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home >> charity search >> sheppey unit 301 of the sea cadet corps
Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

SHEPPEY UNIT 301 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS 

"The Sea Cadets" teach children & young adults a variety of skills modeled on the Navy . Pipe and drill, marksmanship, cook stewardship, handling all manner of boats. Cadets learn to work as a team, building confidence & healthy competitiveness against other units.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

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

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£31£34£-3n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/22£68£42£25n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/21£47£11£36n/an/an/an/an/a37
31/03/20£49£50£-1n/an/an/an/an/a28
31/03/19£59£70£-10n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/18£39£35£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£33£20£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£20£24£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£24£27£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£41£32£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£22£20£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£21£18£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£18£15£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£20£20£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£18£21£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£34£22£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£30£17£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£43£34£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£10£13£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£11£12£0£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 61 years

www.sea-cadets.org/sheppey

sheppeyseacadets@hotmail.co.uk

01795580134

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Kent,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 40 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Sheppey Sea Cadets
£5,930 15/11/2019
We want to replace our present stock of worn out ex-navy jackets with new, waterproof jackets that can withstand bad weather.
Sport England - Improved sailing fleet
£10,000 22/10/2013
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Improved sailing fleet'. This project lists its main activity as Sailing & Yachting.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/10/1963, number: 302838
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR13: 25 days late,
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UNIT 301
BARTONS POINT
MARINE PARADE
SHEERNESS
ME12 2BX

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:

SHEPPEY AND DISTRICT

Data Sources

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