Accrington and District Unit of the Sea Cadet Corps

Analysis

Accrington and District Unit of the Sea Cadet Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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, Accrington and District Unit of the Sea Cadet Corps reported income of £27k and spending of £21k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £65k to £27k (-58%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Accrington and District Unit of the Sea Cadet Corps sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Camvale Tennis Club (£27k), North East Yorkshire World Cup Cricket Legacy 2019 (£27k) and Forest of Dean Unit No 586 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£27k).