Coventry Panahghar Project
Analysis
Coventry Panahghar Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coventry. It was registered in January 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.
In the financial year ending March 2025, Coventry Panahghar Project reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.9m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £1.7m (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.
Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Coventry Panahghar Project sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Collective Futures (CIO) (£1.7m), International Non-Governmental Organisation Training and Research Centre (£1.7m) and East Durham Community Development Trust Ltd (£1.7m).
In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 37 people.
Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Donations 0.1%
- Charitable activities 100%
- Investments 0.2%
In the charity's own words
Panahghar exists to provide a range of direct and indirect services and activities to primarily but not solely to BAMER (Black Asian Minority Ethnic and Refugee) communities and primarily to Asian women and their children and families to alleviate domestic violence, abuse and poverty on a local national and international level.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Collective Futures (CIO) | London | £1.7m |
| International Non-Governmental Organisation Training and Research Centre | Oxford | £1.7m |
| East Durham Community Development Trust Ltd | Peterlee | £1.7m |
| York Childcare Ltd | York | £1.7m |