Tamworth & Lichfield Sea Cadets

Analysis

Tamworth & Lichfield Sea Cadets is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Staffordshire. It was registered in May 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, 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 2026, Tamworth & Lichfield Sea Cadets reported income of £23k and spending of £27k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £19k to £23k (+21%), an average of +4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Tamworth & Lichfield Sea Cadets sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 4th Barnehurst (St Martin's) Scout Group (£23k), Silloth Amateur Football Club (£23k) and Grand Union Development Trust (£23k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.