789	-	49,228	29,288

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Section B Balance sheet
	Guidance Note	Unrestricted funds	Restricted income funds	Endowment funds	April 2024 Total this year	April 2023 Total last year
		~~£~~ ~~£~~ ~~£~~ ~~£~~ £
~~Fixed assets~~		F01 F02 F03 F04 F05
Intangible assets (Note 15) B01 Tangible assets (Note 14) B02 Heritage assets (Note 16) B03 Investments (Note 17) B04 *Total fixed assets* B05		-	-	-	-	-
		4,022	1,110,993	-	1,115,015	905,746
		-	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-	-
		4,022	1,110,993	-	1,115,015	905,746
Current assets Stocks (Note 18) B06 Debtors (Note 19) B07 Investments (Note 17.4) B08 Cash at bank and in hand (Note 24) B09 *Total current assets* B10 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (Note 20) B11 *Net current assets/(liabilities)* B12 *Total assets less current liabilities* B13 Creditors: amounts falling due after one year (Note 20) B14 Provisions for liabilities B15 *Total net assets or liabilities* B16 Funds of the Charity Endowment funds (Note 27) B17 Restricted income funds (Note 27) B18 Unrestricted income funds B19 Revaluation reserve B20 Fair value reserve B21 *Total funds* B22
		-	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-	-
		63,236	-	-	63,236	82,005
		63,236	-	-	63,236	82,005

			- 140,100	-	- 140,100	200,000 -

		63,236	- 140,100	-	- 76,864	- 117,995

		67,258	970,893	-	1,038,151	787,751

		-	- 200,000	-	- 200,000	-
		-	-	-	-	-

		67,258	770,893	-	838,151	787,751
					-
		75,263	770,602		845,865	-
			101,343		101,343
		30,337		-	30,337
					-
					-	-
		105,600	871,945	-	977,545	-

The company was entitled to exemption from audit under s477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to small companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with FRS102 SORP.

Signed by one or two trustees/directors on behalf of all the trustees/directors Signature of director authenticating accounts being sent to Companies House	Print Name	Date of approval dd/mm/yyyy
	Dr Helen Fani	30/12/2024
	Shahnaz Ebrahimi	30/12/2024

	Signature	Date dd/mm/yyyy
		30/12/2024
	Dr Helen Fani	Print name

Section C Notes to the accounts

Note 1 Basis of preparation

This section should be completed by all charities .

1.1 Basis of accounting

These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts.

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with:

• and with • and with	ü	the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)
	ü

and with the Charities Act 2011.

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.*

Confirmed

-Tick as appropriate

1.2 Going concern

If there are material uncertainties related to events or conditions that cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, please provide the following details or state "Not applicable", if appropriate:

An explanation as to those factors that support the See trustee report conclusion that the charity is a going concern; Disclosure of any uncertainties that make the going Not applicable concern assumption doubtful; Where accounts are not prepared on a going concern basis, please disclose this fact together with the basis on which the trustees prepared the Not applicable accounts and the reason why the charity is not regarded as a going concern.

1.3 Change of accounting policy

The accounts present a true and fair view and no changes have been made to the accounting policies adopted in note { }.

Yes No	ü	* -Tick as appropriate
	X

Please disclose:

*Please disclose:*
*(i) the nature of the change in accounting policy;*	N/A
*(ii) the reasons why applying the new accounting* *policy provides more reliable and more relevant* *information; and*	N/A
*(iii) the amount of the adjustment for each line* *affected in the current period, each prior period* *presented and the aggregate amount of the* *adjustment relating to periods before those* *presented, 3.44 FRS102 SORP.*	N/A

1.4 Changes to accounting estimates

No changes to accounting estimates have occurred in the reporting period (3.46 FRS102 SORP).

Yes No	ü	* -Tick as appropriate
	X

Please disclose:

(i) the nature of any changes; Please see note N29 (iii) where practicable, the effect of the change in one or more future periods.

1.5 Material prior year errors

No material prior year error have been identified in the reporting period (3.47 FRS102 SORP).

