Barnsley Unit 21 of the Sea Cadet Corps

Analysis

Barnsley Unit 21 of the Sea Cadet Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Yorkshire. It was registered in June 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, economic/community development/employment and other charitable purposes, 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, Barnsley Unit 21 of the Sea Cadet Corps reported income of £24k and spending of £24k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £42k to £24k (-44%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Barnsley Unit 21 of the Sea Cadet Corps sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Impact Fitness Zone Limited (£24k), Fairburn Recreation Centre (£24k) and CLWB Peldroed Ieuenctid Bethel (£24k).

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.