GUILDFORD UNIT OF THE SEA CADET CORPS

Registered charity 1171483 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GUILDFORD SEA CADETS, GUILDFORD UNIT 164 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS, T.S QUEEN CHARLOTTE

Provides facilities and personnel (voluntary) to enable young people (male & female) to take part in recreational & instructional activities under the general 'umbrella' of the Marine Society and Sea Cadet organisation. Having premises directly adjacent to the River Wey in Guildford, the unit's main focus is on outdoor and indoor marine pursuits.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR PHYSICAL 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 AND SEA CADETS (MSSC) WHOSE REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER IS 313013.

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

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Latest income
£39k
Latest spending
£28k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £6,000, which the trustees confirm meets their policy target of three months' revenue payments. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention during the examination of the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Other Donations/Legacies (36% of income)
“OTHER DONATIONS/LEGACIES 14,351” — page 1
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months revenue payments (held: £6k)
“The charity trustees’ policy aims to maintain unrestricted reserves at a level equating to three months revenue payments” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£39k£28k
31/03/2024£32k£39k
31/03/2023£29k£46k
31/03/2022£49k£20k
31/03/2021£34k£14k

Common questions

Is GUILDFORD UNIT OF THE SEA CADET CORPS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £6,000, which the trustees confirm meets their policy target of three months' revenue payments. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention during the examination of the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.