Registered charity · Colchester
The Parachute Regimental Association
- 12 trustees
- Income £150k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- LT COL Liam CraddenChair · since 2018
- Anthony EllisTrustee · since 2020
- Brian BlackTrustee · since 2021
- Christopher BrooksbankTrustee · since 2022
- Christopher JacksonTrustee · since 2024
- David SingletaryTrustee · since 2015
- John WilsonTrustee
- Kevin EatonTrustee · since 2025
- Michael FarringtonTrustee · since 2024
- Paul BryantTrustee
- Terence WoodTrustee · since 2020
- Victor ThornTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.theparachuteregimentalassociation.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£150k£100k
- 2024£84k£97k
- 2023£88k£104k
Earlier years
- 2022£108k£154k
- 2021£131k£81k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(1) TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT AND AIRBORNE FORCES BY ANY CHARITABLE MEANS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FOSTERING ESPRIT DE CORPS AND MAINTAINING CONTACT BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS. (2) TO RELIEVE EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS WHO ARE SERVING OR WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT AND AIRBORNE FORCES OR THE DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.(3) TO COMMEMORATE AND REMEMBER THOSE MEMBERS, OR FORMER MEMBERS, OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES OR SUFFERED INJURY, OR PUT THEMSELVES AT RISK OF LOSS OF LIFE OR INJURY, IN SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC.
Grants received
19 grants · £106,482 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £106,482 (19 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
12 trustees on the board
- LT COL Liam Cradden Chair since 2018
- Anthony Ellis since 2020
- Brian Black since 2021
- Christopher Brooksbank since 2022
- Christopher Jackson since 2024
- David Singletary since 2015
- John Wilson
- Kevin Eaton since 2025
- Michael Farrington since 2024
- Paul Bryant
- Terence Wood since 2020
- Victor Thorn since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- LT COL Liam Cradden Chair since 2018
- Anthony Ellis since 2020
- David Singletary since 2015
- Terence Wood since 2020
- Victor Thorn since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- LT COL Liam Cradden Chair since 2018
- Anthony Ellis since 2020
- Brian Black since 2021
- Christopher Brooksbank since 2022
- Christopher Jackson since 2024
- David Singletary since 2015
- John Wilson
- Kevin Eaton since 2025
- Michael Farrington since 2024
- Terence Wood since 2020
- Victor Thorn since 2019
Portfolio (1)
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 214015
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION DATED 20 JULY 1964 AS AMENDED 13 MAY 2000, 8 JULY 2000, 8 OCTOBER 2005, 26 JANUARY 2008, 12 OCTOBER 2008 AND 18 JULY 2009 .
- Contact on the register
- 01206817073 · secretary@prahq.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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