Hertfordshire Young Mariners' Base

Analysis

Hertfordshire Young Mariners' Base is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in May 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03192077). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hertfordshire Young Mariners' Base reported income of £222k and spending of £293k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £288k to £222k (-23%), an average of -6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Hertfordshire Young Mariners' Base sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Silverline Memories CIO (£222k), Acle War Memorial Recreation Centre (£222k) and Griff & Coton Sports & Miners Welfare Charity (£221k).

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.