Swindon and Royal Wootton Bassett Sea Cadets

Analysis

Swindon and Royal Wootton Bassett Sea Cadets is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in March 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 services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Swindon and Royal Wootton Bassett Sea Cadets reported income of £12k and spending of £17k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £14k to £12k (-18%), an average of -4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 186%. Over the whole period it spent 154% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Swindon and Royal Wootton Bassett Sea Cadets sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Eynsham Scout Group (£12k), Winsford Recreation Association (£12k) and Woolton Educational and Recreational Charity (£12k).

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.