SAHARA FOR LIFE TRUST

Registered charity 1088219 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity's objective and principal activity is the provision of relief to the sick and those in needof health care in Pakistan and in particular the provision of medical services and facilities to relievesickness in the underdeveloped areas of Pakistan.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF THE SICK AND THOSE IN NEED OF HEALTH CARE IN PAKISTAN AND IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES TO RELIEVE SICKNESS IN UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS OF PAKISTAN.

Area of benefit: PAKISTAN

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £102,788 at the balance sheet date, which is above its stated policy target of three to six months' running costs. The charity reported a net income surplus of £58,201 for the year, reversing a significant deficit from the previous period, and maintains positive cash balances.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/11/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ABRAR - UL HAQchair
• MR ISRAR CHOUDHARY
• NAEEM JAVED
• Sara Mumtaz

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Pakistan

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.