## Trustees’ Annual Report for the period From 1[st] April 2024 To 31[st] March 2025 Charity name: Croydon Unit 96 of the Sea Cadet Corps Charity registration number: 302987 ## Objectives and Activities |Objectives and Activities
||| |---|---|---| ||SORP reference|| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To help young people towards responsible
adulthood by encouraging valuable personal
attributes and high standards of conduct, using a
nautical theme based on the customs of the Royal
Navy| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public benefit,
in particular, the activities,
projects or services identified in
the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|
Education of Young persons Ages 10-18 through a
training programme that includes adventure
training and waterborne activities.| |Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard to
the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|
The trustees operate in accordance with the
guidance issued by the Charity Commission on
public benefit.| ## Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |

Policy on grant making

|

Para 1.38|
The trustees make small grants to assist parents
with meeting the cost of the more expensive
activities such as off shore sailing. The intention
is that no cadets should be unable to participate
because of their family circumstances.
The Unit provides a youth development activity
in a Borough that has significant levels of youth
crime and anti-social behaviour
| |
Policy on social investment
including program related
investment
|

Para 1.38|| |

Contribution made by|

Para 1.38|All of the adult staff both uniformed and civilian
are volunteers and receive no payments| |---|---|---| |volunteers

||when assisting with Unit activities. They provide
life-changing experiences for the cadets.
All staff and trustees are volunteers.| |
Other

||| ## Achievements and Performance ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |


Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to the
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a whole.|




Para 1.20|Achieved the standards set by the national parent
body, the Marine Society and Sea Cadets for the
year 24/25, being awarded a burgee (marking
very good performance)| ## Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |

Achievements against
objectives set

|


Para 1.41


|| |---|---|---| |

Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set

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Para 1.41|| |

Investment
performance
against objectives

|


Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |
Other

||| ## Financial Review |Financial Review
||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end of
theperiod|Para 1.21|| |Statement explaining the policy
for holding reserves stating why
theyare held|Para 1.22|Any reserves held at the end of the financial year
are kept in a deposit account| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any uncertainties
about the charity continuing as
a going concern|Para 1.23|| ## Additional information (optional) ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |

The
charity’s
principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)
|



Para 1.47|The charity receives some income from a
property trust which holds the proceeds from the
sale of the previous headquarter building.

The cadets pay a small amount each evening and
parents contribute towards the cost of the
activities.
| |---|---|---| |

Investment policy and objectives
including any social investment
policy
adopted
|



Para 1.46|| |

A description of the principal
risks facing the charity

|


Para 1.46|Shortage of adult volunteers
Unsecured tenancy of shared buildings for
operatons| Other ## Structure, Governance and Management |Description of charity’s trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed,royal charter)|Para 1.25
|Sea Cadet Standard Constitution (2017 Edition)| |How is the charity
constituted?(e.g
unincorporated
association,CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated Charitable Association| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of any
person or body entitled to
appoint one or more trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees elected annually by attendees of the
AGM| Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |

Policies and procedures adopted
for the induction and
training of trustees
|



Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |

The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider network
with which the charity works

