The Second Chance Charity
For Children Who Need Special Help
Annual Report & Account of Spending For Year 1 Jan 2022—31 Dec 2022
Welcome to our annual report and account of spending 2022...
I am so pleased to welcome you to our latest Annual Report and Accounts. This year has proved interesting for us. While we have seen 3 Prime Ministers come and go and the cost of living sky rocket we have maintained a steady ship here. Glad to see the back of the lockdowns we forged ahead and had a great summer of activities in the scorching heat of the UK’s record breaking heatwave. I am so pleased we finally recommenced our residentials at our cottage in Finland, we have missed the place during Covid restrictions. It had to be a limited use this year because the price of air tickets has rocketed. This seems to be a feature for everything at the moment. With food and energy prices soaring our families are often amongst the most impoverished to start with so you can imagine some of the challenges we have faced in the latter half of this year and don’t expect it to get better for 2023 either.
This is the Cover Picture.on our ’end of term’ report What a scorcher of a summer we had. Hosepipe bans and 40 degree heat but there was always one of our lakes to plunge into to cool off - a welcome relief.
I need to thank all of the people who have supported either financially or practically (and indeed often both) throughout this year. As always it goes without saying we would do very little without your help and support.
The financial situation of the country has meant supporters have prudently looked hard at their expenditures and have decided that charitable giving needs to be approached with caution and subsequently our income has fallen towards the end of this year. This is a bit worrying as those very same circumstances appear to be creating more need for our services. However I am glad to say we are weathering the storm and look forward to much progress next year. The building and opening of our new fishing lodge facility is the main item on the agenda next year and the return to some normality with full use of our facilities both here and in Finland.
Please take a look at some of the activities we have engaged in during the year here in our report. They give but just a flavour of the myriad of activities and barely do justice to the changed lives that we have witnessed during this time. I commend the work of our staff and volunteers to you and can bare testament to the changed lives and second chances we have facilitated during this unusual year.
...changing the world… one child at a time !.
Doug Hulme Chief Executive December 2022
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Camp Fires always feature prominently in
our residentials
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Finland 2022 We are glad to report that after almost three years of travel restrictions and lockdowns we finally opened the cottage up to our youngsters again this year. The only draw back being that the airfares have increased hugely and will limit our future use if they don’t fall back to pre-pandemic levels before next summer. Because of these difficulties we didn't manage any winter trips this year but are planning some for February next year when we hope to take the summer youngsters back to walk where they
were swimming this year. It’s an amazing experience and a huge education for them to see the sea frozen and to feel minus temperatures in the same place they wandered in T shirts and shorts. The amount of personal and social training we get through in these weeks is truly life changing for many of our children and leaving their phones and computers at home means there is an element of education that possibly doesn't exist elsewhere in their lives. Amazingly they can make the end of a week here without their phones and without needing psychiatric counselling! (we are not sure the same can be said for the staff).
Back to the classroom in The Maritarium in Kotka to learn all about the fish and the environment of The Baltic.
Waiting at the gate in Helsinki Airport for the flight home… most of our children have never been abroad let alone flown.
A Baltic Pike - Caught right in front of our cottage!
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Arriving back home at Heathrow
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We visited the ‘Bunkeri’ museum on the Russian Border. Timely discussions as the Russians did their worst in Ukraine.
Breakfast taken on the cottage veranda, beside The Baltic
Eating together gives the staff so many Small Perch on the spinner from opportunities for teaching. the River Kymi.
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Our Bees produced delicious
honey this year.
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We visited the ‘Bunkeri’ Museum near the cottage. A museum from a previous attempted annexation by the Russians. They say history repeats itself!
Ruby Williams Mini Bus …
We are pleased to say we have replaced one of our aged mini buses. There is bitter and sweet in this news. Eddie and Ruby Williams have been volunteers and supporters of the Charity since the late 1980’s. Very sadly Eddie lost his beloved Ruby during this year. It was requested that instead of flowers a donation was made to the Charity in her memory. With a top up from Eddie we were able to buy a very nice second hand bus. Appropriately we have called it “Ruby's Bus”…
Thank You Eddie - you’re a STAR
The aquarium in Kotka allows you to duck down and come up inside the water of a stream so you can have a ‘fishes eye view’.
Below is a small group about to go beach fishing for the day at Eastney and at Hayling Island in ‘Ruby‘s Bus’
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‘Projects and Objects’
We need the following if you can help or know of someone who can! ...
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Musical Instruments (for our Creative Arts and Cultural Centre)
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Fishing Tackle
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Camping Gear
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Old roadworthy cars and mopeds (for the older youngsters to get on the road)
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Auction items for The House of Lords dinner
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Week day volunteers for fishing and other activities
Second Chance House our Portsmouth Centre.
