Penzance Unit 267 of the Sea Cadet Corps

Analysis

Penzance Unit 267 of the Sea Cadet Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Penzance. It was registered in August 1963, 63 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, Penzance Unit 267 of the Sea Cadet Corps reported income of £16k and spending of £16k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £26k to £16k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Penzance Unit 267 of the Sea Cadet Corps sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (£16k), Grindon Parish Hall (£16k) and Barnwood Reading Room CIO (£16k).

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.