THE SECOND CHANCE SOCIETY

Registered charity 1002511 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SECOND CHANCE ANIMAL RESCUE

Looking after animals

Objects

THE RELIEF OF ANIMALS SUFFERING FROM INJURY,SICKNESS,ILL-TREATMENT OR NEGLECT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Animals · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased significantly to £756,186, providing a strong financial position relative to the stated reserves policy of maintaining 12 months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £239,063 for the year, driven by a substantial rise in donations and legacies, while total expenditure remained stable compared to the previous year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SECOND CHANCE ANIMAL RESCUE (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANTHONY LONGchair
• ALAN HENRY STEVENS
• ANDREW BARTER SMITH
• ANNE WILSON
• Callula Thornton
• KAREN JULIE SMITH
• Susan Marion Long

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Hampshire · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SECOND CHANCE ANIMAL RESCUE.

• SECOND CHANCE ANIMAL RESCUE income £207k
• LABORATORY ANIMALS LIMITED income £205k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BURY OLDHAM AND DISTRICT BRANCH income £1.0m
• YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k
• Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals North Wiltshire and Newbury District Branch income £0
• 1692 income £462k

Side by side with its peers

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