Iran Heritage Foundation

Analysis

Iran Heritage Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02510489). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Iran Heritage Foundation reported income of £169k and spending of £126k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £117k to £169k (+45%), an average of +9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 480%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Iran Heritage Foundation sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lowestoft Players Limited (£169k), Scrum Theatre (£169k) and Merseyside Tamil School (£169k).