Orpington Unit 262 of the Sea Cadet Corps

Analysis

Orpington Unit 262 of the Sea Cadet Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Orpington. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Orpington Unit 262 of the Sea Cadet Corps reported income of £19k and spending of £11k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,397 to £19k (+246%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 136%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Orpington Unit 262 of the Sea Cadet Corps sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Prospect House School Educational Trust (£19k), Friends of Northwood College (£19k) and Friends of Bemerton St John Primary School (£19k).