Marine Society & Sea Cadets

Marine Society & Sea Cadets

Type	Charitable organisation
Registration no.	England and Wales: 313013 Scotland: SC037808
Focus	Education/training
Location	200b Lambeth Road, London SE1 7JY
Area served	United Kingdom
Key people	Guy Holloway (CEO), Captain Neil Downing RN (Captain Sea Cadets)
Revenue	£19.8 million (2019) [1]
Employees	186 (2019) [1]
Volunteers	9500 (2019) [1]
Website	www.ms-sc.org

The Marine Society & Sea Cadets is a seafarers' charity in the United Kingdom and the national organisation for sea cadets. It was formed in 2004 when the Sea Cadets and The Marine Society merged. It is a registered charity in England, Wales ^[1] and Scotland. ^[2]

Activities

The MSSC oversees the Sea Cadet Corps, a British voluntary uniformed youth cadet organisation. It consists of about 400 units and 15,000 young people learning nautical and life skills. The first Sea Cadet Unit was established in Whitstable in 1856. ^{[3] [ failed verification ]}

Its headquarters is in Lambeth, in London, in the former Archbishop Temple Boys School. (grid reference TQ308790 approx)

See also

• The Marine Society College of the Sea
• Sea Scouts
• Volunteer Cadet Corps

References

1. "Marine Society & Sea Cadets, registered charity no. 313013". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
2. "Marine Society & Sea Cadets, Registered Charity no. SC037808". Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator.
3. "HISTORY". Sea Cadets Whitstable. Retrieved 1 November 2021.

External links

• Official website
• Sea Cadets UK