Wakefield Unit 343 of the Sea Cadet Corps

Analysis

Wakefield Unit 343 of the Sea Cadet Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wakefield. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wakefield Unit 343 of the Sea Cadet Corps reported income of £27k and spending of £25k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £64k to £27k (-58%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Wakefield Unit 343 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 Radwinter Village Hall Charity (£27k), Diggle's First Fruits (£27k) and Briercliffe Community FC (£27k).