RHONDDA UNIT 485 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS

Registered charity 701058 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RHONDDA SEA CADET CORPS, T.S. MINERVA

Rhondda Sea Cadets is a voluntary, uniformed youth organisation open to young people 12-17 years and a junior section 9-11 years regardless of sex, religion or race and within the bounds of safety to themselves and others, to those with special needs. The aim of the organisation is to help young people towards responsible adulthood by encouraging valuable personal attributes and high standards

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: RHONDDA

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net increase in funds of £4,360.59 for the year, with total receipts of £25,922.05 and payments of £21,561.46. The trustees state that the charity holds sufficient unrestricted reserves of £13,372.48 to ensure operations can continue for at least six months without additional funding.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 13/02/2024, 13 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• JEREMY WILLIAMSchair
• Fred Stanley
• Graham Warner · trustee of 1 other charity
• MR BOB EVANS
• Mathew Symes
• REVEREND JOHN COOKE
• Sharon Smith

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

Operates in: Rhondda Cynon Taff

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUTTON (LONDON BOROUGH) UNIT OF THE SEA CADET CORPS.

• SUTTON (LONDON BOROUGH) UNIT OF THE SEA CADET CORPS income £50k
• SHIRLEY AND DISTRICT UNIT NO 481 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS income £74k
• HEBBURN UNIT 176 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS income £54k
• Tamworth & Lichfield Sea Cadets income £23k
• STRATFORD UPON AVON UNIT 507 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS income £82k
• MARGATE UNIT 235 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS income £142k

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