## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/04/2024 Period start date To 31/03/2025 Period end date** **Charity name:** CRAWLEY UNIT 487 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS ## **Charity registration number:305359** ## **Objectives and Activities** |**Objectives and Activities**|**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
Sea Cadets units were created by communities
wanting to give young people instruction on a
naval theme. The unit is a member of the 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 through nautical based
adventure.||| |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
The Sea Cadets are a uniformed youth
organisation, providing structured training,
activities and personal development to young
adults from 9 to 18 years of age.||| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees had due regard to the
commission's public benefit guidance when
exercising any powers or duties to which the
guidance is relevant.| ## **Achievements and Performance** **----- Start of picture text -----**
SORP reference
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|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|**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|Crawley Sea Cadets has provide training and
development in a structured environment,
which is provided via parade nights at the
Crawley Unit along with other activities and
training such as boating, field craft and sports.
Within the current year we have managed to
get many cadets boating using both Tilgate
Lake and Sea Cadets at Shoreham Harbour.
This includes rowing, sailing and powerboating.
As well as the boating throughout the Summer
Crawley Sea Cadets has taken responsibility for
a Adventure Training Centre which has been
utilised for walking, mountain biking and by
the Royal Marine Cadets and Junior Sea
Cadets.
As well as the cadets gaining new skills and
qualifications staff have also managed to
develop themselves by attending courses
which has in turn benefitted the cadet
experience at Crawley.
Crawley Sea Cadets has improved and grown
over this financial period which will continue to
do so over the coming years.| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|At the end of the financial period 31 Mar 2025,
the Charity held cash £86k. This is sufficient for
the running costs of the Unit.
The surplus at the end of the period was £15k.
There is £15K that have been set aside for back
rent and other maintenance costs required to
maintain the hall for the prescribed
maintenance work to ensure that it is up to the
relevant health and safety standards.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|There is not currently a reserves policy| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|There is £86k of reserves of which £15,000
have been set aside for back rent and other
maintenance work that is required on the
centre.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |---|---|---| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|The charity was profitable and has sufficient
cash to meet upcoming liabilities and therefore
there is no uncertainty about the charity
continuing as a going concern. The accounts
have had an independent audit and no going
concern issues were flagged.| **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Crawley Sea Cadets forms part of a wider
Charitable Organisation, which is known as the
MSCC which holds a Royal Charter with Her
Majestybeingthepatron| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated| |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 must be nominated by two other
trustees and voted in at the Annual General
Meeting.| ## **Reference and Administrative details** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Charity name CRAWLEY UNIT 487 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS
Other name the charity uses N/a
Registered charity number 305359
Charity’s principal address Sea Cadet Corps (Crawley)
Longmere Rd
Crawley
RH10 8ND
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Paul Chapman Capt (SCC) Sea Cadets
2 Ben Davies Chairman Elected at AGM
3 Lucy Poleykett Treasurer Elected at AGM
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## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Ben Davies **Full name(s)** Ben Davies **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 01/10/25 ||**Crawley Unit 487 of the Sea Cadets**|**Crawley Unit 487 of the Sea Cadets**|**Crawley Unit 487 of the Sea Cadets**|||||**305359**|**305359**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**A1 Receipts**
**Receipts and payments accounts**
01/04/2024
31/03/2025
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**e**e
e
ee||||||||||||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**
**CC16a**||| |Donations|**585**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**585**|**585**||**4,096**|**4,096**|| |Grants|**7,528**||**5,500**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**13,028**|**13,028**||**5,000**|**5,000**|| |Subscriptions|**12,884**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**12,884**|**12,884**||**10,625**|**10,625**|| |Bar Income|**5,381**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**5,381**|**5,381**||**3,678**|**3,678**|| |Other Income|**31,331**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**31,331**|**31,331**||**39,125**|**39,125**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|_AR)_
**57,709**||**5,500**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**63,209**|**63,209**||**62,524**|**62,524**|| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**57,709**
**5,500**
**-**
**63,209**
**62,524**
**A3 Payments**
————~~——~~||||||||||||||| |Cadet costs|**18,682**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**18,682**|**18,682**||**5,911**|**5,911**|| |Bar costs|**2,291**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**2,291**|**2,291**||**2,291**|**2,291**|| |Overheads|**27,143**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**27,143**|**27,143**||**26,559**|**26,559**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| |**_Sub total_ **|**48,117**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**48,117**|**48,117**||**34,761**|**34,761**|| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**48,117**
**-**
**-**
**48,117**
**34,761**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**9,593**
**5,500**
**- 15,093**
**27,763**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**87,491**
**- -**
**87,491**
**59,728**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**97,084**
**5,500**
**- 102,584**
**87,491**
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=====>>||||||||||||||| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 24/01/2026 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))
Cash at bank
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Back rent
Signature
Ben Davies|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**97,084**
**5,500**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**97,084**
**5,500**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**15,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Ben Davies|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of
approval
01/10/2025| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 24/01/2026 2 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/ members of** Charity Name CRAWLEY UNIT 487 OF THE SEA CADET CORPS **----- Start of picture text -----**
||||| |---|---|---|---| |On accounts for the year|31/03/2025|Charity no|305359| |ended|(if any)| |Set out on pages|Above| **----- End of picture text -----**
(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) 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 (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 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. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Date:** 01/10/2025 **----- Start of picture text -----**
||| |---|---| |Signed:| |Name:|Louise Meadows| |Oo| |Relevant professional| |qualification(s) or body| |(if any):| **----- End of picture text -----**
**Oct 2018** 1 **IER** ## **Address:** ## **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** . **Oct 2018** 2 **IER**