Telford Unit 405 of the Sea Cadet Corps

Analysis

Telford Unit 405 of the Sea Cadet Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, acts as an umbrella or resource body and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Telford Unit 405 of the Sea Cadet Corps reported income of £18k and spending of £19k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £38k to £18k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Telford Unit 405 of the Sea Cadet Corps sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Give Me Hope Africa Wales (£18k), West Windsor Hub (£18k) and Woodland Wellbeing Charitable Trust (£18k).