Yes No	ü	* -Tick as appropriate

Please disclose:

*Please disclose:*
*(i) the nature of the prior period error;*	Please see note N29
*(ii) for each prior period presented in the accounts, the* *amount of the correction for each account line item* *affected; and*	In absence of accountancy audit, errors may have occurred in placement of carried forward creditors/ debtors, affecting end of year assets and liabilities.
*(iii) the amount of the correction at the beginning of the* *earliest prior period presented in the accounts.*

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Income from investments: Separate material item of income Note 3 Donations and legacies:	Income
	Analysis of income	Unrestricted funds	Restricted income funds	April 2024 Total funds	April 2023 Prioryear
				~~£~~	~~£~~
	Donations and gifts	2,184	1,529	3,713	51,143
	GiftAid--	-	-	-	-
	Legacies	-	-	-	-
	General grants provided by government/other charities	-	-	-	-
	Membership subscriptions and sponsorships which are in substance donations	-	-	-
	Donatedgoods,facilities and	-	-	-	-
	Other	-	-	-
	Total	2,184	1,529	3,713	51,143

	Interestincome	-	-	-	-
	Dividendincome	-	-	-	-
	Rentalandleasingincome	28,153	99,814	127,967	27,452
	Other	-	-	-	-
	Total	28,153	99,814	127,967	27,452

	Deposit interest (V)	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-
	Total	-	-	-	-

TOTAL INCOME		30,337	101,343	131,680	78,595
Other information:
All income in the prior year was unrestricted except for: (please provide description and amounts)		See notes on 27.1
Where any endowment fund is converted into income in the reporting period, please give the reason for the conversion. Where any endowment fund is converted into income in the prior period, please give the reason for the conversion.



Within the income items above the following items are material: (please disclose the nature, amount and any prior year amounts)
This year: Where sums originally denominated in foreign currency have been included in income, explain the basis on which those sums have been translated into sterling (or the currency in which the accounts are drawn up).

Last year: Where sums originally denominated in foreign currency have been included in income, explain the basis on which those sums have been translated into sterling (or the currency in which the accounts are drawn up).

Section C Notes to the accounts

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Note 6 Expenditure
	This year 2023-2024				Last year 2022-2023
Analysis	Unrestricte d funds	Restricted income funds	Endowm ent funds	Total funds	Unrestrict ed funds	Restricted income funds	Total funds
Expenditure on raising funds:				£			£
Incurred seeking donations		-	-	-		-	-
Database development costs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other trading activities	125	-	-	125	-	-	-
Investment management costs:	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Portfolio management costs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cost of obtaining investment advice	-	-	-	-	-	4,174	4,174
Investment legal fees costs	-	-	-	-	-	1,989	1,989
Intellectual property licencing costs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rent collection, property repairs and maintenance charges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total expenditure on raising funds	125	-	-	125	-	6,163	6,163

Expenditure on charitable activities:

activities:
See trusty report			-	-	-		-
Wage		18,200	-	18,200	12,000		12,000
Ofogh-e-Roshan		3,300	-	3,300	-	1,500	1,500
Hamta Rostami Funds to India (medicine)				-		2,444	2,444
P. Projects listed				-		4,241	4,241
All other	-	26,054	-	26,054	-	14,689	14,689
Total expenditure on charitable activities	-	47,554	-	47,554	12,000	22,874	34,874

Other

Other
Insurnace	2,496	-	-	2,496	2,583	-	2,583
Iran Office Expenses/ Accounts	3660	-	-	3,660	-	-	-
~~Accountant~~	500			500	-		-
~~Tax / VAT~~ TSO Host	31			31	-		-
~~Business~~	3,351			3,351	-		-
~~Rates CCC~~ Just Giving	216	-	-	216	216	-	216
IONOS website and social	1,228	-	-	1,228	952	-	952
Beacon	349			349	317		317
Zoom TBC	-			-	348		348
Service charge(Just	72	-	-	72	72	-	72
PO Box Royal Mail	472			472	360		360
Virgin Telephone	284			284	428		428
computer and digital maintenance	1,200			1,200	1,200		1,200
Interst	20,914			20,914	1,794		1,794
Total other expenditure	34,773	-	-	34,773	8,269	-	8,269
TOTAL EXPENDITURE	34,898	47,554	-	82,452	20,269	29,037	49,307

