Seaham Unit 299 of the Sea Cadet Corps

Analysis

Seaham Unit 299 of the Sea Cadet Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Seaham. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, amateur sport and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Seaham Unit 299 of the Sea Cadet Corps reported income of £13k and spending of £14k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £14k to £13k (-12%), an average of -3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 155%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Seaham Unit 299 of the Sea Cadet Corps sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% 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 The Association for the Promotion of Artistic Therapy and Other Related Therapies Based on the Principles of Anthroposophical Medicine (£13k), Coventry Leofric Lions Club (£13k) and Wymondham Youth Bus (£13k).