LUTON UNIT 226 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS

Registered charity 274885 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LUTON SEA CADET CORPS UNIT, TS KEYES

The sea cadets provides educational and recreational activities to youngsters between 10-18 yrs. They are taught life skills such as catering, communications, computer skills, mechanical engineering and all aspects of boating skills.

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: LUTON

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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Registered contact address: Central Bedfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the unit recorded a deficit of £3,793.29 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reducing unrestricted reserves from £6,843.71 to £3,050.42. The independent examiner's report confirms that no matters have come to their attention regarding the compliance of the accounts with accounting records or the Charities Act. The unit's reserves policy aims to maintain unrestricted reserves at a level equating to three months of revenue payments, and the year-end reserves of £3,050.42 are stated to be equivalent to three months' expenditure on that basis.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 03/02/2026, 3 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2024 (received 26/02/2025, 26 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 18/02/2024, 18 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alistair Rigg
• Dr Victoria Chalker
• Monika Kowalczuk
• RACHEL RIGG

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

Operates in: Luton

Income and spending

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