Second Chance Headway Centre

Analysis

Second Chance Headway Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wakefield. It was registered in November 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05992718). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Second Chance Headway Centre reported income of £575k and spending of £631k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £338k to £575k (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Second Chance Headway Centre sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Domestic Abuse Volunteer Support Services (£575k), Coda Music and Arts Trust (£575k) and The Dr Mortimer and Theresa Sackler Foundation (£575k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 49%, trading 6.5% and donations and legacies 4.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £5,000. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £246k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 484,577 people.