FELIXSTOWE UNIT 478 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS

Registered charity 279054 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as T.S. LANDGUARD, THE SEA CADET CORPS - FELIXSTOWE UNIT

TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE TOWARDS RESPONSIBLE ADULTHOOD BY ENCOURAGING VALUABLE PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND HIGH STANDARDS OF CONDUCT, USING A NAUTICAL THEME BASED ON THE CUSTOMS 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: FELIXSTOWE

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£29k

Latest spending

£15k

Registered

1979

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total reserves of £283,814.60 at the end of the period, comprising £2,100.40 in unrestricted funds and £262,610 in restricted funds. The trustees report that there were no liabilities at the year end and that the unit operates as a self-supporting youth organisation reliant on volunteers.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months overhead costs (reserves figure: £2k)

“The trustees have established a policy whereby the reserves in total that are not invested in tangible fixed assets held by the Unit, should be up to the equivalent to 3 months overhead costs of the charity.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Paying staff
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

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 15
Government income: £2,500 — grants £2,500 (2); 9% of the £28,858 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 15

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 18

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Clive Peter Bury
Graham Frederick Waylett
Louisa Deakin
Malcolm George Beer
Nicholas Williams
Sharon Waylett

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£29k	£15k
31/03/2024	£15k	£22k
31/03/2023	£20k	£12k
31/03/2022	£22k	£12k
31/03/2021	£23k	£8k

Common questions

Is FELIXSTOWE UNIT 478 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total reserves of £283,814.60 at the end of the period, comprising £2,100.40 in unrestricted funds and £262,610 in restricted funds. The trustees report that there were no liabilities at the year end and that the unit operates as a self-supporting youth organisation reliant on volunteers. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	10/01/2025	£5k	Millionaire Street 2025 01w3

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAMBERLEY UNIT 477 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS.

CAMBERLEY UNIT 477 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS income £32k
CARLISLE UNIT 394 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS income £25k
FILEY UNIT OF THE SEA CADET CORPS income £86k
WANDSWORTH CHELSEA AND FULHAM UNIT 278 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS income £32k
BARROW-IN-FURNESS UNIT NO 23 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS income £30k
TENBY UNIT 453 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS income £49k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FELIXSTOWE UNIT 478 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS	£29k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CAMBERLEY UNIT 477 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS FY2025	£32k	—	0	above	104.4%	no doubt
CARLISLE UNIT 394 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS FY2026	£25k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FILEY UNIT OF THE SEA CADET CORPS FY2026	£86k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WANDSWORTH CHELSEA AND FULHAM UNIT 278 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS FY2025	£32k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BARROW-IN-FURNESS UNIT NO 23 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS FY2025	£30k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.