## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1/1/2020 Period start date To 31/12/2020 Period end date Charity name: Jaleh Esfahani Cultural Foundation** ## **Charity registration number: 1187620** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To advance public education and
participation in, and appreciation of,
Iranian/Persian culture, tradition, language,
history, music, poetry, film and theatre, in
particular but not exclusively by:
• Organising public performance
• Educational workshops and talks
• Promoting the study and research of
Iranian and Persian arts and literature and
to make the results of these studies and
research accessible to the general public
• The provision of grants for related
projects| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|During 2020 we have organised:
1- The 10thAnnual Poetry Prize for young
Persian Poets (Spoken in Afghanistan, Iran
and Tajikistan and the diaspora), in which
around 50 young poets (under 30) took
part).
2- Organised theatre workshops coached
for Persian speaking youth in London
(using Zoom), in total 35 people benefited.
3- Organised 3 Poetry events (using
Zoom), for the benefit of Persian Speaking
Diaspora by well known poets from
Afghanistan, Iran and Tajikistan.
4- Three Talks and debates on recent
novels and literary works were held online
with attendance of more than 300 people
live and hundred more views after the vent.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|All activities are carried out for the benefit
of the public.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|We have written policy on grant making.
However no grants were made during the
period.| |---|---|---| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|None| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|All charity activities and work are carried
out by volunteers and trustees without any
remunerations.| |Other||| |**Achievements and Performance**||| ||SORP reference|| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Our work benefits the Persian Speaking
people, in particular young people, to
engage with their mother tongue culture in
England. More than 3000 people have
benefited by taking part in our events, most
of which were held online during the 2020,
as due to the COVID-19 Pandemic all our
in-person activities were suspended from
February 2020.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|Trustees are happy that despite the change
in practices and holding all events online,
see previous item, we have managed to
reach our audience, in particular younger
generations. Our annual fund raising event
had to be cancelled, but we managed to
hold the Annual Poetry Prize for the youth
successfully. In fact, the move to online
events has widened the audience and more
diverse participation and engagement.| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|Fund raising activities were lower than
previous years mainly due to the lack of
opportunities to organise socials events,
dinners, gatherings, sale of books and
tickets, etc.| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|None| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Trustees are happy with the financial
performance, despite the limited
fundraising opportunities and the fact that
the online appeal did not generate much
response. Expenditure has also been
lower, mainly due to most events being
online. At the end of the period the charity
has clear funds at bank which would be
sufficient for continuing its activities at
similar rates for the next couple of years,
even without a fundraising event.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|None| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**0**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|We do not need to have a reserve funds as
the trustees and certain donors has always
been forthcoming with any unforeseen
events and expenditure.| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|None| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|None| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Donations by trustees and others| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|None| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|No financial risk is anticipated as no
investment and property is involved.| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|The charity has adopted, almost with no
change, the Charities Commission’s
‘Foundation’ model constitution in 2020.| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Founding trustees are continuing as
trustees. No new trustee has been selected
during the period.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Jaleh Esfahani Cultural Foundation| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Aka Bonyad Jaleh Esfahani| |Registered charity number|1187620| |Charity’s principal address|15 Chancellor’s Wharf, Crisp Road, London W6 9RT| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**whole year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Farah Abbasi|||| ||Saba Ansari|||| ||Bijan Badi|||| ||Mehrdad Badi|||| ||Vahid Keshavarz|||| ||Forouatn Parand|Chair||| ||Bidjan Pourbehnam|Treasurer/Account
Signatory||| ||Iraj Sattari|||| ||Rouhineh Shafii|||| ||Nahid Shahpar|||| ||Rouhangiz Shiranipour|Account Signatory||| ||Morassa Stansfield|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** ## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
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**Chair, etc)**
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Chair|| ||30/1/2021|| ||30/1/2021|| |**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Jaleh Esfahani Cultural Foundation**||**1187620**||| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|01/01/2020
Period Start|31/12/2020
Period end date
**To**||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**1,140**
**2,570**
**360**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**

**4,070**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,070**
**63**
**600**
**70**
**470**
**1,275**
**269**
**2,250**
**300**
**150**
**160**
**120**
**5,727**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,727**
**- 1,657**
**-**
**11,536**
**9,879**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**1,140**
**2,570**
**360**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,070**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,070**
**63**
**600**
**70**
**470**
**1,275**
**269**
**2,250**
**300**
**150**
**160**
**120**
**5,727**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,727**

**- 1,657**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Trustees regular donations(Monthly)|**1,140**|||||**-**| |Other one off Donors(6people)|**2,570**|||||**-**| |Other monthlydonors(2people)|**360**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**4,070**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**
|||||**-**| |~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| |Venue|**63**|||||**-**| |Zoom Sub-Webinar|**600**|||||**-**| |Events Food/Drink|**70**|||||**-**| |Musicians/Coaches/Lecturers|**470**|||||**-**| |Website Domain-Maintenance|**1,275**|||||**-**| |Trophys|**269**|||||**-**| |MonetaryPoetryPrizes|**2,250**|||||**-**| |Printing/Artwork/etc.|**300**|||||**-**| |Photography/Videos|**150**|||||**-**| |Donations/Grants|**160**|||||**-**| |Misc.|**120**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**5,727**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| ||**- 1,657**|**-**|**-**|
**- 1,657**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**11,536**|**-**|**-**|**11,536**||**-**| ||**9,879**|**-**|**-**|**9,879**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 30/10/2021 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
Expenditure paid by trustees to be
~~reimbursed~~
**Details**
**Details**
Bank Balance on 31/12/20
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**12,279**
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**-**
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**-**
**-**
**12,279**
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Unrestricted
2,395
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**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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approval| ||||| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 30/10/2021 2