## **Annual Report and accounts: Persian Cultural Centre** The Persian Cultural Centre is a charity had an income of £6457 in the year and is eligible for independent examination ## **The trustees’ annual report** Trustees do not have to use the pro forma to write their annual report but the form includes all the information trustees must provide and gives an opportunity to provide further optional information if the trustees so wish. The ‘ **Summary of the main activities undertaken’** also includes confirmation that the trustees have had regard to our guidance on public benefit when planning the charity’s activities. Further information about is provided in a **‘Summary of the main achievements** ’ Additional voluntary information is provided about the contribution made by volunteers, collaboration with other organisations and details of the charity’s main policies and future plans. In addition, the report confirms that the trustees received no remuneration or other benefits from the charity. ## **The accounts CC16a pro forma (in original form as a separate excel document)** The accounts pro forma is suitable for comparatively straightforward accounts. Before using the pro forma please read the completion notes. We also recommend that a bank reconciliation is prepared to reconcile the closing balance at bank before completing the form. The statement of assets and liabilities includes cash at bank by the 31[st] March 2023. ## **Trustees' annual report for the period** Period start date Period end date ## **F** 01/ 04 2022 31 03 2023 **T** 2021 ## Reference and administration details > Charity name _The Persian cultural Centre_ > Other names charity is known by _None_ > Registered charity number (if any) _1193951_ > Charity's principal address _1 Manor farm Road Bitterne, Southampton_ > **Postcode** _SO18 1NN_ ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---| |_Massoud_
_Yeganegy_|Chair|28/11/2021|| |_Jalil_
_Nourbakhsh_
_Sabet_||28/11/2021|| |_Nazenin_
_Ganjian_||9/01/2023|| |_Debbie_
_Yeganegy_||27/9/2021|| |_Mandana_
_Lamb_||01/09/2021|| |_Nasim Saba_||28/07/2022|| |Jamshid Savari
Bakhtiar||9/08/2022|| ||||| ||||| ||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** |**Name**|**Dates acted if not for wholeyear**| |---|---| |NONE|| ## **Names and addresses of advisors (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisors (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisors (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisors (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of advisor**
**Name**
**Address**||| |General|Razmik Gharibian|| |General|Dr. Hamid Asgari|| |General|Dr. Mansourian|| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** _None_ ## **Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document PCC Constitution adopted 4[th] July 2021 - (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Unincorporated association - (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Trustees are appointed or reappointed twice (eg. appointed by, elected by) annually ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include Membership of the club is open to people in the additional information, where Hampshire locality. The trustees oversee the day to relevant, day running of the club. Policies and procedures The trustees seek the views of members, the adopted for the induction and training of communities and volunteers in deciding the activities to be run. The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works PCC is partnered with the other community association with whom we jointly undertake the Relationship with any related parties activity programs in centre activities. Trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system All trustees give their time voluntarily and received and procedures to no remuneration or other benefits. them ## **Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** - - **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the** • **public benefit in relation to** • **these objects** • • • • • • Kurdish events and celebrations • ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** We are grateful for the many hours volunteers, You **may choose** to include including member volunteers, have spent listening further statements, where and encouraging our members and working with the relevant, about: trustees. Without this valuable contribution of time, Policy on grantmaking energy and expertise we would not have been able Policy programme related to achieve so much. investment Contribution made by Volunteers ## Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during this period.** A number of Birthday parties were conducted at our premises that raised more than £175 per event for our Centre. The Farsi classes has immensely improved this year. The number of pupils from 10 has jumped to approximately 50 and we are hoping to increase next year too. The Graduation parties were conducted at our premises that raised more than £390 per event for our Centre. The cultural events such as Yalda night, Mehregan and so on celebrations did not take place this year due to events happening in Iran. A Kurdish event that took place was a success. In this event lovely people from the Kurdistan region of Iran enjoyed their gathering. Classes: The Yoga classes/sessions were attended by over a dozen members and we are now looking into providing other classes in other activities. Xmas parties were also took place at our centre which raised money for the PCC. Fundraising: There is a donation boxe at the centre and so far we have earned about £185. Local business MYA, similar to last year donated: Funds, Persian carpets, Cutlery, for the centre. **Financial review** > **Brief statement of the** f **charity’s policy on reserves** **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details: (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include Our main source of funds this year has been additional information, where membership fees, donations and entrance and activity relevant