Second Chance Association

Analysis

Second Chance Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincs. It was registered in September 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Second Chance Association reported income of £50k and spending of £67k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £44k to £50k (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Second Chance Association sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aid Africa (Open Hand Projects) (£50k), Brothers in Alms (£50k) and The Redeemed Christian Church of God Living Fountain of Waters (£50k).