---
title: "BRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES(THE) — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/388e7354-aae5-5cef-91d2-2bd5afa8abb2
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/388e7354-aae5-5cef-91d2-2bd5afa8abb2
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00740813
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES(THE)

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00740813`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/388e7354-aae5-5cef-91d2-2bd5afa8abb2  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/388e7354-aae5-5cef-91d2-2bd5afa8abb2  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Professor Charles Peter Melville** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/72505ab9-24f9-5e07-8651-41373465e279
- **Professor Ali Massoud Ansari** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e8ca989c-0853-5153-af04-7d3a0f6bc13d
- **Professor Ali Massoud Ansari** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ff0f89a0-477b-5b71-b853-311eb5a53d7d
- **Professor Charles Peter Melville** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/eac32ab2-795f-41f4-92de-5e952fa3b180
- **Professor Ali Massoud Ansari** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cbd09498-6d04-48f2-a5bc-2bea6cbfbe12
- **Professor Ali Massoud Ansari** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b756ef98-4f69-41f1-a519-50e2fe0f400f

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

1. **Professor Charles Peter Melville** — beneficial owner → *BRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES(THE)*
1. **Professor Ali Massoud Ansari** — beneficial owner → *BRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES(THE)*
1. **Professor Ali Massoud Ansari** — beneficial owner → *BRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES(THE)*
1. **Professor Charles Peter Melville** — beneficial owner → *BRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES(THE)*
1. **Professor Ali Massoud Ansari** — beneficial owner → *BRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES(THE)*
1. **Professor Ali Massoud Ansari** — beneficial owner → *BRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES(THE)*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `00740813`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** private limited guarant nsc
- **Incorporated:** 1962-11-14
- **Registered office:** 10 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH, England
- **SIC:** 58141, 85520, 94990

### Officers

- AKBARNIA, Ladan, Prof — director · English · appointed 2025-11-20
- ANSARI, Ali Massoud, Professor — director · British · appointed 2023-11-27
- CURTIS, Vesta Sarkhosh, Dr — director · British · appointed 2018-11-28
- ERRICHIELLO, Mariano, Dr — director · Italian · appointed 2024-11-21
- GLEAVE, Robert Martin, Prof — director · British · appointed 2025-11-20
- GYE, David Hugh — director · British · appointed 2023-11-27
- HAMEDANI, Hossein — director · British · appointed 2021-01-01
- HOLLIDAY, Shabnam, Dr — director · British · appointed 2022-11-28
- PESARAN, Evaleila, Dr — director · British · appointed 2024-11-21
- PETRIE, Cameron Andrew, Dr — director · Australian · appointed 2018-11-28
- STEWART, Sarah Rosemary Anne, Dr — director · British · appointed 2018-11-28
- TALAJOOY, Saeedreza, Dr — director · British · appointed 2023-11-27
- CURTIS, Vesta, Dr — secretary · British · appointed 1992-11-18 · resigned 1995-12-31
- GLEAVE, Robert Martin, Dr — secretary · British · appointed 1997-11-19 · resigned 2002-11-26
- HILLENBRAND, Robert, Professor — secretary · British · resigned 1992-11-18
- KINNEAR, Douglas Nelson — secretary · appointed 2012-11-28 · resigned 2019-09-05
- KNAPTON, Peter Augustus — secretary · British · appointed 2002-12-02 · resigned 2009-12-04
- MELVILLE, Charles Peter, Dr — secretary · British · appointed 1996-01-01 · resigned 1997-11-19
- AIDAN, Janet — director · British · appointed 1988-11-17 · resigned 1996-11-20
- AIDIN, Janet — director · British · resigned 1993-12-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Professor Ali Massoud Ansari — significant influence or control · individual PSC · England — since 2023-11-27
- Professor Charles Peter Melville — significant influence or control · individual PSC · England — ceased 2023-11-27
- Professor Ali Massoud Ansari — significant influence or control as trust · individual PSC · England — ceased 2017-11-29

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00740813
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00740813

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BRITISH INSTITUTE OF PERSIAN STUDIES(THE)**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/388e7354-aae5-5cef-91d2-2bd5afa8abb2 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/388e7354-aae5-5cef-91d2-2bd5afa8abb2._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._