Cowes Unit 118 of the Sea Cadet Corps

Analysis

Cowes Unit 118 of the Sea Cadet Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cowes. It was registered in March 1964, 62 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 and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cowes Unit 118 of the Sea Cadet Corps reported income of £27k and spending of £49k, spending 180% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £29k to £27k (-7.8%), an average of -2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 47%. 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, Cowes Unit 118 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 Thurston Village Hall (£27k), Forest of Dean Unit No 586 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£27k) and Diggle's First Fruits (£27k).