Section C Notes to the accounts

Note 11 Paid employees

Please complete this note if the charity has any employees (transactions with Trustees dealt with in Note 28)

11.1 Staff Costs

11.1 Staff Costs
Total staff costs Salaries and wages Social security costs Pension costs (defined contribution scheme) Other employee benefits	This year £	Last year £
		12,000
	-	-

	-	-
	-	12,000

Section C Notes to the accounts

Note 14 Tangible fixed assets Please complete this note if the charity has any tangible fixed assets

14.1 Cost or valuation

Freehold land & buildings £	Other land & buildings £	Plant, machinery and motor vehicles £	Fixtures, fittings and equipment £	Total £
900,000	-	-	5,746	905,746
210,993	-	-	-	210,993
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
1,110,993	-	-	5,746	1,116,739
SL or RB (Straight Line or Reducing Balance)	SL or RB	SL or RB	SL or RB	SL or RB
30%

-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	1,724	1,724
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	1,724	1,724

900,000	-	-	5,746	905,746
1,110,993	-	-	4,022	1,115,015

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 19 Debtors and prepayments

Please complete this note if the charity has any debtors or prepayments.

19.1 Analysis of debtors

19.1 Analysis of debtors
Trade debtors Prepayments and accrued income Other debtors Total	This year £	Last year £
	-	-
	-	-
		-
	-	-

Complete 19.2 where a material debtor is recoverable more than a year after the reporting date.

19.2 Disclosure of debtors recoverable in more than 1 year (included in debtors above)

Prepayments and accrued income Other debtors Total Trade debtors	This year £	Last year £
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 20 Creditors and accruals

Please complete this note if the charity has any creditors or accruals.

20.1 Analysis of creditors

20.1 Analysis of creditors
Accruals for grants payable Bank loans and overdrafts Trade creditors Personal loan Accruals and deferred income Taxation and social security Other creditors Total	Amounts falling due within one year		Amounts falling due after more than one year
	This year £	Last year £	This year £	Last year £
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
	- 140,100	- 200,000	- 200,000
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
		-	-
	- 140,100	- 200,000	- 200,000	-

20.2 Deferred income

20.2 Deferred income
*Please explain the reasons why* *income is deferred.* *Movement in deferred income account* Balance at the start of the reporting period Amounts added in current period Amounts released to income from previous periods *Please complete this note if the charity has* *deferred income* This year Balance at the end of the reporting period	*has*	This year Last year £ £ - - - - - - - - Last year
	This year	Last year

		This year £	Last year £
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-

Section C Notes to the accounts

Note 22 Other disclosures for debtors, creditors and other basic financial instruments

22.1 Please provide information about the significance of financial instruments (eg. debtors, creditors, investments etc) to the charity's financial position or performance, for example, the terms and conditions of

This year	Last year
*Trustee holding funds* *on behalf of Charity* *(Debtors)* *Trustee using funds on* *behalf of Charity* *(Creditors)*	*Trustee holding funds on behalf* *of Charity (Debtors)* *Trustee using funds on behalf of* *Charity (Creditors)*

22.2 If the charity has provided financial assets as a form of security, the carrying amount of the financial assets pledged as security and the terms and conitions related to its pledge should be given here.

Section C Notes to the accounts (co

Note 24 Cash at bank and in hand

Note 24 Cash at bank and in hand
Other Cash at bank and on hand Total Short term cash investments (less than 3 months maturity Short term deposits	This year £	Last year £
	6528.06	6,384
		-
	56707.55	75,621
	-	-
	63,236	82,005
	at 31st Mar. 24	at 31st Mar. 23

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 25 Fair value of assets and liabilities

