Caterham Unit 72 of the Sea Cadet Corps

Analysis

Caterham Unit 72 of the Sea Cadet Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coulsdon. It was registered in February 1964, 62 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 and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Caterham Unit 72 of the Sea Cadet Corps reported income of £13k and spending of £17k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £24k to £13k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Caterham Unit 72 of the Sea Cadet Corps sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mablethorpe Athletic Sports Association (£13k), King's Lynn Unit of the Sea Cadet Corps (£13k) and 23rd Brighton (St Margarets, Rottingdean) Scout Group (£13k).

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.