SECOND CHANCE

Registered charity 1169426 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHA2NCE

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Objects

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN LEICESTER WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN, GENDER, RELIGION AND CULTURAL TRADITIONS (IN PARTICULAR, WOMEN FROM THE BME COMMUNITY) TO PROMOTE THEIR SELF-ESTEEM, MENTAL HEALTH AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY BY: A. PROVIDING SOCIAL ACTIVITIES THAT RELIEVE LONELINESS, DEPRESSION AND ISOLATION; AND IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH TO ENABLE THE WOMEN FROM THE BME COMMUNITY TO BE SOCIALLY ENGAGED AND PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY; B. PROVIDING INFORMATION REGARDING VARIOUS SOCIAL AND FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ENABLE THE WOMEN TO MAXIMISE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGING WITH THE SERVICE PROVIDERS TO HAVE THEIR NEEDS ADEQUATELY SERVED. C. PROVIDING WORKSHOPS AND SUPPORT ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS AND IMPROVE THEIR CONFIDENCE AND SELF-ESTEEM AND THEREFORE GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO ENGAGE FULLY WITH EVERYBODY IN THE SOCIETY”

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leicester, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£347
Latest spending
£161
Registered
2016

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Policies the charity declares

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From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 65

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 40

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leicester City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£347£161
31/12/2024£328£153
31/12/2023£373£2k
31/12/2022£2k£25
31/12/2021£2k£31

Common questions

Who funds SECOND CHANCE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SECOND CHANCE as a grant recipient include THE ARISAIG PARTNERS FOUNDATION, E B M CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BAND TRUST, PRATHAM UK, THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ARISAIG PARTNERS FOUNDATIONFY2022£85kFemale empowerment
E B M CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£75kGrant paid to institution
CHRISTOS LAZARI FOUNDATIONFY2022Unverified read£63kDonation towards the Charity's work with disadvantaged children, offering them meaningful lifelong experiences.
E B M CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£40k
THE BAND TRUSTFY2021£30kChildren and Young People
PRATHAM UKFY2024£25kSupport for women dropping out of school
E B M CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£24k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£20k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£15k
THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITYFY2022£12kcosts of a rural centre for deprived children in Hampshire
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£5k
Prosper Wakefield District LtdFY2022£5k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£4k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£4k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£4kGrant paid or payable
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£4k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE WALTER GUINNESS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2kspecial help for children -Hampshire
THE CHARLES LEWIS FOUNDATIONFY2023£2kTowards costs for replacement of bridge between nature reserve & agricultural land.
THE WALTER GUINNESS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2kfor work in Wiltshire and Hampshire
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024Unverified read£2k
THE BROUGHTON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE BROUGHTON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
BELVEDERE TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE BROUGHTON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£1k
THE GODINTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE GODINTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£500
THE BROUGHTON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£500
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GRAYSHOTTFY2022£170Special Collections

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Northern Rock Foundation08/07/2003£67kGrant awarded to Second Chance (Northumberland)