|



Para 1.51|| |

Relationship with any related
parties

|


Para 1.51|| |
Other

||| Reference and Administrative details |Charity name|Croydon Unit 96 of the Sea Cadet Corps| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|Croydon Sea Cadets| |Registered charitynumber|302987| |Charity’s principal address|Arnhem House Barracks, 1 Mitcham Road, Croydon, CR0 3RU
| ||| Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity **----- Start of picture text -----**
|||| |---|---|---| |Dates acted if not for whole year|Name of person (or body) entitled to| |Trustee name|Office (if any)| |appoint trustee (if any)| |Christopher Hartwell|Chairman| |1| |2|Mervin Sharp|Vice Chairman| |3| |Pauline Sowemimo|Treasurer| |4| |Mark Windsor|Secretary| |5| |Kim Fitzgerald| |6| |7|Sam Okyere| |8| |9| |10| |11| |12| |13| |14| |15| |16| |17| |18| |19| |20| **----- End of picture text -----**
Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved Director name ## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year ## Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## Additional information (optional) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of Name Address adviser Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) ## Exemptions from disclosure Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details Other optional information ## Declarations The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Christopher W B Hartwell Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chairman Date 24/10/2025 |**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---| |**302987**
**Croydon Unit 96 of the Sea Cadet Corps**|||| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**| |Period start date
**For the period**
**from**
01/04/2024|Period end date
**To**
31/03/2025||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**40,000**
**1,227**
**5,342**
**19,640**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**66,208**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**66,208**
**-**
**300**
**-**
**6,896**
-
**18,778**
**103**
**492**
**-**
**202**
**1,597**
**-**
**2,668**
**582**
**-**
**20**
**100**
**15**
**-**
**34**
**693**
**2,717**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**35,197**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**35,197**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Cash income from moneyheld in trust||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|**40,000**
**1,227**
**5,342**
**19,640**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**66,208**|**-**| |Cadet Subscriptions|||**-**||**768**| |Grants|||||**-**| |Other|||||**-**| |Donation|||**-**||**-**| |Interest Income|||**-**||**1**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**
**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|||||**769**| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**|||||| ||||**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**| ||||**-**
**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||| |||**-**|**-**|**66,208**|**769**| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**
**300**
**-**
**6,896**
**-**
**18,778**
**103**
**492**
**-**
**202**
**1,597**
**-**
**2,668**
**582**
**-**
**20**
**100**
**15**
**-**
**34**
**693**
**-**
**2,717**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|| |Advertising|||**-**||**-**| |Audit & Accountancyfees|||**-**||**300**| |Bank Charges|||||**-**| |Cadet Courses|||**-**||**1,258.09**| |Donarion|||||-| |Consulting& Professional Fees|||||-| |Cleaning|||**-**||**164**| |Entertainment|||||**357**| |General Expenses|||||**316.76**| |IT Software and Consumables|||||**-**| |Insurance|||||**927**| |Legal and Professional Expenses|||||**-**| |Motor Vehicle Expenses|||||**246.58**| |Office supplies/Refreshments|||||**2,395**| |Postage,Freight&Courier|||||**-**| |Printing& Stationery|||||**217**| |Rent|||||**-**| |Repairs & Maintenace|||||**52**| |Staff Training|||||**280**| |Subscriptions|||||**-**| |Telelephone & Internet|||||**646**| |Travel & Subsistence|||**-**||**107**| |Uniforms|||||**570.41**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|||||| |||**-**|**-**|**35,197**|**7,836**| |||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|| |**A4 Asset and investmentpurchases, (see table)**|||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||||**-**
**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||| |||**-**|**-**|**35,197**|**7,836**| ||||||| ||**31,012**|**-**|
**-**|**31,012**|**- 7,067**| ||**-**
**25,775**
**56,787**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**
**25,775**|**-**| ||||**-**||**32,842**| |||**-**|
**-**|**56,787**|**25,775**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 05/11/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Barclays Bank Ac
Nat west Bank Ac
Fairfax Card
**Details**
**Details**
Computer -laptops
Motor Vehicle
Office Equipment
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||**39,334**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**| |||**16,700**||**-**| |||**753**||**-**| |||**56,787**|**-**|**-**| |||OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**||OK| |||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**| |||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||**Unrestricted**||**-**| |||**Unrestricted**||**-**| |||**Unrestricted**||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**When due**
**(optional)**| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||Date of
approval| |||||15th Oct 2025| |||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 05/11/2025 2 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name CROYDON UNIT 96 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS **members of On accounts for the year** 31[st] March 2025 **Charity no** 302987 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** Of the Receipt and Payment Account ) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2025. **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts accord with the accounting records - the accounts comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. |**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**
**(if any):**
**Address:**

||5thNovember 2025| |---|---|---| |||| ||Chioma John-Musa FFA FIPA|| |||| ||Institute of Financial Accountant (IFA)|| |||| ||18 Peckover Close|| ||Peterborough|| ||PE2 8UQ|| 1 **Oct 2018** **IER** ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **Oct 2018** **IER**