THE MARINE SOCIETY AND SEA CADETS

Registered charity 313013 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MARINE SOCIETY · also registered in Scotland as SC037808 (OSCR)

Promoting Sea Cadet activity. Supporting the maritime industry. Franchisor and primary support for Sea Cadet units ? local groups constituted as separately registered charities.Supporting the maritime industry through the Marine Society, allowing seafarers access to lifelong learning opportunities, a ships? library service, and the provision of financial support for professional advancement.

Causes: Education/training · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £727,000, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £2.4 million. The charity reports negative net current assets but attributes this to timing issues, stating they have sufficient resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

11 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold); recorded price paid £10k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~25.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (60% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JEREMY JOHN HARLEY PENNchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Andy Helliwell
• David Dingle · trustee of 1 other charity
• Deana Rouse MBE
• Dr Kate Richardson OBE
• Gareth Hampton
• Honor Wilson-Fletcher MBE
• John Denholm
• Jonathan Robertshaw · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kirsten Hopkins
• Laurelle Brant
• Leonie Austin
• Michael Schofield
• Stephen Edward Peck
• Steve Smith OBE
• Stuart Edward Curl

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

Operates in: Bermuda · Guernsey · Jersey · Malta · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Seafarers' Charity (King George's Fund for Sailors).

• The Seafarers' Charity (King George's Fund for Sailors) income £3.9m
• SEFTON UNIT NO 48 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS income £109k
• THE SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS' ROYAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY income £1.6m
• THE MERCHANT SEAMEN'S WAR MEMORIAL SOCIETY (INCORPORATED) income £1.4m
• SAILORS' SOCIETY income £1.6m
• THE MARITIME EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION income £6.9m

Side by side with its peers

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