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Pars Media Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1146242LondonReligion
Income£540k2025-12-31
Spending£647ksame year
Spent / received104%5-year average
Size in its cause93rd pctReligion
Registered2012Charitable company
Employees14latest return

Analysis

Pars Media Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07851180). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Pars Media Trust reported income of £540k and spending of £647k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £480k to £540k (+13%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Pars Media Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Michael's Abbey Charitable Trust (£540k), East Solent and Downs Methodist Circuit (£541k) and United Stockport Circuit (£540k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £51k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.

Income and spending

£0£162k£323k£485k£647k2021 Income: £480,2922021 Spending: £510,02720212022 Income: £542,0562022 Spending: £542,47420222023 Income: £642,0852023 Spending: £605,51120232024 Income: £603,0492024 Spending: £603,02720242025 Income: £540,4732025 Spending: £646,5592025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Charitable activities 100%
  • Investments 0.1%

In the charity's own words

PARS Media Trust produce a variety of Christian TV programs which include Live shows, dramas, teaching programs and programs aimed at children, youth, women, family and other general and educational programs. The language of all these programs is mainly Farsi.

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