about: fees for participants in the event celebrations. The charity’s principal sources of funds (including The hiring the building has been also the PCC source any fundraising). of income. How expenditure has supported the key objectives The majority of expenses is applied to insurance of the charity. policies, building maintenance, cleaning and utilitiy Investment policy and bills. objectives including any _._ ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Other optional information** ## Future Plans The coming year will see a continued emphasis on the Iranian events and other structured activities to build and deepen the confidence and capability of Persian community. ## **Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** ## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** > **Signature(s)** _Massoud Yeganegy_ > **Full name(s)** Massoud Yeganegy **Position** _Chair_ **Date** CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Sectlon A Independent Examlner's Report Report to the trusteesl mombers of The Persran Cultural C8111re On accounts for tho yoar ended 31 March 2023 Charity no (if any) 1193951 Set out on pages CC16a I report lo the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity I'the Trust") for the year ended 3110312023. Respon8lbllltles and A5 the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation bas18 of report of the accounts In accordance with the requirements of th8 Charities Act 20111'the Act"). I report in respect of my examlnation of the Trust's accounts C8rried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in Carrying out my examinatlon, I have followed Ihe applicable DSreclions given by the Charity Commission under s8clion 145151(b) of the Act, I have completèd my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come lo my allenlion {olher than that disclosed below ') in connection wlth the examination which glves me cause lo believe that in, any material respect.. accounting r8¢0rds were not kept In accordance wllh section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord wlth the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concerns and have come across no other mallers In connecllon with the examlnatlon lo which altentlon should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the 8Gcounls lo be reached. Please delete tha words in the br8ckets if they do not apply. Slgned: Date: 3011112023 Name.. Peter J Cousins Relevant professional quallflcation{s) or body (if any): Address.. 23 The Terrace Wokingham Berkshira. RG40 1 BP IER October 2018 Sectlon B Dlsclosure Only complete if Ihe examlner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. direGtions and guidance for examiners). Glve here brlef details of any items that the examlner wlsh8s to discloso. IER October 2018 **The Persian Cultural Centre 1193951 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 01/04/2022 31/03/2023 **To from** |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**2,948**
**885**
**2,624**
**16**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,473**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,473**
**-**
**1,858**
**662**
**236**
**89**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,845**
**-**
**-**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**670**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**670**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**670**
**335**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**335**
**-**
**-**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**670**
**2,948**
**885**
**2,624**
**16**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,143**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,143**
**335**
**1,858**
**662**
**236**
**89**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,180**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,180**
**3,963**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Restricted Fund Donations - Education and
Learning|**-**||||||||**-**| |Bar and Events income|**2,948**||||||||**-**| |Memberships|**885**||||||||**-**| |Donations|**2,624**||||||||**-**| |interest|**16**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**6,473**||||||||**-**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||| |Restricted Fund costs - Education and
Learning|**-**||||||||**-**| |Bar and Events cost|**1,858**||||||||**-**| |Website costs|**662**||||||||**-**| |Bank and credit card charges|**236**||||||||**-**| |Premises and insurance costs net|**89**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**2,845**||||||||**-**| ||||||||||| |**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_**|**2,845**
**3,628**
**-**
**8,789**
**12,417**||**335**
**335**
**-**
**40**
**375**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||||| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||| ||**3,628**||**335**||**-**||**3,963**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**8,789**||**40**||**-**||**8,829**||**-**| ||**12,417**||**375**||**-**||**12,792**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 04/12/2023 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**|**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**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|#
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Current account HSBC
Deposit account HSBC
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**8,701**
**3,716**
**-**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**375**
**-**
**-**
**375**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||**8,701**||**375**|**-**| |||**3,716**||**-**|**-**| |||**-**||**-**|**-**| |||**12,417**||**375**|**-**| |||OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||OK|OK| |||||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**When due**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**|| |||||**-**|| |||||**-**|| |||||**-**|| |||||**-**|| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name Date of approval CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 04/12/2023 2