GOSPORT UNIT 437 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS

Registered charity 301835 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as T S HORNET, UNIT 437, SEA CADET CORPS

The introduction to young people of activities associated with maritime details, including various types of boating, canoeing, kayacking, sailing. pulling. power boating. Interspersed with engineering, cooking, DofE awards, discipline etc

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: GOSPORT AND DISTRICT

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the unit is financially on a firm footing with a buoyant balance sheet, although a significant portion of these funds consists of grant funding specifically for purchasing a new RHIB and engine. Day-to-day activities are primarily funded through cadet subscriptions, and the Unit Management Team is reviewing these subscriptions at the end of the financial year.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• GREGOR BIRSEchair
• BRONWEN LOUISE BIRSE
• Dr Christopher Roast
• Mark Veti
• SHELAGH HOOK
• ZOE HUGGINS

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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