ROYAL ARMY PHYSICAL TRAINING CORPS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1053934 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARMY PHYSICAL TRAINING CORPS ASSOCIATION, RAPTC

Maintaining contact between past and present members of the RAPTC (AGS, APTS, APTC). Fostering esprit de corps, comradeship and welfare of the RAPTC and thereby preserving its traditions. Assist, either generally or individually, past and present members of the RAPTC and their dependants, who are in conditions of need by virtue of financial hardship, sickness, disability or the effects of old age.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMY BY: (A) MAINTAINING CONTACT BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE RAPTC, THE AGS, APTS AND APTC (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO JOINTLY AS THE RAPTC); (B) FOSTERING ESPRIT DE CORPS, COMRADESHIP AND WELFARE OF THE RAPTC AND THEREBY PRESERVING ITS TRADITIONS; (C) ASSIST, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE RAPTC AND THEIR DEPENDANTS, WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED BY VIRTUE OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS, DISABILITY OR THE EFFECTS OF OLD AGE (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS BENEFICIARIES); (D) SUPPORTING THE FORMAL MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (MOD) POLICY FOR RESETTLEMENT AND ASSISTING RAPTC ASSOCIATION LIFE MEMBERS TO FIND EMPLOYMENT ON THEIR TRANSITION TO CIVILIAN LIFE AND FOR THE REMAINDER OF THEIR WORKING LIFE; (E) THE COMMEMORATION AND REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE RAPTC WHO HAVE DIED WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PUBLIC RECOGNITION OF THE SACRIFICE MADE BY SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £650,911.41 and maintains a strategic financial reserve in Treasury and liquidity accounts exceeding one year's expenditure. The independent examiner noted that restricted fund expenditure over income was significant in the audit period but confirmed the fund remains viable.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Murray
• Charles Wilkinson
• David Smith
• Denise Kerridge
• Gareth Davies
• Geoff Chapman
• Ian Horn MBE
• James Taylor MBE
• Jason Murdoch
• John Larkham
• Lee Davison
• Louise James MBE
• Rachel McKenzie
• Russell Bailey

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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