Beccles and Lowestoft Unit 554 of the Sea Cadets Corps

Analysis

Beccles and Lowestoft Unit 554 of the Sea Cadets Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Beccles. It was registered in January 1975, 51 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, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Beccles and Lowestoft Unit 554 of the Sea Cadets Corps reported income of £20k and spending of £22k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £39k to £20k (-49%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Beccles and Lowestoft Unit 554 of the Sea Cadets Corps sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Humphrey Park Community Association (£20k), Poplar Boys and Girls Club (£20k) and Holton Village Hall (£20k).