This year Last year 25.1 Please provide details of the charity's exposure to credit Credit risk exposure for the current debtor risk (the risk of incurring a loss is very low and the level is reducing each due to a debtor not paying Credit risk exposure for the year. The charity's general working what is owed) , liquidity risk current debtor is very low and practices are such that minimizes or (the risk of not being able to the level is reducing each year. eliminates the need for debtors and meet short term financial The charity's general working creditors. The main financial risk to demands) and market risk (the practices are such that charity's assets exists with Sterling or risk that the value of an minimizes or eliminates the Foreign currency devaluation. To minimze investment will fall due to need for debtors and creditors. or eliminate this, funds are transferred by changes in the market) arising The main financial risk to either ensuring it is the minimum workable from financial instruments to charity's assets remains the amount, or on basis of "as and when which the charity is exposed at same as last year. needed". This reduces the charity's exposure to currency devaluation against the end of the reporting period Sterling. and explain how the charity manages those risks.

25.2 Please give details of the amount of change in the fair value of basic financial instruments (debtors, creditors, investments (see section 11, FRS 102 SORP)) measured at fair value through the SoFA that is attributable to changes in credit risk.

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 27 Charity funds

27.1 Details of material funds held and movements during the CURRENT reporting period (2023-2024)

Please give details of the movements of material individual funds in the reporting period together with a balancing figure for 'Other funds' (which should include revaluation reserve and fair value reserve, if applicable). The 'Total funds' figure below should reconcile to 'Total funds' in the balance sheet.

* Key: PE - permanent endowment funds; EE - expendable endowment funds; R - restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity; and U - unrestricted funds

Fund names	Type PE, EE R or UR *	Purpose and Restrictions	Fund balances brought forward £	Income £	Expenditure £	Transfers £	Gains and losses £	Fund balances carried forward £
Samimi + other restricted funds	R	Education	770,602		- 47,554	-	-	723,048
Donation & Fund raising	UR		75,263	2,184		-	-	77,447
Donation & Fund raising	R			1,529	-	-	-	1,529
Rental from Laising	R	Education	-	99,814	-	-	-	99,814
Rental from Laising	UR		-	28,153	-	-	-	28,153
Vaious projects	UR		-	-	- 34,898	-	-	- 34,898
			-	-	-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-	-	-
*Other funds (balancing figure)*	N/a	N/a	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fund balances carried forward include assets and liabilities denomina Total Funds as per balance sheet			845,865	131,680	- 82,452	-	-	895,093
			ted in a forei	Yes No gn currency X
				gn currency	X

If yes, please state the basis on which the assets and/or liabilities have been translated into sterling (or the currency in which the accounts are drawn up).

Section C Notes to the accounts Note 27 Charity funds

27.2 Details of material funds held and movements during the PREVIOUS reporting p Please give details of the movements of material individual funds in the reporting period * Key: PE - permanent endowment funds; EE - expendable endowment funds; R -

Fund names	Type PE, EE R or UR *	Purpose and Restriction s	Fund balances brought forward £	Income £	Expenditure £	Fund balances carried forward £
Education (Samimi + other restricted funds)	R	Education	746,950	76,689	53,037	770,602
	UR		81,626	1,906	8,269	75,263
			-	-		-
			-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-
			-	-	-	-
*Other funds* *(balancing figure)*	N/a	N/a	-	-	-	-
Total Funds as per balance sheet			828,576	78,595	61,306	845,865

Fund balances carried forward include assets and liabilities d	Yes No	Yes No
	enominate	

*Ifyes, please state the basis on which the*

Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 29 Additional Disclosures

The following are significant matters which are not covered in other notes and need to be included to provide a proper understanding of the accounts. If there is insufficient room here, please add a separate sheet.

There continues to be increasing political and practical pressures brought upon charities working internationally in countries with sanctions. Despite charitable and humanitarian work having "no legal nor sanctions restrictions", a range of professional services such as banking, insurance and accounting has been restricted, making our work unnecessarily complex and difficult. Therefore our work and accounts has been completed in good faith and is compliant to the best of our knowledge and abilities.

Panah Children Charity

Trustee Annual Report

Accounting period of 5[th] April 2023 to 4[th] April 2024

Charitable Activities and Achievements

This year our charity focused on three major areas:

Continuing and building upon our nationwide education programs.
Purchase and refurbishment of a new office and its refurbishment, which now includes three rooms, toilet facilities, kitchenette, new wiring, heating and cooling systems and creating a pleasant balcony area
Focusing on the structure, management and procedures of the charity through selfassessment, reviewing policies and practices.

