Whitstable Unit 363 of the Sea Cadet Corps

Analysis

Whitstable Unit 363 of the Sea Cadet Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whitstable. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Whitstable Unit 363 of the Sea Cadet Corps reported income of £11k and spending of £21k, spending 201% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £24k to £11k (-55%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Whitstable Unit 363 of the Sea Cadet Corps sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include One Mile Closer (£11k), 1st Chelford Scout Group (£11k) and Stoke St Michael Community Field (£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.