Bournemouth Unit 49 of the Sea Cadet Corps

Analysis

Bournemouth Unit 49 of the Sea Cadet Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bournemouth Unit 49 of the Sea Cadet Corps reported income of £28k and spending of £44k, spending 158% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £91k to £28k (-69%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Bournemouth Unit 49 of the Sea Cadet Corps sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% 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 Slade Parent Teacher Association (£28k), 4th Chandlers Ford (Hiltingbury) Scout Group (£28k) and Rushbury Village Hall (£28k).

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.