Newbury Unit 248 of the Sea Cadet Corps

Analysis

Newbury Unit 248 of the Sea Cadet Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newbury. It was registered in January 1964, 62 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, Newbury Unit 248 of the Sea Cadet Corps reported income of £19k and spending of £15k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £60k to £19k (-68%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 67%. 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, Newbury Unit 248 of the Sea Cadet Corps sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Beacon Hill Children's Recreation Ground (£19k), Dunsop Bridge Jubilee Play Area (£19k) and Llandough and Leckwith War Memorial Institute (£19k).