The Parachute Regimental Association Portsmouth Branch

Analysis

The Parachute Regimental Association Portsmouth Branch is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portsmouth. It was registered in June 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parachute Regimental Association Portsmouth Branch reported income of £19k and spending of £13k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £9,424 to £19k (+98%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 198%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Parachute Regimental Association Portsmouth Branch sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sunflower Children's Hospice Trust (£19k), Rotary Club of Gillingham Trust Fund (£19k) and Ouse Valley Cycle Network Project (£19k).