Maidstone Unit 229 of the Sea Cadet Corps

Analysis

Maidstone Unit 229 of the Sea Cadet Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in January 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Maidstone Unit 229 of the Sea Cadet Corps reported income of £11k and spending of £19k, spending 174% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £38k to £11k (-71%), an average of -27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Maidstone Unit 229 of the Sea Cadet 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 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thomas Deacon Foundation (£11k), Association of Friends of Stebbing School (£11k) and Park Grove Primary School Parent Teacher Association (£11k).

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.