Birmingham (Sherbourne) Unit 41 of the Sea Cadet Corps

Analysis

Birmingham (Sherbourne) Unit 41 of the Sea Cadet Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in February 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Birmingham (Sherbourne) Unit 41 of the Sea Cadet Corps reported income of £29k and spending of £21k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £39k to £29k (-25%), an average of -7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Birmingham (Sherbourne) Unit 41 of the Sea Cadet Corps sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chatham Memorial Synagogue (£29k), Mount Hermon Community Church (£29k) and Moorside Harvest Community Church (£29k).