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Mountain Bikes
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Fibreglass, clear and metal corrugated roofing sheets
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Your time - to Taxi children around Portsmouth, Southampton and West London areas., to our Rural Centre in Titchfield.
Boat Fishing In The Solent. Skippered by our Andy Snow. What a scorcher this summer was!
Our Corporate Day, fishing at Dever Springs in June was incredibly hot and the fishing difficult but we thoroughly enjoyed the day. Better fishing weather was encountered when we did it again in October. These days are valuable additions to our fundraising and for keeping in touch with our Patrons.
A group enjoying our camping field, just before all the grass died in the heatwave that was just beginning when this photo was taken.
Building a tree house in one of our Oak trees.
‘Potting Up’ in one of our Polytunnels. Mini enterprise - if they water and look after them, they get to sell and keep the profit. A relaxed work style demonstrated here!
Tree House under construction beside the camping field
Lambing went well on our Rural centre this year. A biological education for many of the young people!
Canoeing on our largest lake was popular during the summer holidays.
Cooking in our kitchen. Producing meals and treats for everyone is part of the preparation for life as adults.
Ice Skating can take many forms!
‘Tree Hugging’ is not on the curriculum but if you feel the urge…. !
Action shot ‘Rock Climbing’ … Great for building confidence as well as expending energy!!
Hatched our own ducks this year!
Funding This Year…
Coming out of lockdown, the Russians invading Ukraine, the spiralling cost of living, threat of recession and inclement weather have brought about a disappointing end to the years fundraising. When faced with these and other issues it is not surprising that donations from individuals have slowed considerably. Funding from Trust Funds has held up much better but company and private donations have fallen to a level where our income has meant we have had to make some cuts in our spending and services. This is ok and we have not had to substantially cut any of our services. This has partly been helped by the fact that we have not had a full programme of residentials at our cottage in Finland. It is however a concern for next year. We recently got the current price rate of electric to us and used this years consumption as a guide. If it stays the same then we will have to pay £53,000 in 2023 for our electric! But in the finest British tradition we will cross those bridges when we come to them.
The House of Lords Dinner was a resounding success. It was so good to return after a Covid induced break !
‘Working Parties’ from various companies and organisations have become a mainstay of our maintenance and development of our Rural Centre .
If anyone thinks their company could contribute in this way we would be glad to hear from you!
These photographs to the right are taken during a very hot summers day when Zurich visited us for one of their two days with us this year. So much work was done but the lunch time barbeque was a welcome relaxation from the hard work.
Thank You... We were sorry to lose the services of our long time Store Manager David Price (right) and his able assistant Arthur Chambers, towards the end of the year. David has relocated to South Wales so it is a bit of a commute from there! Both have promised to stay in touch and to continue to volunteer on an ad hoc basis. We wish them both well after several years of hard work sorting our fishing tackle, camping gear and all the paraphernalia we have collected to run the Charity efficiently. Thank you gentlemen.
Crafting and Art work proved as popular as ever and gives the staff ample opportunity to engage the children and help steer them.
Second Chance Brass - Carol Playing at The Park Gate Shopping Precinct. Too late for last years newsletter but we will be there again this year. Thank you to the traders for organising this. It is a very valuable fund raiser too.
One of our volunteers, Olivia, Kimber was racing at Goodwood this year despite fighting health issues. We thought it would be a splendid idea and a great educational experience to take some of the youngsters to support her.
When the Duke of Richmond, a valued Patron of the Charity heard, he organised for enclosure tickets for the young people. They had a brilliant day out! An experience way out of their normal lifestyles. Education - with a capital E?
The view from the top of our ‘garden’ in Finland. Taken in July this year!
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While we were in Finland we had
a fire at our Rural Centre. We
are grateful to the Fire Service
for prompt attendance. We did
lose our tractor shed though!
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Himalayan Balsam is a problem for us as an ‘invasive species’
beside our River Meon. We are grateful for a working party
from Barratt Homes for clearing many bulk bags of the plant.
They also did many other jobs too. Thank you so much!
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Same day, 3 fish, 3 boys, 3 smiles. Success makes such a difference in all our lives!
Thank YOU …
This is just a small glimpse of some of the activities and impacts made during this year. We would like to thank all of you who have helped in any way.
We are changing young lives here and we are really grateful for your support.
To The
CHARITY COMMISSION STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT
(Sent to the Charity Commissioners pursuant to the Charities Acts 1992 & 1993)
Name Of Charity:- The Second Chance Charity – For children who need special help.
