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home >> charity search >> colchester unit 88 of the sea cadet corps
Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
    • Overall weighted support: +1
    Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

    COLCHESTER UNIT 88 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS

    Youth organisation providing training and development activities in line with Naval procedures for male and female Cadets between 10 and 18 years of age.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income has been volatile recently
    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k    		 Spending
    £k    		 Surplus/
    Deficit £k    		 Fundraising
    Cost £k    		 Total
    Funds £k    		 Unrestricted
    Funds £k    		 Mths
    Rsrvs    		 Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/03/24£10£9£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/23£10£14£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/22*£13£9£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/21£15£15£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/20?£16£14£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/18£7£6£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/17£5£5£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/16£5£4£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/15*£4£7£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/14*£12£5£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/13*£6£6£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/12*£6£6£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/11*£6£6£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/10*£6£6£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/09*£6£6£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/08*£5£5£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/07*£6£6£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/06*£11£10£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/05£8£10£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/04£13£14£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 34 years

    http://www.sea-cadets.org/colchester/

    colchester.seacadets@outlook.com

    07907 814032

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Amateur Sport
    • Education/Training
    GiG Classification
    • Social youth organisations
    How it operates
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides human resources
    Where it operates
    • Essex, Suffolk,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People

    Who supports them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months    		 To be used for
    The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
    £2,000 28/04/2021
    to create a decked area to provide an outdoor meeting space for cadets and to enable the community to view local wildlife (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Colchester Sea Cadets
    £5,100 04/12/2018
    To refurbish two cabins to allow overnight accommodation and adaptable for daytime training and meetings.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (3)
    Current Trustees appointed

    • COLIN RAY Appointed: 2023
    • MARINE SOCIETY AND SEA CADETS
    • PAULETTE ROSE Appointed: 2020
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/02/1991, number: 1001713
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR22: 80 days late, AR15: 123 days late, AR14: 53 days late, AR13: 418 days late, AR12: 139 days late, AR11: 141 days late, AR10: 135 days late, AR09: 59 days late, AR08: 137 days late, AR07: 149 days late, AR06: 65 days late,
    Main office

    The Big Red Lightship
    King Edward Quay
    Hythe Quay
    COLCHESTER
    CO2 8JB

    Objectives

    The charitable purpose of the Unit (the Purpose) is to promote the development of young people in achieving their physical, intellectual and social potential as individuals and as responsible citizens by the provision of education and leisure time activities using a nautical theme and in accordance with the principles, ethos and practices of the Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC).

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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