3RD CHALKWELL BAY SEA SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 302078 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 3RD CB

A Sea Scout Group providing a huge array of activities and training, on and off the water, offering #Skillsforlife to young people aged 6 to 25 and beyond. It is a Royal Yachting Association Teaching Establishment and British Rowing Accredited delivering training to national governing body standards. The Group is Royal Navy recognised and affiliated to the Royal British Legion.

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

Latest income
£157k
Latest spending
£132k
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained a healthy reserve in line with its policy, with unrestricted cash and bank balances increasing to £77,390 at year-end. Net receipts for the year were positive at £25,144, resulting in total net assets of £1,464,036. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts or accounting records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient liquid reserves to meet the Group’s cash requirements and settle its liabilities as they fall due (held: £77k)
It is the Group’s policy to maintain sufficient liquid reserves to meet the Group’s cash requirements and settle its liabilities as they fall due. — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — 3rd Chalkwell Bay Sea Scouts (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Southend-on-sea

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£157k£132k
31/03/2024£122k£122k
31/03/2023£171k£220k
31/03/2022£119k£414k
31/03/2021£114k£143k

Common questions

Is 3RD CHALKWELL BAY SEA SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained a healthy reserve in line with its policy, with unrestricted cash and bank balances increasing to £77,390 at year-end. Net receipts for the year were positive at £25,144, resulting in total net assets of £1,464,036. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts or accounting records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England03/06/2020£10kNew Safety Boat to support our Youth Members

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED1£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 4TH THAMES DITTON AJAX SEA SCOUTS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
3RD CHALKWELL BAY SEA SCOUT GROUP£157k0aboveno doubt
4TH THAMES DITTON AJAX SEA SCOUTS FY2025£104k0withinno doubt
1ST WATCHET SEA SCOUT GROUP FY2025£113k0unclearno doubt
2ND WARWICK SEA SCOUT GROUP FY2025£151k0above4.0%no doubt
8TH NORWICH (NORWICH SCHOOL) SEA SCOUT GROUP FY2025£148k0unclearno doubt
WEYMOUTH WEST SCOUT GROUP FY2025£728k0unclearno doubt

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