SECOND CHANCE ANIMAL RESCUE

Registered charity 1160126 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SCAR

TO RESCUE AND REHOME WHERE APPROPRIATE ILL-TREATED OR ABANDONED ANIMALS. TO RESCUE,TREAT AND RETURN TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT SICK AND ABANDONED WILDLIFE.EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON CARE OF ANIMALS.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE RELIEVE OF SUFFERING OF ANIMALS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION, AND IN PARTICULAR TO MAINTAIN A RESCUE HOME IN SWANLEY, KENT.TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL USAGE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONGST ANIMALS.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £92,812 for the year ended 31 December 2024, significantly improving its financial position from the previous year's loss. Total reserves stood at £120,393, which the trustees note exceeds their stated policy target of maintaining at least three months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity is run solely by volunteers with no paid staff, and the independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN RANGERchair
• Charles Vincent Ranger
• Linda Burns
• SUSAN BRADY

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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