Registered charity 1172539

Ail Gyfle-second Chance Ltd

What it does

Ail Gyfle is a charitable social enterprise that produces home and garden furniture and craft from recycled pallets and other discarded items. We offer a safe context for those on the margins to learn life skills alongside Open College Network qualifications in Confidence building, substance misuse, Health and Safety at work, wood working, recycling and building a work portfolio.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY BY;PROVIDING EDUCATION, TRAINING, ADVICE, SUPPORT AND ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO DEVELOP NEW SKILLS AND CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF THEIR LIVES;THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF GOODS, SERVICES, ADVICE AND SUPPORT ANDSUCH OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT IN FURTHERANCE OF SAID OBJECT.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY”

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: General charitable purposes
Disability
Preventing or relieving poverty
Environment, conservation and heritage
Economic and community development, and employment
Other charitable purposes
Who it helps: Disabled people
Other defined groups
The general public
How it works: Provides services
Provides advocacy, advice or information

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

Carmarthenshire

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 October 2025, it had income of £4,523 and spent £4,492.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 October 2025	£4,523	£4,492	Not reported	Not reported
31 October 2024	£1,920	£4,674	Not reported	Not reported
31 October 2023	£1,151	£3,584	Not reported	Not reported
31 October 2022	£6,108	£8,242	Not reported	Not reported
31 October 2021	£15,672	£13,762	Not reported	14

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time: Down 71%, from £15,672 in the year to 31 October 2021 to £4,523 in the year to 31 October 2025.
Spending against income: It spent 99% of its income in the year to 31 October 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 2 grants to this charity since 2020, worth at least £20,000.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded	Grant	Amount
1 Jul 2021	The National Lottery Community FundSupporting those on the fringes of society	£10,000
7 Mar 2020	The National Lottery Community FundAil Gyfle - Giving Offenders a Second Chance	£10,000

Trustees

4 trustees run the charity.

Andrea Murrow HoylesAppointed 18 August 2022
Kate Elin WilliamsAppointed 1 February 2022
Lisa Katrin KiehAppointed 1 September 2022
Nigel Lee HoylesAppointed 30 July 2018

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 October 2025	31 August 2026	Received 24 November 2025, 280 days early	Not required
31 October 2024	31 August 2025	Received 20 December 2024, 254 days early	Not required
31 October 2023	31 August 2024	Received 2 February 2024, 211 days early	Not required
31 October 2022	31 August 2023	Received 10 February 2023, 202 days early	Not required
31 October 2021	31 August 2022	Received 4 July 2022, 58 days early	Not required

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1172539
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 11 April 2017
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05 JUN 2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 29 MAR 2017
Company number: 09625683This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
Website: www.ailgyfle-secondchance.comAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Carmarthenshire

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.

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Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 October 2025

£4,523

£4,492

Not reported

31 October 2024

£1,920

£4,674

Not reported

31 October 2023

£1,151

£3,584

Not reported

31 October 2022

£6,108

£8,242

Not reported

31 October 2021

£15,672

£13,762

Not reported

Awarded

Grant

Amount

1 Jul 2021

The National Lottery Community FundSupporting those on the fringes of society

£10,000

7 Mar 2020

The National Lottery Community FundAil Gyfle - Giving Offenders a Second Chance

£10,000

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 October 2025

31 August 2026

Received 24 November 2025, 280 days early

Not required

31 October 2024

31 August 2025

Received 20 December 2024, 254 days early

Not required

31 October 2023

31 August 2024

Received 2 February 2024, 211 days early

Not required

31 October 2022

31 August 2023

Received 10 February 2023, 202 days early

Not required

31 October 2021

31 August 2022

Received 4 July 2022, 58 days early

Not required