The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Second Stage

Registered charity 1212854 CIO Registered since 2025

Operates: Throughout England

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4 trustees on the board

1y median 1y
average tenure
1y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
13.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

3
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 5Arts and leisure 4Business services 4

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

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Contact

Websitewww.second-stage.org
Emailfi@second-stage.org
Phone02070438178
Address26 Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5BL

Finances

£207,493 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2026£207,493£201,647

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO:3.1.1 PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS AND THOSE AT RISK OF OFFENDING OR RE-OFFENDING AND TO ASSIST THEM IN FINDING EMPLOYMENT, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE THEATRE INDUSTRY; 3.1.2 ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF OFFENDERS AND THOSE AT RISK OF OFFENDING OR RE-OFFENDING AND ANY OTHER PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF UNEMPLOYMENT, POVERTY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING OR SUPPORTING THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN (A) SKILLS FOR ROLES IN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE THEATRE INDUSTRY); (B) OTHER ANCILLARY SKILLS AND (C) OTHER SKILLS LIKELY TO IMPROVE EMPLOYABILITY GENERALLY; AND 3.1.3 PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE OR RE-INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. 3.2 FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLAUSE 3.1.3, SOCIALLY EXCLUDED MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 07 Apr 2025

Trustees (4)

4trustees
56median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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