Registered Address:- Meon View House, Fontley Road, Titchfield, Hampshire, PO15 6QS
County:- Hampshire Charity commission reference No:- 1001462
Area of Operation:- National
PARTICULARS OF TRUSTEES
As at end of financial year
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT for year ending:- 31[st] December 2022 Name Address Occupation Baroness Llin Golding House of Lords, Westminster, London SW1A 0AA Peer of the Realm Tim Maitland Black Cottage, Downs Road, West stoke, Chichester, W – Sussex, PO18 9B. Retired Commercial Manager Douglas Hulme Meon View House, Fontley Road (Ex Officio) Titchfield, Hants, PO15 6QS Chief Executive Paul Stevens Tillanda, Southern Road, Callington, Cornwall, PL17 7ES Landscape Gardner & Plant Operative Dr David Coates 47 Glenavon Park, Stoke Bishop, Bristol, BS9 1RW Consultant Anaesthetist Neil Collins 12 Gertrude Street, London, SW10 0JN Journalist Alex Hunt Farley Oak, Farley Lane, Braishfield, Hants, SO51 0QR
Managing Director
Objects of the charity:
The objects of the trust are to relieve and educate young people up to the age of twenty five who are in need because of adverse environmental, domestic, social or economic circumstances by providing facilities or other resources so as to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society and that their conditions of life may be improved”
The organisational & decision-making structure:
The charity is constituted by the Governing Deed of Trust. It is run by a board of trustees who at any one time should consist of at least three members. The board meets at least quarterly throughout the year, sometimes more often if there is a pressing need. The Chief Executive Officer is accountable to the board of trustees and is a member of the board. He is responsible for the day to day running and decision making of the charity, including its staff and volunteers. Election to the board of Trustees is by way of invitation, to suitable persons, from existing members of the board and by mutual agreement at an appropriate meeting of Trustees. All cheques and expenditure need authorisation of two trustees.
The Board of Trustees have identified, as far as they are able, all major risks facing the charity and have taken such steps as they can see to mitigate them.
Address of The Principal Office of The Charity:
Solent Nursery, Fontley Lane, Titchfield, Hampshire, PO15 6QS.
Telephone:- 02392 872790 or 01329842525 Fax 02392 737550.
Email: charity@second-chance.org.uk WebSite: www.second-chance.org.uk
Bankers: Unity Trust Bank, Nine Brindleyplace, Birmingham, B1 2HB. Sort Code 60-83-01. Account no 20142951 'The Second Chance Childrens Charity'.
Independent Examiners Report/Statement to the trustees of The Second Chance Charity, Registered Charity number 1001462; On Statement of Accounts for year 01.01.22 to 31.12.22
As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that the audit requirement of section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the Act) does not apply. It is my responsibility to state, on the basis of procedures specified in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 43(7) (b) of the Act, whether particular matters have come to my attention.
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. The examination included a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also included consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning such matters. The procedures undertaken did not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the act and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act have not been met. Nor is there any matter which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn to in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed 22 September 2023
Name:- Mr Andrew Short, ACMA - Chartered Management Accountant Occupation: Associate Director of Finance, West Hampshire Clinical Commissioning Group Address: 19 Buchan Avenue, Whiteley, Fareham, Hants, PO15 7EU
SECOND CHANCE CHILDRENS CHARITY
Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2022
| SECOND CHANCE CHILDRENS CHARITY Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2022 |
SECOND CHANCE CHILDRENS CHARITY Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2022 |
SECOND CHANCE CHILDRENS CHARITY Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2022 |
SECOND CHANCE CHILDRENS CHARITY Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2022 |
SECOND CHANCE CHILDRENS CHARITY Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2022 |
SECOND CHANCE CHILDRENS CHARITY Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2022 |
SECOND CHANCE CHILDRENS CHARITY Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2022 |
SECOND CHANCE CHILDRENS CHARITY Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2022 |
SECOND CHANCE CHILDRENS CHARITY Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2022 |
SECOND CHANCE CHILDRENS CHARITY Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2022 |
SECOND CHANCE CHILDRENS CHARITY Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2022 |
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| Note | Unrestricted Funds |
Restricted Funds |
Total Funds 2022 |
Total Funds 2021 |
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| £ | £ | £ | £ | |||||||
| A | Incoming Resources | |||||||||
| A1 | Incoming Resources from generated funds | |||||||||
| A1a | VoluntaryIncome | 1 | 272,335 | - | 272,335 | 471,814 | ||||
| A1b | Income from Activities for Generating Funds | 2 | 32,849 | - | 32,849 | 22,367 | ||||
| A1c | Investment Income | 3 | 1,454 | - | 1,454 | 16 | ||||
| A2 | Activities in Furtherance of the Charity’s objec- tives |
4 | - | - | - | - | ||||
| A3 | Other income | 5 | 16,732 | - | 16,732 | 17,674 | ||||
Total Incoming Resources |
323,370 | - | 323,370 | 511,871 | ||||||
| B | Resources Expended | 6 | ||||||||
| B1 | Cost of Generating Funds | |||||||||
| B1a | Cost of Generating Voluntary Income | 7 | 20,894 | - | 20,894 | 25,693 | ||||
| B1b | Fundraising Trading | 31,952 | - | 31,952 | 22,546 | |||||
| B1c | Investment Management Costs | 8 | - | - | - | - | ||||
| B2 | Charitable Activities | 9 | 301,105 | - | 301,105 | 244,118 | ||||
| B3 | Governance Costs | - | - | - | - | |||||
| B4 | Other Resources Expended | - | - | - | - | |||||
Total Resources Expended |
353,951 | - | 353,951 | 292,357 | ||||||
| Net incoming/(outgoing) Resources | (30,581) | - | (30,581) | 219,514 | ||||||
| Fund Balance b/fwd at 1 January 2022 | 1,993,842 | 283,287 | 2,277,129 | 2,057,615 | ||||||
Fund Balance C/fwd at 31 December 2022 |
1,963,261 |
283,287 |
2,246,548 |
2,277,129 |
| Notes to Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2022 | Notes to Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2022 | ||
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| Note 1 | |||
| Donations by Charitable Foundations – unrestricted | 158,831 | ||
| Donations by Charitable Foundations – restricted * | - | ||
| Donations by Corporations | 30,919 | ||
| Private Donations | 82,585 | ||
| Grants—Covid funding | - | ||
| TOTAL | 272,335 | ||
| Refurbishment of Second Chance House and Fishing Lodge | |||
| Note 2 | |||
| Subscriptions to “100 Club” | 2,425 | ||
| Dinner & Auction at the House of Lords | 23,950 | ||
| Sponsored Fishing Days | 2,275 | ||
| Jack Frost Memorial Fishing Match | - | ||
| Other Fund-raising Activities | 4,199 | ||
| TOTAL | 32,849 | ||
| Note 3 | |||
| The amount shown reflects interest and refunds on bank accounts | |||
| Note 4 | |||
| The amount shown reflects Rental Income | |||
| Note 5 | |||
| Other Income Gift Aid |
16,732 | ||
| Note 6 | |||
| Support costs, including staff costs where these cannot be set against an expenditure line have been allocatedpro-rata to each expenditure line. |
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| Note 7 | |||
| B1a Cost of Generating Voluntary Income Printingandpostage |
7,367 | ||
| Staff costs | 7,120 | ||
| Support costs | 6,407 | ||
| TOTAL | 20,894 |
| Note 8 | ||
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| B1b Fundraising Trading Dinner & Auction at House of Lords Other Fundraising Events Staff costs Support costs |
10,027 3,877 8,250 9,798 |
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| TOTAL | 31,952 | |
| Note 9 | ||
| B2 Charitable Activities Expeditions to Finland |
15,499 | |
| Other Expeditions | - | |
| Other direct costs | 21,335 | |
| Monetary & material support for children in the care of the Charity | 18,018 | |
| Enhancement of facilities (Fontley Lakes and Solent Nurseries) | 34,391 | |
| Refurbishment of Second Chance House (Restricted Funds) | - | |
| Depreciation | 7,958 | |
| Transport and Travel | 65,878 | |
| Staff costs | 50,447 | |
| Support costs | 87,580 | |
| TOTAL | 301,105 | |
SECOND CHANCE CHILDRENS CHARITY
| SECOND CHANCE CHILDRENS CHARITY | SECOND CHANCE CHILDRENS CHARITY | SECOND CHANCE CHILDRENS CHARITY |
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| Balance sheet As at 31 December 2022 | ||
| TOTAL £ |
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| Fixed Asset Tangible assets Non-current assets Total Fixed Asset |
2,052,831 - 2,052,831 |
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| Cash at bank and in hand Current assets |
226,940 75 |
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| Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Credit cards Current liabilities Total Creditors: amounts falling due within oneyear |
11,399 21,899 33,298 |
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| NET CURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES) | 193,717 | |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES | 2,246,548 | |
| TOTAL NET ASSETS (LIABILITIES) | 2,246,548 | |
Charity funds |
2,246,548 |
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2023 is coming … and we would love
you to journey with us . . .
Please lend your support to 2023. We do not charge for our services
and we do not receive any funding from statutory funders. We notice
every penny and we make every penny count!
Please join with us this year and help us to build a ‘Centre of Excel-
lence’ where children from all over the UK will travel to and find out
what it is to have ‘a second chance’.
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“You Can Easily Judge The Character Of A Man …By How He Treats Those Who Can Do Nothing For Him!”
The Second Chance Children’s Charity, Solent Nurseries, Fontley Road, Titchfield, Hants, PO15 6QS Tel 01329 842525 Fax 02392 737550 Email: charity@second-chance.org.uk Web Page: http://www.second-chance.org.uk Registered Charity Number 1001462. Established 1984, Bankers The Unity Trust Bank 60-83-01 Account No 20142951 ‘The Second Chance Children’s Charity’