The British Institute of Persian Studies

Analysis

The British Institute of Persian Studies is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, overseas aid/famine relief, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00740813). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The British Institute of Persian Studies reported income of £301k and spending of £289k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £155k to £301k (+94%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The British Institute of Persian Studies sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Halifax Bible Believers Fellowship (£290k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St David's Moreton-In-Marsh with St Mary's Batsford (£304k) and Fellowship of St John (UK) Trust Association (£290k).