Sandwell Unit 486 of the Sea Cadet Corps

Analysis

Sandwell Unit 486 of the Sea Cadet Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cradley Heath. It was registered in August 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sandwell Unit 486 of the Sea Cadet Corps reported income of £17k and spending of £21k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £13k to £17k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 227%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Sandwell Unit 486 of the Sea Cadet Corps sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Butleigh Cricket Club (£17k), Radwinter Recreation Ground Charity (£17k) and The North Devon Athletics Trust (£17k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.