Bideford and District Unit 35 of the Sea Cadet Corps

Analysis

Bideford and District Unit 35 of the Sea Cadet Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bideford and District Unit 35 of the Sea Cadet Corps reported income of £13k and spending of £23k, spending 175% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £29k to £13k (-55%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Bideford and District Unit 35 of the Sea Cadet Corps sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% 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 Pimento (£13k), Cylch Meithrin Abergwili (£13k) and 30th Abingdon (Baptist) Scout Group (£13k).