Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

STOKE ON TRENT UNIT 321 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS 

The Sea Cadets has been in the Stoke on Trent area since 1938 providing activities for young people from 9-18 years old. As a micro-charity we provide these young people with activities and qualifications in Kayaking, Canoeing, Power boating, Sailing, First Aid, Cook Steward, Seamanship, Shooting, Engineering, Field Craft, Duke of Edinburgh. Recognised qualifications can by gained i.e. BTech's
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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
Established: 61 years

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

stoke.unit@talktalk.net

01782698703

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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£23£20£3n/an/an/an/an/a36
31/03/22£11£11£0n/an/an/an/an/a32
31/03/21£6£4£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£13£9£4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£16£16£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18*£13£11£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£10£10£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£6£2£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£4£5£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£8£5£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£8£5£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£9£9£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£8£10£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£12£10£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£8£11£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£14£12£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£10£9£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£7£18£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£11£10£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£10£11£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 36 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent City,

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 Stoke-on-Trent Sea Cadets Corps
£1,874 22/10/2022
We would like to expand the water-based activities that the Cadets can undertake.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/03/1963, number: 522729
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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; AR18: 153 days late, AR17: 47 days late, AR16: 25 days late, AR15: 24 days late, AR12: 93 days late, AR11: 459 days late, AR10: 305 days late, AR09: 76 days late, AR08: 82 days late, AR07: 297 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Unit 321 of the Sea Cadets
Stoke on Trent
Territorial Army Centre
Bucknall Road
STOKE-ON-TRENT

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:

STOKE ON TENT AND DISTRICT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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