Colchester Unit 88 of the Sea Cadet Corps

Analysis

Colchester Unit 88 of the Sea Cadet Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in February 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Colchester Unit 88 of the Sea Cadet Corps reported income of £12k and spending of £8,635, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £15k to £12k (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Colchester Unit 88 of the Sea Cadet Corps sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Town Hall Charity (£12k), Birch Coppice Miners' Social Welfare Centre (£12k) and Warboys Academy PTFA (£12k).