Stafford & Rugeley Unit 398 of the Sea Cadet Corps

Analysis

Stafford & Rugeley Unit 398 of the Sea Cadet Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stafford. It was registered in August 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Stafford & Rugeley Unit 398 of the Sea Cadet Corps reported income of £20k and spending of £20k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £7,207 to £20k (+179%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2025, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 127% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Stafford & Rugeley Unit 398 of the Sea Cadet Corps sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Nevill Road Schools (£20k), Chivers Trust (£20k) and Lymm & Thelwall U3a (£20k).

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.