Trustees’ Annual Report for the Fifth period of account
From 1 September 2024 To 31 August 2025
Charity name: Taban
Charity registration number: 1188892
Charity’s address:2 Wilbraham Rd, Fallowfield, Manchester M14 6JZ
| Trustee name | Office (ifany) |
|---|---|
| Richard Young | Chair |
| Tim Gibbs | Treasurer |
| Yousef Safari | |
| Actar Arya | |
| HilaryJones | |
| Kaveh Golab | |
| Kurosh Bhepouri |
Objectives and Activities
| Objectives and Activities | |
|---|---|
| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Taban was set up to provide practical support to asylum seekers and refugees, furthering voluntary work by its participating churches with predominantly Farsi-speaking communities. |
| 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. |
Taban provides individual support and guidance in areas including access to legal support, interactions with GP’s and the NHS, housing, access to work, both voluntary and paid, education and training – including signposting to other organisations. |
| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
The trustees oversee the work of the charity in such a way as to ensure it provides public benefit as set out in Charity Commission guidance. |
| Policy on grant making | Taban does not make grants or investments of any kind. |
| Contribution made by volunteers | Taban is heavily reliant on volunteers in the fulfilment of its objectives, not least its team of trustees. |
Achievements and Performance
| 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. |
Over the year ended August 25, Taban continued to raise funds to cover its planned expenses to continue the work in the coming periods. Homeira Kelishadi continues to work with Taban. Shabnam Saifi and Daniel Salehi (Part time) joined the charity in April 2025. Mojgan Bakhtiary left in March ’25 Over the period Taban supported 476 clients with a range of issues (279 previous year), with a total of 2,854 contact points. (2,187 previous year). The charity continues to focus on fund raising, maintaining relationships with existing donors and looking to develop new sources of funding. |
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| Achievements against objectives set |
The trustees are delighted with progress made in the fifth year of operation of the charity. Taban has continued to develop its work, providing support to an increasing number of clients, as well as building on its partnerships with other charities and institutions. |
Financial Review
| Financial Review | |
|---|---|
| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period |
Taban’s financial position is secure. A combination of funds in hand and commitments from donors are sufficient to cover the next 12 months expenses for 3 staff members (2.4 FTE). |
| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Taban holds cash reserves against its spending commitments and in line with budgets against which donors have provided support. |
| Amount of reserves held | The Chair of Trustees and the Treasurer monitor current and forecast cash flows to ensure that Taban has the funding it needs to continue as a going concern. The Trustees have set a minimum reserves policy as follows: 1. A minimum reserve will be maintained sufficient to cover 4 months monthly costs., principally costs related to our employee but also accounting costs, plus any costs of winding up the charity. This is to allow one month to |
| plan and agree a wind-down and then give 3 month’s notice to employees (our current employee has a notice period of one month). 2. Should we take on any further contractual commitments (for example renting premises), the minimum reserve will be adjusted to make sure we remain able to meet all liabilities on a wind-down. 3. Where taking on a new employee, we will only do so if we have an additional reserve sufficient to pay them for 12 months (including the 3 months provided above). |
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| The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) |
We are also grateful to our private donors who have continued to add their support to enable us to reach our fundraising objectives. The charity continues to seek new funds to support the growth of the services offered to the Farsi speaking community |
Structure, Governance and Management
| Description of charity’s trusts: | All funds held by Taban are for the general purposes of the charity.. |
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| Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter) |
Taban is governed by a constitution. |
| How is the charity constituted? | Taban is a Charitable Independent Organisation. |
| 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 |
Trustees are invited to join by agreement amongst the existing trustees. |
| The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works |
The trustees would like to thank the members of the participating churches, Holy Innocents, Fallowfield, St Thomas, Pendleton and St James & Emmanuel, Didsbury for their ongoing support. |
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) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date |
Timothy Gibbs |
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Treasurer |
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| 24thSept 2025 |
| Taban | Taban | Taban | 1188892 | CC16a | |
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| Receipts andpayments accounts | |||||
| Fifthperiod of accounts | |||||
| From | 1 Sep 2024 | To | 31 Aug 2025 |
| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ - 1,009 32,165 7,547 620 - - 41,341 - - - 41,341 32,117 2,643 2,688 26,090 466 175 2,563 732 - 67,474 - - - 67,474 - 26,133 - 46,294 20,161 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ - 1,009 32,165 7,547 620 - - 41,341 - - - 41,341 32,117 2,643 2,688 26,090 466 175 2,563 732 - 67,474 - - - 67,474 - 26,133 |
Prior Year to the nearest £ |
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| Diocesan Grant | - | - | ||||
| Donations - Not Gift Aided | 1,009 | 1,005 | ||||
| Donations - Gift Aided | 32,165 | 31,500 | ||||
| Gift Aid(From HMRC) | 7,547 | 12,750 | ||||
| Interest received | 620 | 701 | ||||
| Project Funding | - | 22,530 | ||||
| - | - | |||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
41,341 | 68,486 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| - | - | |||||
| - | - | |||||
| Sub total | - | - | ||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 68,486 | ||||||
| Salary | 32,117 | 28,919 | ||||
| Pension | 2,643 | 2,643 | ||||
| Expenses | 2,688 | 990 | ||||
| Project Expenses(Salary& oncosts) | 26,090 | 6,803 | ||||
| Insurance | 466 | 466 | ||||
| Fund RaisingSupport | 175 | 1,400 | ||||
| IT Equipment for staff | 2,563 | |||||
| Administration | 732 | 1,396 | ||||
| - | - | |||||
| **Sub total ** | 67,474 | 42,615 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| - | - | |||||
| - | - | |||||
| **Sub total ** | - | - | ||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 42,615 | ||||||
| - 26,133 | - | - | - 26,133 | 25,870 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 46,294 | - | - | 46,294 | 20,423 | ||
| 20,161 | - | - | 20,161 | 46,294 |
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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 B3 Investment assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities |
Details Current account Deposit account Gift aid Debtor Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details Details Details Pension Expenses Admin Signature |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 3,735 - 16,427 - - - 20,161 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - Unrestricted funds Print Name T R Gibbs |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| OK | |||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| - | |||
| - | |||
| Current value (optional) |
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| - | |||
| - | |||
| Current value (optional) |
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| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| When due (optional) |
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| Date of approval |
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| T R Gibbs | 24/09/2025 | ||
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ Charity Name Taban members of On accounts for the year 31 August 2025 Charity no 1188892 ended (if any)
Set out on pages Trustees Annual Report pages 1-4; Receipts and payments accounts pages 1-2
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 August 2024.
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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Date: 21 November 2025 Signed: Name: Steven Nixon, BSc (Hons) FCCA Relevant professional Association of Chartered Certified Accountants qualification(s) or body (if any):
Address: 8-10 Gatley Road Cheadle, Cheshire SK8 1PY
October 2018
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IER
Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
October 2018
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IER