SALTBOX
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Cash
£950K
-12.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.3M
+4.1% vs 2024
Employees
57
+7.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£130K
-51% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,982,279 | £3,012,148 | +1% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £264,425 | £129,502 | -51% | |
| Net profit | £264,425 | £129,502 | -51% | |
| Cash | £1,082,956 | £950,236 | -12.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,535,628 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £3,144,284 | £3,273,786 | +4.1% | |
| Equity | £3,144,284 | £3,273,786 | +4.1% | |
| Average employees | 53 | 57 | +7.5% | |
| Wages | £1,362,485 | £1,365,464 | +0.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 8.9% | 4.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 21.9% | 20.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.36x | 2.94x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- SALTBOX · parent
- Hawes Street Housing (HSH) 100%
Significant events
- “On 29th August 2025, Saltbox acquired a further 2 properties in its Restart portfolio at a cost of £180,000. A 10 year loan of £126,000 has been agreed with Methodist Chapel Aid (MCA) to be repaid on a monthly basis over the term. MCA have required a legal charge to be in place as security for the loan.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOKE, Lloyd | Secretary | 2007-11-14 | — | British |
| BARBER, Brian Robert | Director | 2007-11-14 | Mar 1940 | British |
| BARBER, Philip Jeremy | Director | 2007-11-14 | May 1955 | British |
| BOND, Geoffrey David-Gideon | Director | 2007-11-14 | May 1961 | British |
| CHILAKA, Marcus Akalazu, Dr | Director | 2023-03-30 | Feb 1967 | British |
| HOLLAND, Mark William | Director | 2023-03-30 | Jun 1964 | British |
| STREET, David, Revd | Director | 2011-09-27 | Apr 1972 | English |
| WEBSTER, Simon John | Director | 2019-07-16 | Jul 1961 | British |
| ZINYEMBA, Samantha | Director | 2025-11-27 | Mar 1978 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREWER, David Alan | Director | 2014-10-09 | 2019-05-14 |
| CARTER, Evelyn Bernadette | Director | 2013-10-03 | 2019-07-16 |
| FAIRHEAD, Roger George | Director | 2007-11-14 | 2008-01-08 |
| GORDON, Christopher | Director | 2007-11-14 | 2009-07-20 |
| HACKNEY, Deborah Faye | Director | 2018-09-25 | 2023-09-28 |
| PHILLIPS, Teresa | Director | 2008-01-23 | 2017-09-26 |
| POTTER, David Christopher | Director | 2008-04-21 | 2012-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 75 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-03-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.