Education programs

Our education programs have now been well established in many deprived rural areas and the very positive feedbacks have ensured the full support and cooperation of the various ministries of education and social services are continued.

This year, the education program delivered over 15 projects, where 373 teachers and facilitators were trained in person (in their counties) and 2,260 teachers and facilitators attended our online programs. The regions and provinces of delivery are listed in this report.

The two main categories of our education programs are:

Academic upskilling and teacher training, to improve the quality of teaching techniques in maths, sciences and literacy/ Persian language for primary and secondary schools. These programs are nearly always delivered “onsite” and “in person” and require between three to five days, four to six hours per day. These trainings are delivered by the authors of the national curriculum of the country’s education system.
PHSE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education) teacher and facilitators training workshops, organised specifically for improving “Safeguarding”, “abuse and neglect prevention”, “learning disabilities/ special educational needs”, “drug and STD prevention”. These sessions are sometimes held in person but are mostly “online” due to the high levels of demand, limited budget and the distances involved in the rural areas requesting the workshops. These sessions are delivered two to three hours per day, for a minimum of three days.

These topics are provided as standalone workshops but are always included within the academic program packages.

These have been implemented in the following regions:

Ahmad Abad, Mostoufi city (in person) – safeguarding, learning special needs and life skills (15 facilitators); (in person) Financial education and start-ups (18 facilitators) Also, a face to face workshop for a residential centre for 35 children and teens in safeguarding with the facilitators and with the children. This visit also included brainstorming with staff and management to better support the centre.
Pelan region (Sistan Baloochestan) ; 250 teachers (online) (5 groups of 50 teachers); drug abuse prevention and special needs.
Rasak City (Sistan & Baloochestan); 30 teachers and facilitators (online) ; life skills and strengthening families.
Rasak and Pishin and Paroud (Varamin) (Sistan region) 500 teachers (10 groups of 50) (online and for all levels); safeguarding, life skills, special educational needs, effectiveness.
Pakdasht area and Ahmad Abad Mostoufi city (online) 490 primary school teachers/ facilitators in 7 groups of 70 attendees – life skills; safeguarding in teens; special educational needs.
Chabahar / Sistan Baloochestan/ Pelan region (and Ahmad Abad Mostoufi ) 100 teachers/ facilitators (mixed in person and online) , Maths, Persian and sciences
Hassan Abad (Feshafouyeh) Tehran Province (in person) maths, Persian and Sciences 120 tutors/ facilitators.
Roudbar Jonoob (Kerman province) (in person) maths and Persian (in person) 120 teachers (bahman month), safeguarding and an additional (online) 4 groups of 30 re: safeguarding.
Various rural provinces; 840 teachers and facilitators (Pakdasht 8 groups; Feshafouyeh 4 groups; Varamin and Shahre-Ray 4 grouops; Rask Pelan 4 groups (sistan and Baloochestan); Roudbar Jonoob(Kerman Province))4 groups, including Tehran (Online); focusing on special needs; safeguarding; drug abuse and STD prevention. 24 groups of between 20 and 50 primary school teachers.
Fashafouyeh (Tehran province) ; 150 teachers and facilitators (Online) (5 groups of 30 attendee), drug abuse and special needs.

Note that each teacher/ facilitator has given committed to deliver their new skills to a minimum of 50 pupils. This means that this year alone, the reach of our academic and safeguarding programs will improve quality and effectiveness of care and education for a minimum of 131,650 children.

Unfortunately, due to limited financial and human resources, we were not able to pursue teen workshops in skills training, apprenticeship and entrepreneurship for career development.

Other Charitable Activities

Donations of school bags, books, stationaries, other items and services

166 school backpack bags for cared-for children (Tehran province behzisti)
A laptop donated to Shemiranat Behzisti for supporting their education work.
Ten shopping cards with 500 thousand touman funds, donated during the celebration for the discharge of teens under care of Tehran province social services.
Age appropriate Books were supplied to various hospitalised children around the country, in cooperation with 16 other organisations and NGOs.
The sponsorship of educational and books for a teenage girl in Baloochestan continues, where high grades were maintained at school.
Information and referrals to appropriate hospitals and centres were provided to various families requesting medical support and treatment for their children.

