Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 1

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:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from a grant maker
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years, despite a decline more recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Established: 33 years

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

colchester.seacadets@outlook.com

07907 814032

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Education/Training

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Essex, Suffolk,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
13 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
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 (5)

ALISON JANE FOGG (Chair) Appointed: 2020

COLIN RAY Appointed: 2023

MARINE SOCIETY AND SEA CADETS

PAULETTE ROSE Appointed: 2020

ROGER BUSTON TD LLB, Other trusteeships: THE ROYAL SIGNALS MUSEUM TRUST, THE ROYAL SIGNALS MUSEUM,

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

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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
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

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