Torfaen Unit 508 of the Sea Cadet Corps

Analysis

Torfaen Unit 508 of the Sea Cadet Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gwent. It was registered in July 1964, 62 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, Torfaen Unit 508 of the Sea Cadet Corps reported income of £22k and spending of £21k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £18k to £22k (+19%), an average of +4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 232%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Torfaen Unit 508 of the Sea Cadet Corps sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 7th Littlehampton Air Scout Group (£21k), Merlins Bridge Welfare Centre (£22k) and Caterham & District U3a (£21k).