THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT AND AIRBORNE FORCES CHARITY

Registered charity 1131977 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUPPORT OUR PARAS, THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT CHARITY

a. Relief of need, hardship, and distress amongst past and present members of The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces, and their dependants.b. The promotion of efficiency of The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces;c. The promotion and maintenance of the heritage of The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.6m

Latest spending

£1.7m

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group reported a deficit of £113k for the year, which increased to a deficit of £738k after accounting for unrealised investment losses of £624k. Total reserves stood at £14.5m, with £10.2m being unrestricted, which the Trustees consider reasonable to support ongoing welfare needs and long-term operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“In the band £80,001 - £90,000 4” — page 39

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: sufficient to meet ongoing liabilities, including obligations to beneficiaries, to maintain service delivery and to protect the long-term future of its operations in the face of uncertainties and fluctuations in the voluntary fundraising environment (held: £10.2m)

“The Charity is committed to maintaining a level of reserves sufficient to meet ongoing liabilities, including obligations to beneficiaries, to maintain service delivery and to protect the long-term future of its operations in the face of uncertainties and fluctuations in the voluntary fundraising environment.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: ABP Retail Limited, PARAS'10 Limited

“The Charity wholly owns two trading subsidiaries, ABP Retail Limited and PARAS'10 Limited” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SUPPORT OUR PARAS (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£1.6m

Total spending

£1.7m

Cost of raising funds

£562k

Reserves (reported)

£14.5m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~102.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 35.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (19/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (06/12/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (24/01/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (20/01/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (14/01/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (14/03/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Lt Gen Sir John Gordon Lorimer KCB DSOchair
Brian Leslie Quarendon
Cameron Alexander Jack
EDWARD COTTRELL · trustee of 1 other charity
Fred Gray
Guy Quentin Winter
James Edward Laurence Grand · trustee of 1 other charity
John Douglas Handford
Jonathan David Page
MATTHEW PETER LOWE MBE · trustee of 2 other charities
Maj Gen Oliver Jerome Kingsbury OBE
Martin Charles Marshall Bricknell
Pamela Frances Worsley-Tonks
Richard James Edward Moore

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.6m	£1.7m
31/12/2024	£2.0m	£1.8m
31/12/2023	£1.5m	£1.6m
31/12/2022	£1.4m	£1.5m
31/12/2021	£1.8m	£1.3m

Common questions

Is THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT AND AIRBORNE FORCES CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Group reported a deficit of £113k for the year, which increased to a deficit of £738k after accounting for unrealised investment losses of £624k. Total reserves stood at £14.5m, with £10.2m being unrestricted, which the Trustees consider reasonable to support ongoing welfare needs and long-term operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Auditco Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT AND AIRBORNE FORCES CHARITY earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band.

Who funds THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT AND AIRBORNE FORCES CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT AND AIRBORNE FORCES CHARITY as a grant recipient include Royal Marines Association - The Royal Marines Charity, FRAZER TRUST, LEST WE FORGET ASSOCIATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
Royal Marines Association - The Royal Marines Charity	FY2023	£5k	Sports (Fit for life)
FRAZER TRUST	FY2022	£3k
FRAZER TRUST	FY2024	£2k	Armed forces
FRAZER TRUST	FY2025	£2k	Armed forces
FRAZER TRUST	FY2023	£2k	Children
LEST WE FORGET ASSOCIATION	FY2022	£0	Specific grantee/activity

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
Q CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1.0m
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£488k
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT UK FOUNDATION	1	£134k
THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£73k
The Barratt Redrow Foundation	1	£60k
THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION	1	£51k
GAMES AID	1	£50k
CARETECH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£37k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WOMEN'S ROYAL ARMY CORPS ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATING QUEEN MARY'S ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS AND AUXILIARY TERRITORIAL SERVICE COMRADES ASSOCIATION).

THE WOMEN'S ROYAL ARMY CORPS ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATING QUEEN MARY'S ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS AND AUXILIARY TERRITORIAL SERVICE COMRADES ASSOCIATION) income £520k
UMMAH CARE FOUNDATION income £592k
THE GREEN HOWARDS TRUST income £241k
RICHARDSON BROTHERS FOUNDATION income £335k
THE SOLDIERS' AND AVIATORS' SCRIPTURE READERS ASSOCIATION income £1.7m
THE BARNET RECREATIONAL TRUST income £375k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT AND AIRBORNE FORCES CHARITY	£1.6m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WOMEN'S ROYAL ARMY CORPS ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATING QUEEN MARY'S ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS AND AUXILIARY TERRITORIAL SERVICE COMRADES ASSOCIATION) FY2025	£520k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
UMMAH CARE FOUNDATION FY2025	£592k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GREEN HOWARDS TRUST FY2024	£241k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RICHARDSON BROTHERS FOUNDATION FY2025	£335k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SOLDIERS' AND AVIATORS' SCRIPTURE READERS ASSOCIATION FY2025	£1.7m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.