Gravesend Unit 159 of the Sea Cadet Corps

Analysis

Gravesend Unit 159 of the Sea Cadet Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Gravesend Unit 159 of the Sea Cadet Corps reported income of £27k and spending of £23k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £46k to £27k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Gravesend Unit 159 of the Sea Cadet Corps sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Folkestone and Hythe Orchestral Society (£27k), Cumnor Old School Charity (£27k) and Dundry Village Hall (£27k).