Flitwick and Ampthill Sea Cadets

Analysis

Flitwick and Ampthill Sea Cadets is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedfordshire. It was registered in June 1983, 43 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, Flitwick and Ampthill Sea Cadets reported income of £13k and spending of £19k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £39k to £13k (-66%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 38%. 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, Flitwick and Ampthill Sea Cadets sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northamptonshire Recreation Association (£13k), Fell's Angels Wi (£13k) and Iden Green Pavilion (£13k).