PORTLAND UNIT OF THE SEA CADET CORPS

Registered charity 1026000 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PORTLAND SEA CADER UNIT TS PENN, T S PENN

YOUTH ORGANISATION FOR 10 TO 18 YR OLDS WHO RECIEVE TRAINING BASED ALONG THE THE STRUCTURE OF THE ROYAL NAVY.

Objects

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).

Area of benefit: PORTLAND AND DISTRICT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Dorset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £61,046.31 for the year, driven largely by external grants totaling £63,500. Per the Treasurer's statement, the charity maintains a financial reserve of £10,000, which the Unit Management Team has agreed represents approximately one year's running costs. Bank balances at year-end were in excess of £121,000, indicating strong liquidity.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOSEPHINE BUTCHERchair
• Bernadette Cranny
• Elizabeth Jane Hurst · trustee of 1 other charity
• Garry Robert Hepworth
• ROBERT FEATHERSTONE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Vicky French
• Victoria Louch
• William Reeves

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FINCHLEY UNIT OF THE SEA CADET CORPS.

• FINCHLEY UNIT OF THE SEA CADET CORPS income £30k
• HINCKLEY UNIT 401 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS income £31k
• SCARBOROUGH UNIT OF THE SEA CADET CORPS income £103k
• ACCRINGTON AND DISTRICT UNIT OF THE SEA CADET CORPS income £27k
• SHEFFIELD UNIT 302 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS income £96k
• NORWICH UNIT NO 257 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS income £33k

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