Parkstone Unit 265 of the Sea Cadets Corps

Analysis

Parkstone Unit 265 of the Sea Cadets Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ferndown. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Parkstone Unit 265 of the Sea Cadets Corps reported income of £27k and spending of £30k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £25k to £27k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 97%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Parkstone Unit 265 of the Sea Cadets Corps sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include First Church of Christ Scientist, Dorking, Surrey, England (£27k), Altar of Grace Pentecostal Ministry (£27k) and The Redeemed Christian Church of God Great High Place (£27k).

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.