Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 9

SECOND CHANCE CHARITY

For the the relief and assistance of the homeless and people in crisis throughout Medway and surrounding areas. Second Chance aims to stop the revolving door of evictions for vulnerable families, providing services which include awareness, education, incentives and support for landlords; financial education and varied support programs towards independent living in the Community.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
14/05/23		£123	£120	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
14/05/22	*	£107	£102	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
14/05/21		£57	£46	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
14/05/20		£37	£42	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
14/05/19		£12	£10	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
14/05/18		£2	£0	£2	£0	£0	£0	NAN	0	0
14/05/17	*	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	NAN	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

www.2ndchancemedway.org

penny@2ndchancemedway.org

01634 408840

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Economic/Community Development/Employment
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides other finance
Provides services

Where it operates

Kent, Medway,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
12 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

The Foyle Foundation	£10,000
DCMS	£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£10,000	10/07/2023	towards core costs over the next 12 months
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	23/09/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - Coronavirus Funding Support
£10,000	07/05/2020 4	The funding will be used to provide tenancy support services and food aid support to people who are homeless or those at risk of homelessness in Medway. The project aims to support people during the ....more The funding will be used to provide tenancy support services and food aid support to people who are homeless or those at risk of homelessness in Medway. The project aims to support people during the current coronavirus pandemic.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CAITLIN WEBB (Chair) Appointed: 2023

CANDICE ALEXANDRA FRANCES PENFOLD Appointed: 2020

EDWARD JENNINGS Appointed: 2021

GUY ALEXANDER JORDAN Appointed: 2021

HELEN KIRALFY Appointed: 2023

NINA NINA GURUNG Appointed: 2023

PENNY KEEVIL Appointed: 2015

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/04/2016, number: 1166740

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; AR22: 15 days late, AR17: 39 days late,

Main office

Second Chance Medway Community Hub
105 High Street
Chatham
ME4 4DH

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THE HOMELESS AND THOSE AT RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING EDUCATION AND SUCH OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE APPROPRIATE TO HELP PREVENT EVICTIONS AND HELP PEOPLE TOWARDS INDEPENDENT LIVING.

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