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SAHARA PROJECT (PRESTON) LIMITED
Cash
£281K
+20.7% vs 2022
Net assets
£362K
+19% vs 2022
Employees
9
0% vs 2022
Profit before tax
£58K
+185.1% vs 2022
Profile
- Company number
- 02967577
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1994-09-14
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 88990
- Hubs
- UK Healthcare
Net assets
4-year trend · vs UK Healthcare median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest 2023-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £59,809 | — | £217,229 | £287,436 | |
| Operating profit | -£112,219 | — | -£68,018 | £57,866 | |
| Profit before tax | -£112,219 | — | -£68,018 | £57,866 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Cash | £48,767 | — | £232,972 | £281,097 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £182,788 | £372,187 | £304,169 | £362,035 | |
| Net assets | £182,788 | £372,187 | £304,169 | £362,035 | |
| Equity | £182,788 | £372,187 | £304,169 | £362,035 | |
| Average employees | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BBS4TAX Limited ACPA
- Audit opinion
- Unaudited (audit-exempt)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board has secured funding for the 2025-26 financial year from the Big Lottery, Preston City Council, Lloyds Foundation, Lancashire County Council. Friends of Fishwick and St Matthews USKSPF Employ and we will also look to identify other funding streams relevant to our work”
Significant events
- “During 2024-25 we saw an increase in the number of women seeking help and advice in relation to domestic violence caused in some cases by the cost-of-living crisis with women being the 'scape goats' for debt and financial difficulties.”
- “For many BME women Covid resulted in fear, isolation, anxiety and depression often exacerbating existing conditions. The effects of Covid will take years for some women to fully recover from.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
6 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGUM, Riaz | Secretary | 2011-07-12 | — | — |
| FLYNN, Jackie Louise | Secretary | 2019-09-17 | — | — |
| BATOOL, Rifftat | Director | 2012-12-04 | Oct 1961 | British |
| KENYON, Linda | Director | 2025-07-08 | May 1960 | British |
| REHMAN, Shamim | Director | 1994-09-14 | Oct 1937 | British |
| SINGH, Kash | Director | 2025-03-17 | Nov 1960 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAPU, Aisha | Secretary | 1995-12-14 | 1998-03-12 |
| BARRETT, Eileen Mary | Secretary | 2005-10-03 | 2010-04-22 |
| BHANDARI, Angela | Secretary | 1994-09-14 | 1995-09-14 |
| DALA, Zulekha | Secretary | 2002-04-22 | 2003-04-10 |
| ENTWISTLE, Eileen Mary | Secretary | 2003-04-10 | 2004-03-17 |
| KHAN, Nweeda | Secretary | 2004-03-17 | 2005-10-03 |
| MOHAMMED, Zafar | Secretary | 1998-03-12 | 2001-09-12 |
| SAHARA IN PRESTON | Corporate Secretary | 2010-04-22 | 2010-10-11 |
| SAHARA IN PRESTON | Corporate Secretary | 2010-04-22 | 2010-10-11 |
| SAHARA IN PRESTON | Corporate Secretary | 2010-04-22 | 2010-10-11 |
| AINSCOUGH, Charubala | Director | 1994-09-14 | 2005-10-05 |
| BAPU, Aisha | Director | 1995-12-14 | 2000-01-18 |
| BARMA, Susheela | Director | 1994-09-14 | 1995-10-12 |
| BARRETT, Eileen | Director | 2010-04-22 | 2010-11-23 |
| BEGUM, Riaz | Director | 2010-10-11 | 2012-12-04 |
| BHANDARI, Angela | Director | 1994-09-14 | 1995-09-14 |
| DALA, Zulekha | Director | 1994-09-14 | 2006-09-30 |
| EGHAREVBA, Itohan | Director | 1995-12-14 | 1997-03-17 |
| ENTWISTLE, Eileen Mary | Director | 2002-06-19 | 2004-03-17 |
| FARRAH, Adiba | Director | 2002-05-22 | 2004-03-17 |
| FLYNN, Jackie Louise | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2025-09-19 |
| JONES, Claudette | Director | 1994-09-14 | 2010-11-23 |
| KENYON, Linda | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2024-04-21 |
| KHAN, Nweeda | Director | 2002-06-19 | 2005-10-03 |
| KIRBY, Sarah Jane | Director | 2005-10-05 | 2006-09-30 |
| MALBON, Janet | Director | 2006-09-30 | 2017-12-01 |
| MOHAMMED, Zafar | Director | 1995-12-14 | 2001-09-12 |
| MONTGOMERY, Angela | Director | 1994-09-14 | 1995-03-23 |
| RAITHATHA, Minakshi | Director | 1994-09-14 | 2023-12-14 |
| SAMAD, Afroze | Director | 2002-06-19 | 2005-10-05 |
| SAHARA PROJECT | Corporate Director | 2011-09-08 | 2011-10-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Linda Kenyon | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-09-16 | Active |
| Ms Jackie Louise Flynn | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-09-16 | Active |
| Mrs Janet Malbon | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-04-01 |
| Mrs Shamim Rehman | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Ms Minaski Raithatha | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Ms Riffat Batool | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Ms Riaz Begum | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-03 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-09-23 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-07-09 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-03-25 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
| 2024-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-04-29 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-02-23 | AAMD | accounts | accounts amended with accounts type total exemption full |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
| 2023-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-12-01 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type micro entity |
| 2022-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2021-12-22 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
| 2021-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2021-04-14 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
| 2020-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2019-12-27 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
| 2019-12-11 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
Credit score
Altman Z″ (private-firm) · reference 2023-03-31
37.70
SAFE
Altman Z″
- Working capital / Total assets 0.903 × 6.56 = +5.92
- Retained earnings / Total assets 0.000 × 3.26 = +0.00
- EBIT / Total assets 0.155 × 6.72 = +1.04
- Book equity / Total liabilities 29.279 × 1.05 = +30.74
Bands: > 2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · < 1.1 distress. Z″ is a public-formula baseline, not a substitute for adverse-data signals (CCJs, charges, gazette notices) — those land in a later pass.
Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory