Company registration number: 09534295 Charity registration number: 1205394
## Second Chance Learning Academy
(A company limited by guarantee)
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
Community Accounting Plus Units 1 & 2 North West 41 Talbot Street Nottingham NG1 5GL
## **Second Chance Learning Academy**
## **Contents**
|Reference and Administrative Details|1|
|---|---|
|Trustees' Report|2 to 4|
|Independent Examiner's Report|5|
|Statement of Financial Activities|6 to 7|
|Balance Sheet|8|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|9 to 18|
## **Second Chance Learning Academy**
## **Reference and Administrative Details**
**Trustees** Beverley Burton Alya Jameel Paul Crookendale Nicholas Herbert Debbie Clarke **Senior Management Team** Harriet Franklin, CEO **Charity Registration Number** 1205394 **Company Registration Number** 09534295 **Registered Office** Hamilton House 9 Hucknall Road Nottingham NG5 1AE **Independent Examiner** Eva Stevens, employee of Community Accounting Plus Units 1 & 2 North West 41 Talbot Street Nottingham NG1 5GL
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## **Second Chance Learning Academy**
## **Trustees' Report**
The trustees, who are directors for the purposes of company law, present the annual report together with the financial statements of the charitable company for the year ended 31 August 2025.
## **Trustees and officers**
The trustees and officers serving during the year and since the year end were as follows:
Trustees: Beverley Burton Alya Jameel Paul Crookendale Nicholas Herbert Debbie Clarke
## **Structure, governance and management**
## _**Nature of governing document**_
The charity is a company limited by guarantee and registered charity. It is operated under the rules of its memorandum and articles of association dated 09/04/2015 and most recently amended 24/10/2023. It has no share capital and the liability of each member in the event of winding-up is limited to £10.
## **Objectives and activities**
## _**Objects and aims**_
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.
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.
We create, develop and deliver high quality educational workshops, courses and one to one support programmes which are designed to enable second chance learners to develop their knowledge and skills in order to positively move forward.
Our educational offering specifically focuses on supporting people to develop their knowledge and skills in order to improve wellbeing in the following 5 areas; Personal, Learning, Health, Social and Economic.
We organise and run events which aim to increase engagement of second chance learners and enhance the diversity of learners who access our offering, as well as enhance outcomes for learners.
We define second chance learners as anyone who has been held back or set back due to life events and or personal circumstances.
## _**Public benefit**_
The benefits of our purpose are equipping people to thrive, building their capabilities to improve in all areas of life: personal, educational, social, health and economic wellbeing. We educate people on how to set goals, pursue their goals and make the most of opportunities: advance into formal, accredited learning, contribute to their community, volunteer and progress into employment or improve their employment prospects.
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## **Second Chance Learning Academy**
## **Trustees' Report**
The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
## **Achievements and performance**
Between September 2024 and August 2025, Second Chance Learning Academy (SCLA) has made significant strides in empowering individuals across Nottingham through personalised learning and support programs. As a charity based in Nottingham, SCLA focuses on assisting those who feel 'stuck' due to personal challenges, aiming to achieve improvements in personal, social, learning, health, and economic well-being. We have exceeded performance targets on all contracts held, including UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Community Family Learning. We’ve worked with over 620 individuals from 18 wards across Nottinghamshire, expanding our reach on last year. We have increased headcount by 1 FTE’s, taking our total headcount to 15 (8 FTE). Revenue has continued to increase, however we expect revenue to decrease next year due to changes in local government funding and the increase in demand to smaller grants. We are however expecting our generation of unrestricted funds to increase via fund raising activities such as the London Marathon and our Annual Golf Day.
## Feedback:
- 68.97% felt it will help them progress onto further learning opportunities
- 31.03% felt more able to help and support their children
- 60.92% felt it will help them get a new job or improve their current job
- 63.22% felt more able to manage their emotions and feelings
- 70.11% achieved all they expected
- 21.84% felt more confident in using maths and managing their money
- 40.23% felt more likely to volunteer in their community or school
- 27.59% felt their relationship with their children has improved
- 93.10% felt their confidence and self-belief have improved
- 68.97% felt their speaking and listening skills have improved
- 45.98% felt their reading and writing skills have improved
- 72.41% felt their health and wellbeing have improved
- 64.37% felt their employability skills have improved
‘Before coming on the programme with Second Chance Learning Academy I felt lost and feel sad about it. But I am excited to be waking up. I am practicing being positive and challenging my negative thoughts. I remind myself every day that I getting better and better.’
## **Financial review**
It was crucial for us to perform well financially during 2025 - 2026 in order to ensure we're sustainable moving forward as the funding landscape becomes even more unpredictable due to local government changes. We are pleased with the position we were in at the end of the financial year and have made good progress in re-paying our bounce back loan. Our effective financial planning means we were able to invest in our team and learners in order to support growth and sustainability.
## _**Policy on reserves**_
We want to have reserves which covers 3 months of running costs.
## **Small companies provision statement**
This report has been prepared in accordance with the small companies regime under the Companies Act 2006.
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## **Second Chance Learning Academy**
## **Trustees' Report**
## **Statement of Responsibilities**
The trustees (who are also the directors of Second Chance Learning Academy for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland". The report and accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions in the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law the trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable accounting standards, comprising FRS 102 have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that can disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
The annual report was approved by the trustees of the charity on 27 May 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
......................................... Beverley Burton Trustee
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## **Second Chance Learning Academy**
## **Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Second Chance Learning Academy ('the Company')**
## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Second Chance Learning Academy ('the Company')**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the company for the year ended 31 August 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity’s trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
Since the Company's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), which is one of the listed bodies. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities [applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)].
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
......................................
Eva Stevens, BSc, CPFA, employee of Community Accounting Plus member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
Units 1 & 2 North West 41 Talbot Street Nottingham NG1 5GL
27 May 2026
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## **Second Chance Learning Academy**
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 August 2025 (Including Income and Expenditure Account and Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses)**
|**Note**
**Income and Endowments from:**
Donations and legacies
2
Charitable activities
3
Total income
**Expenditure on:**
Charitable activities
5
Total expenditure
Net income
Net movement in funds
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
14|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
38,464
301,729
340,193
(325,656)
(325,656)
14,537
14,537
81,884
96,421|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
62,613
62,613
(44,210)
(44,210)
18,403
18,403
21,994
40,397|**Total**
**2025**
**£**
38,464
364,342
402,806
(369,866)
(369,866)
32,940
32,940
103,878
136,818|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
3,814
345,898|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||349,712|
|||||(264,457)|
|||||(264,457)|
|||||85,255|
|||||85,255
18,623|
|||||103,878|
All of the charity's activities derive from continuing operations during the above two periods. The funds breakdown for the period is shown in note 14.
The notes on pages 9 to 18 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 6
## **Second Chance Learning Academy**
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 August 2025 (Including Income and Expenditure Account and Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses)**
## **These are the figures for the previous accounting period and are included for comparative purposes**
|**Note**
**Income and Endowments from:**
Donations and legacies
2
Charitable activities
3
Total income
**Expenditure on:**
Charitable activities
5
Total expenditure
Net income
Net movement in funds
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
14|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
3,814
315,551
319,365
(256,104)
(256,104)
63,261
63,261
18,623
81,884|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
30,347
30,347
(8,353)
(8,353)
21,994
21,994
-
21,994|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
3,814
345,898|
|---|---|---|---|
||||349,712|
||||(264,457)|
||||(264,457)|
||||85,255|
||||85,255
18,623|
||||103,878|
The notes on pages 9 to 18 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 7
## **Second Chance Learning Academy**
## **(Registration number: 09534295) Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2025**
|**Note**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
8
**Current assets**
Debtors
9
Cash at bank and in hand
10
**Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year**
11
**Net current assets**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year**
12
**Net assets**
**Funds of the charity:**
**Restricted income funds**
Restricted funds
14
**Unrestricted income funds**
Unrestricted funds
**Total funds**
14|**2025**
**£**
8,282
62,044
76,353
138,397
(9,537)
128,860
137,142
(324)
136,818
40,397
96,421
136,818|**2024**
**£**
1,435
90,992
32,705|
|---|---|---|
|||123,697
(15,971)|
|||107,726|
|||109,161
(5,283)|
|||103,878|
|||21,994
81,884|
|||103,878|
For the financial year ending 31 August 2025 the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Directors' responsibilities:
- The members have not required the charity to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476; and
- The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.
The financial statements on pages 6 to 18 were approved by the trustees, and authorised for issue on 27 May 2026 and signed on their behalf by:
......................................... Beverley Burton Trustee
The notes on pages 9 to 18 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 8
## **Second Chance Learning Academy**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025**
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates**
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.
## **Statement of compliance**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)) (issued in October 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.
## **Basis of preparation**
Second Chance Learning Academy meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy notes.
## **Going concern**
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.
The trustees assess whether the use of going concern is appropriate i.e. whether there are any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern. The trustees make this assessment in respect of a period of one year from the date of approval of the financial statements.
## **Exemption from preparing a cash flow statement**
Under the exemption available to smaller charities the Board of Trustees has chosen not to include a Statement of Cash Flows within the financial statements.
## **Income and endowments**
Voluntary income including donations, gifts, legacies and grants that provide core funding or are of a general nature is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability.
## _**Donations and legacies**_
Donations are recognised when the charity has been notified in writing of both the amount and settlement date. In the event that a donation is subject to conditions that require a level of performance by the charity before the charity is entitled to the funds, the income is deferred and not recognised until either those conditions are fully met, or the fulfilment of those conditions is wholly within the control of the charity and it is probable that these conditions will be fulfilled in the reporting period.
## _**Grants receivable**_
Grants are recognised when the charity has an entitlement to the funds and any conditions linked to the grants have been met. Where performance conditions are attached to the grant and are yet to be met, the income is recognised as a liability and included on the balance sheet as deferred income to be released.
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## **Second Chance Learning Academy**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025**
## **Expenditure**
All expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to that expenditure, it is probable settlement is required and the amount can be measured reliably. All costs are allocated to the applicable expenditure heading that aggregate similar costs to that category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated on a basis consistent with the use of resources, with central staff costs allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the asset’s use. Other support costs are allocated based on the spread of staff costs.
## _**Charitable activities**_
Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.
## **Government grants**
Government grants are recognised based on the accrual model and are measured at the fair value of the asset received or receivable. Grants are classified as relating either to revenue or to assets. Grants relating to revenue are recognised in income over the period in which the related costs are recognised. Grants relating to assets are recognised over the expected useful life of the asset. Where part of a grant relating to an asset is deferred, it is recognised as deferred income.
## **Taxation**
The charity is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes. Accordingly, the charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively to charitable purposes.
## **Tangible fixed assets**
Individual fixed assets costing £500.00 or more are initially recorded at cost.
## **Depreciation and amortisation**
Depreciation is provided on tangible fixed assets so as to write off the cost or valuation, less any estimated residual value, over their expected useful economic life as follows:
|**Asset class**|**Depreciation method and rate**|
|---|---|
|Furniture & equipment|25% straight line|
|Computer equipment|25% straight line|
## **Trade debtors**
Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.
Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the charity will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.
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## **Second Chance Learning Academy**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025**
## **Cash and cash equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.
## **Trade creditors**
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the charity does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.
Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
## **Fund structure**
Unrestricted income funds are general funds that are available for use at the trustees' discretion in furtherance of the objectives of the charity.
Restricted income funds are those grants for use in a particular area or for specific purposes, the use of which is restricted to that area or purpose.
## **Pensions and other post retirement obligations**
The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme which is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the charity has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.
Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.
## **2 Income from donations and legacies**
|Donations and legacies;
Donations from individuals
Grants, including capital grants;
Government grants
Grants from other charities
Grants from companies|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**General**
**£**
4,733
18,663
7,276
7,792
38,464|**Total**
**2025**
**£**
4,733
18,663
7,276
7,792
38,464|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
-
324
1,490
2,000|
|---|---|---|---|
||||3,814|
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## **Second Chance Learning Academy**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025**
## **3 Income from charitable activities**
|Contract income
Grants|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**General**
**£**
301,729
-
301,729|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
62,613
62,613|**Total**
**2025**
**£**
301,729
62,613
364,342|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
315,551
30,347|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||345,898|
## **4 Grants & donations**
|**4**
**Grants & donations**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Boots
Nottingham City Council
Newark & Sherwood District Council
Nottingham Playhouse
General Donations|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
7,792
18,663
6,486
790
4,733
38,464|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
62,613
-
-
-
62,613|**Total**
**£**
7,792
81,276
6,486
790
4,733|
||||101,077|
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## **Second Chance Learning Academy**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025**
## **5 Expenditure on charitable activities**
|Facilitators
Learner engagement & hardship
Participant costs
Venue hire
Accountancy
Bank charges
Equipment hire
IT
Insurance
Interest charges
Administration
Printing postage & stationery
Professional & legal fees
Rent
Subscriptions
Sundry expenses
Telephone & broadband
Training
Travel & subsistence
Depreciation
Staff expenses
Advertising & PR
Wages, NI & Pensions|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**General**
**£**
18,470
1,818
16,039
5,264
3,665
424
1,380
7,582
1,637
191
-
317
561
25,032
2,254
123
2,804
1,387
2,286
2,983
-
2,292
229,147
325,656|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
18,915
321
12,820
8,874
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
82
-
-
-
-
-
-
3,103
-
-
95
-
44,210|**Total**
**2025**
**£**
37,385
2,139
28,859
14,138
3,665
424
1,380
7,582
1,637
191
-
399
561
25,032
2,254
123
2,804
1,387
5,389
2,983
-
2,387
229,147
369,866|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
-
2,401
16,146
9,185
3,315
295
1,380
983
695
737
5,089
52
1,940
12,772
3,567
127
2,371
2,653
3,148
1,575
7
-
196,019|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||264,457|
## **6 Net incoming/outgoing resources**
Net incoming resources for the year include:
Depreciation of fixed assets
|**2025**
**£**
2,982|**2024**
**£**
1,575|
|---|---|
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## **Second Chance Learning Academy**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025**
## **7 Staff costs**
The aggregate payroll costs were as follows:
|**Staff costs during the year were:**
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pension costs|**2025**
**£**
222,719
2,054
4,374
229,147|**2024**
**£**
187,789
5,177
3,053|
|---|---|---|
|||196,019|
The monthly average number of persons (including senior management team) employed by the charity during the year was as follows:
|Average number of employees|**2025**
**No**
13|**2024**
**No**
10|
|---|---|---|
9 (2024 - 6) of the above employees participated in the Defined Contribution Pension Schemes.
Contributions to the employee pension schemes for the year totalled £4,374 (2024 - £3,053).
No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year.
The total employee benefits of the key management personnel of the charity were £42,088 (2024 - £74,136).
## **8 Tangible fixed assets**
|**Cost**
At 1 September 2024
Additions
At 31 August 2025
**Depreciation**
At 1 September 2024
Charge for the year
At 31 August 2025
**Net book value**
At 31 August 2025
At 31 August 2024|**Furniture and**
**equipment**
**£**
7,581
4,667
12,248
6,718
1,513
8,231
4,017
863|**Computer**
**equipment**
**£**
714
5,164
5,878
143
1,470
1,613
4,265
571|**Total**
**£**
8,295
9,831|
|---|---|---|---|
||||18,126|
||||6,861
2,983|
||||9,844|
||||8,282|
||||1,434|
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## **Second Chance Learning Academy**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025**
|**9**
**Debtors**
Trade debtors
Prepayments
Accrued income
Other debtors
**10 Cash and cash equivalents**
Cash on hand
Cash at bank
**11 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Trade creditors
Other loans
Other taxation and social security
Other creditors
Accruals
**12 Creditors: amounts falling due after one year**
Other loans|**2025**
**£**
30,368
396
30,292
988
62,044
**2025**
**£**
408
75,945
76,353
**2025**
**£**
96
5,184
1,381
795
2,081
9,537
**2025**
**£**
324|**2024**
**£**
23,204
370
66,674
744|
|---|---|---|
|||90,992|
|||**2024**
**£**
-
32,705|
|||32,705|
|||**2024**
**£**
1,021
5,312
4,229
2,124
3,285|
|||15,971|
|||**2024**
**£**
5,283|
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## **Second Chance Learning Academy**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025**
## **13 Obligations under leases and hire purchase contracts**
## **Operating lease commitments**
Total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:
|**Land and buildings**
Within one year
Between one and five years
**14 Funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
**_General_**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
Awards for All
NCC Main grant fund
CFL
UK SPF
**Total restricted funds**
**Total funds**|**Balance at 1**
**September**
**2024**
**£**
81,884
16,221
5,773
-
-
21,994
103,878|**Incoming**
**resources**
**£**
340,193
-
-
18,863
43,750
62,613
402,806|**2025**
**£**
24,000
6,000
30,000
**Resources**
**expended**
**£**
(325,656)
-
-
(15,976)
(28,234)
(44,210)
(369,866)|**2024**
**£**
24,000
6,000|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||30,000|
|||||**Balance at 31**
**August 2025**
**£**
96,421
16,221
5,773
2,887
15,516|
|||||40,397|
|||||136,818|
The specific purposes for which the funds are to be applied are as follows:
Awards for All: The purpose of the fund is to provide network events for past and current learners across the year to combat isolation, enable networking with other learners and engage with support to continue to progress towards their goals.
NCC (Main grant fund): Grant funding to support specific activity.
CFL - Under the Community Family Learning fund SCLA is contracted to deliver employability and wellbeing courses for Nottingham City Residents. Each course is a minimum of 20 hours, and we deliver a minimum of 26 courses per academic year. Courses are delivered across 12 community venues to ensure access for residents from across the city.
UK SPF - Provide small group and 1-1 support for people who are economically inactive living in Nottingham City. The outcomes of the project are to increase people's employability and basic skills, support people into employment and support them while in employment for up to 6 months.
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## **Second Chance Learning Academy**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025**
|**Balance at 1**
**September**
**2023**
**£**
**Unrestricted funds**
**_General_**
General fund
18,623
**Restricted**
Awards for All
-
NCC Main grant fund
-
Places for People
-
**Total restricted funds**
-
**Total funds**
18,623
**15 Analysis of net assets between funds**
Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
Creditors over 1 year
Total net assets
Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
Creditors over 1 year
Total net assets|**Incoming**
**resources**
**£**
319,365
19,465
9,897
985
30,347
349,712
**Unrestricted**
**General**
**£**
8,282
98,000
(9,537)
(324)
96,421
**Unrestricted**
**General**
**£**
1,435
101,703
(15,971)
(5,283)
81,884|**Resources**
**expended**
**£**
(256,104)
(3,244)
(4,124)
(985)
(8,353)
(264,457)
**Restricted**
**£**
-
40,397
-
-
40,397
**Restricted**
**£**
-
21,994
-
-
21,994|**Balance at 31**
**August 2024**
**£**
81,884
16,221
5,773
-|
|---|---|---|---|
||||21,994|
||||103,878|
||||**2025**
**Total funds**
**£**
8,282
138,397
(9,537)
(324)|
||||136,818|
||||**2024**
**Total funds**
**£**
1,435
123,697
(15,971)
(5,283)|
||||103,878|
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## **Second Chance Learning Academy**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025**
## **16 Fees payable to independent examiner**
During the period, the fees payable (excluding VAT) to the charity’s independent examiner Community Accounting Plus are analysed as follows:
|Accounting Plus are analysed as follows:|||
|---|---|---|
|Independent examination|**2025**
**£**
1,135
1,135|**2024**
**£**
1,100|
|||1,100|
## **17 Taxation**
The charity is a registered charity and is therefore exempt from corporation taxation.
## **18 Trustees remuneration and expenses**
No trustees, nor any persons connected with them, have received any remuneration from the charity during the year.
## **19 Related party transactions**
There were no related party transactions in the year.
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