Second Chance Charity

Analysis

Second Chance Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in April 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Second Chance Charity reported income of £127k and spending of £124k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £57k to £127k (+124%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Second Chance Charity sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hay and District Dial-A-Ride (£127k), C and F Charitable Trust (£127k) and Shahjalal Islamic Centre & Masjid (£127k).