SECOND CHANCE LEARNING ACADEMY

Registered charity 1205394 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1. To advance the education of people across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, in particular those who have had or are currently experiencing barriers to education due to being held back or set back by life events and/or personal circumstances which have resulted in limited life choices and chances, by promoting and delivering education.2. The promotion of any other recognised charitable purpose,

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE ACROSS NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND DERBYSHIRE, IN PARTICULAR THOSE WHO HAVE HAD OR ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING BARRIERS TO EDUCATION DUE TO BEING HELD BACK OR SET BACK BY LIFE EVENTS AND/OR PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH HAVE RESULTED IN LIMITED LIFE CHOICES AND CHANCES, BY PROMOTING AND DELIVERING EDUCATION.2. THE PROMOTION OF ANY OTHER RECOGNISED CHARITABLE PURPOSE, THROUGH SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.[NOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.]

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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Latest income

£403k

Latest spending

£370k

Registered

2023

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £136,818, with unrestricted reserves at £96,421 against a policy target of three months' running costs. The trustees note that while revenue has increased, they expect it to decrease next year due to changes in local government funding, though they anticipate unrestricted funds will rise via fundraising.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of running costs (held: £96k)

“We want to have reserves which covers 3 months of running costs.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Beverley Burtonchair
Alya Jameel
Debbie Clarke
Nicholas Herbert
Paul Crookendale

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£403k	£370k
31/08/2024	£350k	£264k

Common questions

Is SECOND CHANCE LEARNING ACADEMY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £136,818, with unrestricted reserves at £96,421 against a policy target of three months' running costs. The trustees note that while revenue has increased, they expect it to decrease next year due to changes in local government funding, though they anticipate unrestricted funds will rise via fundraising. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SECOND CHANCE LEARNING ACADEMY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SECOND CHANCE LEARNING ACADEMY as a grant recipient include BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£8k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/12/2025	£19k	Independent Women of Notts
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/05/2024	£19k	Meeting the Needs of Notts

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION	1	£620k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION	1	£300k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	1	£150k
THE TUIXEN FOUNDATION	1	£124k
STRATTON CHASE FOUNDATION	1	£75k
THE CAMELIA BOTNAR FOUNDATION	1	£65k
THE BAND TRUST	1	£55k
WALCOT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION	1	£50k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SECOND CHANCE - A CHARITY FOR CHILDREN WHO NEED SPECIAL HELP.

SECOND CHANCE - A CHARITY FOR CHILDREN WHO NEED SPECIAL HELP income £416k
2ECOND CHANCE income £266k
COMMUNITY HELP AND NEIGHBOURLY CARE FOR EVERYONE income £100k
NEW PARKS ACADEMY income £328k
SECOND CHANCE ANIMAL RESCUE income £207k
CHANCE (UK) LIMITED income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SECOND CHANCE LEARNING ACADEMY	£403k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SECOND CHANCE - A CHARITY FOR CHILDREN WHO NEED SPECIAL HELP FY2025	£416k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
2ECOND CHANCE FY2025	£266k	—	0	below	—	noted
COMMUNITY HELP AND NEIGHBOURLY CARE FOR EVERYONE FY2025	£100k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NEW PARKS ACADEMY FY2025	£328k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SECOND CHANCE ANIMAL RESCUE FY2024	£207k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.