Chester-Le-Street Unit of the Sea Cadet Corps

Analysis

Chester-Le-Street Unit of the Sea Cadet Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Chester-Le-Street Unit of the Sea Cadet Corps reported income of £19k and spending of £12k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £19k to £19k (+4.9%), an average of +1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 114%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Chester-Le-Street Unit of the Sea Cadet Corps sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 46th Kingswood Scout Group (£19k), Preston Village Hall (£19k) and Chessington Scout Group (£19k).