Hoylake and West Kirby Sea Cadets

Analysis

Hoylake and West Kirby Sea Cadets is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wirral. It was registered in March 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hoylake and West Kirby Sea Cadets reported income of £12k and spending of £10k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £14k to £12k (-9.5%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 99%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Hoylake and West Kirby Sea Cadets sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crowle Bowls Club (£12k), Aldar Community Centre (£12k) and Alsagers Bank Cricket and Recreation Club (£12k).