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Registered charity · Colchester

The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Charity

The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Charity is a registered charity (number 1131977) based in Colchester, governed by 14 trustees and chaired by Lt Gen Sir John Gordon Lorimer KCB DSO since 2014. Latest income £1.6m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Support Our Paras (Charity Commission)

The Charity’s object (‘the Object’) is to further any charitable purposes by such means as the Directors shall from time to time think fit, including but not limited to:(1) The promotion of efficiency of The Parachute Regiment and Airborne...

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £1.6m (2025)
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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.supportourparas.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Charity
Registered
2009

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.6m£1.7m
  • 2024£2.0m£1.8m
  • 2023£1.5m£1.6m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.4m£1.5m
  • 2021£1.8m£1.3m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

The Charity’s object (‘the Object’) is to further any charitable purposes by such means as the Directors shall from time to time think fit, including but not limited to:(1) The promotion of efficiency of The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces;(2) The relief of need, hardship and distress amongst past and present members of The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces and their dependants;(3) The promotion and maintenance of the heritage of The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5.3y median 4.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure
10.4y
average years in governance
9
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency 13General Charitable Purposes 13Education/training 2Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Finance 9Other services 9Professional services 8

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£2.0m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

96.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 78.5 in 2020

11 from 12 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1131977
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28/08/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/07/2013 as amended on 26 Nov 2019 as amended on 07 May 2020
Companies House
Company number 07005997 · Active
Contact on the register
01206817074 · HFC@supportourparas.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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