Bridgwater Unit 517 of the Sea Cadet Corps

Analysis

Bridgwater Unit 517 of the Sea Cadet Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bridgwater. It was registered in August 1968, 58 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.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Bridgwater Unit 517 of the Sea Cadet Corps reported income of £54k and spending of £56k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £31k to £54k (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 73%. 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, Bridgwater Unit 517 of the Sea Cadet Corps sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gillingham District Scout Council (£54k), Herefordshire County Federation of Young Farmers Clubs (£54k) and Cam and District Young People's Association (£54k).