Workington Unit of the Sea Cadet Corps

Analysis

Workington Unit of the Sea Cadet Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Workington. It was registered in July 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Workington Unit of the Sea Cadet Corps reported income of £14k and spending of £15k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £12k to £14k (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Workington Unit of the Sea Cadet Corps sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mulgrave Community Sports Association (£14k), Jetty Lane C.i.o. (£14k) and Osmington Village Hall (£14k).

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.