Provision of New Year food and meal packs to deprived families and areas

Donated 120 meal packs for New Year celebration to 4 residential centres (boys and girls) in Kerman Province Ashayeri, Shahin Ahmad Soleymani, Eslam Abad Ghanat Malek village.
Sarab area, 4 families, included rice, oil,tea, sugar, dates, pasta, chicken and nuts.
Tehran province, 20 families; 5Kg rice; 1.5 litres oil, tea ½ Kg, 2 pasta packs; one tomato paste
Tehran area, 2 families, with 5 Kg rice, tea, tomato paste, pasta, oil, tuna, biscuits and chocolates.
Karaj, 3 families with 20 Kg rice, meat, chicken, tea, tomatoe paste, pasta, oil, tuna
40 Kg rice (Bhzisti referrals).
Sarab province, 4 families; 5kg rice, 3litres oil; ½ kg tea/ 2/5 kg sugar/ ½ Kg dates/ 1/2kg nuts/ one pasta; one chicken

Cochlea implant

In 2020 a parent of a young Afghani child of 6 years of age with a hearing loss, had requested support to fundraise for a Cochlea implant operation to correct his hearing. Our charity organised a variety of fundraisers, however, once we registered the child with the hospital for a planned surgery, it transpired that the family and the child were undocumented immigrants. Their immigrations status resulted in the hospital not being able to perform the surgery. Therefore, our colleagues pursued regularising the family’s immigration status.

After of year of administrative bureaucracy, the family were legalised and were then eligible to use the subsidised implant operation. Unfortunately, by then the government cutbacks in subsidies for all operations had been withdrawn and the unsubsidised cost had gone up to over twenty thousand Pounds. Therefore, the operation was not able to proceed in 2021

nor in 2022. Nevertheless, our charity continued to be in communication with the parents to discuss other type of support we could provide with the available funds.

The good news in May 2023 was that the subsidies had been reinstated and the operation was completed with 70mn touman.

Working with other charities

Ofogh Roshan NGO (Tehran), Kermanshah Centre therapy

We continue to provide financial support for play therapy workshops for children affected by loss and trauma following earthquakes and flooding from previous years.

Duchenne Kavir Charity (nationwide cover)

Cooperation with this organisation is continuing. This year they needed to move office and required financial support, where we contributed 73 m touman towards this move.

Delneshin Charity (Roomeshgan)

Our work continues with this charity in providing financial and other types of support for their educational and after school activities in this deprived area. Unfortunately, this year we have been very limited with our support for the Roomeshgan park play area maintenance and their orphanage project.

Posht o Panah charity

We continue working with this newly registered NGO for our various education and donations to social service supported families and projects in Tehran province.

Kelaram Karam charity (Baloochestan)

Request has been made from for cooperation, which our colleagues are looking in to and seems promising.

Other requests:

There has been may requests from existing and new schools and education centres for continuing to provide further workshops and programs, such as Dehdasht (Kohgilouyeh and Bouyer Ahmad province) or from Balouchestan and Fanooj. This province also requested support to provide water and lavatory facilities to earthquake and flooding affected families. Unfortunately, we were unable to raise sufficient funds to support them at this time.

Panah Charity’s progress and policy reviews

Following the investment of a legacy and financial support from one of our charity’s trustees, two properties have been purchased. One would provide a regular rental income to cover all basic costs and one for a permanent office location for our work. In this, fifteenth year of our registration, these decisions have put our charity in a strong position of stability and longterm sustainability.

Our focus can now be on improving our charity’s practices and procedures, seeking to recruit more volunteers and trustees to increase our resources and undertake even more projects. We will be undertaking a continuous development program and scheduling a frequent policy and compliance reviews. A human resource specialist will be supporting strategy and documentations.

Charity registration number: 1130290 Company registration number: 06850910