TUNBRIDGE WELLS UNIT 340 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS

Registered charity 302870 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as T.S BRILLIANT, TUNBRIDGE WELLS SEA CADET CORPS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS UNIT 340 SEA CADET CORPS, UNIT 340, SEA CADET CORPS

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Latest income
£147k
Latest spending
£209k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves at year-end were £21,314.76, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of 42 months of revenue payments. The unit reported a net decrease in cash and bank balance of £61,945.32 for the financial year, reducing its closing cash balance to £64,650.49.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Annual Fund/Direct Grant (89% of income)
“ANNUAL FUND/DIRECT GRANT - (restricted) £130,024.54” — page 1
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 81.9% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“FUNDRAISING & SPECIAL EVENTS COSTS £4,445.07” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £21k; policy: 42 months revenue payments)
“Year-end reserves amounted to £21,314.76 months’ on that basis.” — 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£147k£209k
31/03/2024£136k£68k
31/03/2023£36k£23k
31/03/2022£32k£30k
31/03/2021£33k£13k

Common questions

Is TUNBRIDGE WELLS UNIT 340 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves at year-end were £21,314.76, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of 42 months of revenue payments. The unit reported a net decrease in cash and bank balance of £61,945.32 for the financial year, reducing its closing cash balance to £64,650.49. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/01/2014£4k"Venture 14"