Porthcawl Unit 438 of the Sea Cadet Corps

Providing training for young people between the ages of 10 to 18 with a nautical flavour based on the discipline and tradition of the Royal Navy.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Bridgend

Area of benefit in its governing document: Porthcawl and District

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2026, it had income of £8,679 and spent £7,466.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Down 35%, from £13,355 in the year to 31 March 2022 to £8,679 in the year to 31 March 2026.

Spending against income

It spent 86% of its income in the year to 31 March 2026. It spent more than its income in 4 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 2 grants to this charity since 2016, worth at least £53,450.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

5 trustees run the charity.

• Giulian HillChairAppointed 19 November 2019
• Dorian MorganAppointed 30 August 2021
• Kevin GouldAppointed 10 October 2025
• Peter ReesAppointed 24 June 2016
• Sharon MorganAppointed 12 November 2020

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

524225

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

12 December 1963

Governing document

SEA CADET REGULATIONS

Website

www.porthcawlseacadets.comAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Bridgend

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

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