Asecondchance Ltd

Analysis

Asecondchance Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in September 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06794506). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Asecondchance Ltd reported income of £72k and spending of £75k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £167k to £72k (-57%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Asecondchance Ltd sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lgbt+ Cymru Helpline (£72k), Lifewater UK (£73k) and New Growth Ministries Trust (£72k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.