The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Charity

Registered charity 1131977 Registered since 2009

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

5.7y median 6y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure
11.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (3)

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 12General Charitable Purposes 12Education/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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.supportourparas.org
EmailHFC@supportourparas.org
Phone01206817074
AddressRHQ PARA, Merville Barracks, Post Room, Circular Road South, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UT

Finances

£1,594,749 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,839,000£1,258,000
2022£1,442,000£1,465,000
2023£1,504,000£1,609,000
2024£1,999,039£1,793,250
2025£1,594,749£1,708,110

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesArmed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

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.

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

Trustees (13)

13trustees
67median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Charity · 07005997 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 01/09/2009

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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