2021-03-31-accounts - Crawley Unit 487 Of The Sea Cadet Corps

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Objecti	ves and	Acti	viti	es
				SORP reference
Summary	ofthe purposes		of	Para 1.17	Sea Cadets units were created by
the charity	as set out	in its			communities wanting to give young	people
governing	document				instruction on a naval theme. The unit is a
					member ofthe Sea Cadet Corps governed
					by the MSSC —the Marine Society	&Sea
					Cadets. We aim to inspire young people to
					reach their potential by developing	valuable,
					personal attributes like team working,
					independence and communication	skills
					throu h nautical based adventure.
Summary ofthe main activities in relation to those				Para 1.17and 1.19	The Sea Cadets are a uniformed youth organisation, providing structured training,
purposes	for the public				activities and personal development	to
benefit, in	particular,	the			young adults from 9to 18years of	age.
activities,	projects or	services
identified	in the accounts.
Statement	confirming			Para 1.18	The trustees had due regard to the
whether the trustees		have			commission's public benefit guidance when
had regard to the guidance					exercising any powers or duties to	which the
issued by	the Charity				guidance is relevant.
Commission on public
benefit

Achiev	eme	nts	and Pe	rformance
				SORP reference
					Crawley Sea Cadets traditionally provide	in-
					person training and development in a
Summary ofthe main achievements ofthe charity,				Para 1.20	structured environment, which is provided via parade nights at the Crawley Unit along
identifying	the	difference the			with other activities and training such as
charity's	work	has made to			boating, field craft and sports.
the circumstances			of its
beneficiaries and			any wider		Unfortunately the extent ofthese in person
benefits to society as a					training, development and weekly parades
whole.					were curtailed and directly impacted by tje
					pandemic.
					Throughout the year, the instructors and
					volunteers embraced the challenge of not
					being able to parade in person by promptly
					switching the parading to a online
					environment, which saw the cadets continue
					with their educational and personal
					development programmes.
					These sessions also provided a level of
					normality and opportunity for the cadets
					during periods of national lockdown, which
					also contributed to their wellbeing and had a
					positive impact on their mental health.

Finan	cia	l Review	l Review	l Review
Review	of	the charity's				Para 1.21	At the end ofthe financial period 31 Mar
financial	position		at	the end			2021,the Charity held cash f18,790.The
ofthe period							Charity's net assets were f10,603.This is
							sufficient for the running costs ofthe Unit.
							The Profit at the end ofthe period was
							F9,949.00.This is higher than a usual year
							due to a government grant of610,000due to
							the Covid situation.
Statement		explaining		the		Para 1.22	There is not currently a reserves policy.
policy for holding			reserves
statin	wh	the	are	held
Amount	of	reserves		held		Para 1.22	r5,000
Reasons for holding				zero		Para 1.22	N/A
reserves
Details	offund materially				in	Para 1.24	There are no fund materially in deficit.
deficit
Explanation		ofany				Para 1.23	The charity was profitable and has sufficient
uncertainties about the							cash to meet upcoming liabilities and
charity	continuing		as a going				therefore there is no uncertainty about the
concern							charity continuing as a going concern. The
							accounts have had an independent audit
							and no oin concern issues were fla ed.

Structure, Governance	and Man	agement
Description of charity's
trusts:
Type of governing document	Para 1.25	Crawley	Sea Cadets forms part ofa wider
(trust deed, royal charter)		Charitable		Organisation,		which is known as
		the MSCC		which holds		a Royal Charter with
		Her Ma	est	bein	the	atron.
How is the charity	Para 1.25	Unincorporated.
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO
Trustee selection methods	Para 1.25	Trustees	must be		nominated		by two other
including details ofany		trustees	and voted		in at	the Annual General
constitutional provisions e.g.		Meeting.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees

Charit	name			CRAWLEY UNIT 487 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS	CRAWLEY UNIT 487 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS
Other name the charit			uses	Cossack Social Club
Re istered charit		number		305359
Charity's	principal	address		Sea Cadet	Corps (Crawley)
				Longmere	Rd
				Crawley
				RH10 8ND

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf ofothers	Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf ofothers	Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf ofothers
Description ofthe assets		N/A
held in this capacity
Name and objects ofthe		N/A
charity on whose behalf	the
assets are held and how	this
falls within the custodian
charity's objects
Details ofarrangements	for	N/A
safe custody and
segregation ofsuch assets
from the charity's own assets