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CHIPPENHAM UNIT428 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS

Registered charity 305486 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHIPPENHAM UNIT, SEA CADET CORPS, T.S TIGER

Outdoor pursuits, canoeing, sailing, camping. Qualifications in catering, sailing, safety boat, canoeing, radio communications, electronics. Musical instrument (band) training. Drill training. All forms of sports , swimming

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: CHIPPENHAM AND DISTRICT

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£91k
Latest spending
£86k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves amounted to greater than 10 months of revenue payments, exceeding the trustees' policy target of maintaining reserves equating to revenue payments. The unit reported total revenue receipts of £90,849.30 against total payments of £31,610.97, resulting in a positive net change in cash balance. The filing notes that the statutory independent examination report must be attached, though the report itself is not included in the provided text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: equating to revenue payments (reserves figure: £41k)
“The charity trustees’ policy aims to maintain unrestricted reserves at a level equating to revenue payments” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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: 9
  • Government income: £78,217 — grants £78,217 (2); 86% of the £90,849 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: 10
  • Government income: £10,000 — grants £10,000 (2); 59% of the £16,997 total gross income on the same return

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Chippenham Sea Cadets (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£91k£86k
31/03/2024£31k£17k
31/03/2023£17k£20k
31/03/2022£20k£13k
31/03/2021£12k£9k

Common questions

Is CHIPPENHAM UNIT428 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves amounted to greater than 10 months of revenue payments, exceeding the trustees' policy target of maintaining reserves equating to revenue payments. The unit reported total revenue receipts of £90,849.30 against total payments of £31,610.97, resulting in a positive net change in cash balance. The filing notes that the statutory independent examination report must be attached, though the report itself is not included in the provided text. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 ASDA FOUNDATION1£31k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHIPPENHAM UNIT428 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS£91k—0above—no doubt
ST ALBANS UNIT OF THE SEA CADET CORPS FY2026£41k——unclear—no doubt
ST HELENS UNIT 294 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS FY2026£82k——below—no doubt
SUNBURY AND WALTON UNIT 327 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS FY2025£513k—0unclear—no doubt
HENLEY-ON-THAMES UNIT OF THE SEA CADET CORPS FY2025£40k—0unclear—no doubt
DERWENTHAUGH BOAT STATION OF THE SEA CADET CORPS FY2026£45k—0within—no doubt

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