SEFTON UNIT NO 48 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS

Registered charity 521143 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEFTON UNIT NO 48 SEA CADET CORPS

A Community Youth Training and Educational Support Organisation primarily structured around, but not limited to, Maritime based activities including Sailing, Canoeing, Power Boating, Camping, Team Sports and other Maritime training associated with the Royal Navy & Royal Marines Services.

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: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total cash assets of £119,062.59 as of 31 March 2025, with no liabilities for loans, creditors, or bank overdrafts. The trustees report that the operational part of the charity achieved significant milestones, including securing £78,000 in grant funding and supporting 64 young people. The financial position is described as having a closing balance of £119,062.59, indicating adequate resources for the current period.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Fay Taylor MBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lisa Melia
• Sean Kearns · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tricia Margaret Waterson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Wendy Reilly · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Sefton

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STIRLING UNIT 39 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS.

• STIRLING UNIT 39 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS income £104k
• SUNBURY AND WALTON UNIT 327 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS income £513k
• THE MARINE SOCIETY AND SEA CADETS income £23.6m
• NAUTICAL TRAINING CORPS income £243k
• 3RD CHALKWELL BAY SEA SCOUT GROUP income £157k
• 4TH THAMES DITTON AJAX SEA SCOUTS income £104k

Side by side with its peers

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