Poole Unit 272 of the Sea Cadet Corps

Analysis

Poole Unit 272 of the Sea Cadet Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Poole Unit 272 of the Sea Cadet Corps reported income of £43k and spending of £72k, spending 166% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £39k to £43k (+13%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Poole Unit 272 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 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Upper Norwood Association for Community Care (£43k), Kirsty Louise Streek Foundation (£43k) and Incorporated Society of Musicians Trust (£43k).

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.