Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

SAHARA PROJECT (PRESTON) LIMITED

The principal activities of the charity are to offer a free and confidential support service for women providing advice, information, counselling, volunteering and social activities and educational courses.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£287£230£58n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£217£285£-68n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£413£224£189n/an/an/an/an/an/a
?31/03/20£165£170£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£96£238£-143n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£96£143£-48n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£584£113£471£0£485£-27-2.880
31/03/16£71£105£-34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15*£146£112£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14*£112£106£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£96£109£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£72£51£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£123£142£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10*£164£106£58n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£120£89£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£56£94£-39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£101£61£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£118£114£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£140£154£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£197£241£-44n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 29 years

sahara.inpreston@btinternet.com

01772702090

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£323,851
Lloyds Bank Foundation£102,250
DCMS£82,475
The Clothworkers Foundation£16,000
CAF£10,000
Rosa UK£8,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Sahara Project (Preston) Limited
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Sahara Project (Preston) Limited
£50,000 07/12/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Sahara Project (Preston) Limited
Rosa UK - C19 R4-SAHPRO-2021
£8,000 30/03/2021
A grant of £8,000 was awarded for a contribution to the running costs of a new women’s centre.
National Lottery Community Fund - Moving Forward
£323,851 22/02/2021
35
Sahara Project Ltd is a women’s only organisation that supports BME women in Preston through offering confidential free advice information counselling activities and education. Funding will enable the group to continue offering their services to ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to Sahara Project (Preston) Limited
£50,000 02/12/2020
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Sahara Project (Preston) Limited, awarded under the Foundation's Racial Equity funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support charities to emerge from the pandemic.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£5,553 02/12/2020
The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and grant making organisations to match funds raised on ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Sahara Project
£16,000 27/10/2020
refurbishment of a community centre for a charity supporting older people in Lancashire
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£76,922 08/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
CAF - Grant to Sahara in Preston
£10,000 01/06/2020
3
Grant to Sahara in Preston to support the organisation through COVID19
Tudor Trust - Grant to Sahara Project (Preston)
£30,000 29/11/2018
12
towards work to create a new community centre in the Fishwick area of Preston
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting communities to improve capacity and well being
£10,000 14/03/2018
12
This group will use the funding to extend their building to enable them to create a community centre with its own entrance. The aim of this project is to improve local facilities and create a venue for delivering advice sessions, training and health ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Moving On
£452,512 02/11/2016
48
Women from black, minority and ethnic communities will be able to identify and recognise their skills and talents and use them for the benefit of themselves and others through this project. The project aims to work with these women to build their ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to SAHARA IN PRESTON
£25,000 20/11/2012
Towards a project that supports BME women who are survivors of domestic abuse and forced marriage.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Sahara Project (Preston) Limited
£20,000 27/04/2012
the salary of the Sahara Manager
National Lottery Community Fund - Providing Spaces To Improve Life Chances
£10,000 21/10/2010
12
This is a project by a voluntary organisation in Preston, Lancashire. The group will use the funding to create four classrooms and equip crèche facility. This will enable the group to deliver learning and development courses for their clients ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to SAHARA IN PRESTON
£30,000 01/10/2008
24
Towards Core costs Towards the salary of a project worker to support a range of support services to BME women who are victims of domestic violence and forced marriage.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:
  • NAHEEDA KHAN Appointed: 2024
  • RIAZ BEGUM Appointed: 2011
  • RIFFTAT BATOOL Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired
  • SHAMIM REHMAN Appointed: 1994, Occupation: Co-Ordinator
  • JACKIE LOUISE FLYNN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Community Development Manager
  • ZAFAR COUPLAND Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/10/1995, number: 1050142
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/09/1994, number: 02967577
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR15: 2 days late, AR14: 38 days late, AR10: 291 days late, AR08: 116 days late, AR05: 16 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

48-54 FISHWICK PARADE
PRESTON
PR1 4XQ

Objectives

(1) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF WOMEN OF ETHNIC MINORITIES IN GENERAL AND OF ASIAN AND AFRO CARIBBEAN ORIGIN IN PATICULAR IN THE ARE OF PRESTON. (20 TO SUPPORT AND ALLEVIATE THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF SUCH WOMEN. (3) TO PROMOTE GOOD RACE RELATIONS (4) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS (5) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN WHO THROUGH THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN NEED AND UNABLE TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT, AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROMOTE OR SUPPORT SCHEMES WHERE SUCH PERSONS MAY RECEIVE TRAINING WHILE IN EMPLOYMENT

Defined Area of Benefit:

PRESTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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