The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Charity

Analysis

The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in October 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07005997). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Charity reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.7m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.8m to £1.6m (-13%), an average of -3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 200 England and Wales charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Charity sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nuffield Trust for the Forces of the Crown (£1.4m), Scotty's Little Soldiers (£1.9m) and Royal Naval Sailing Association (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 42%, trading 31%, investments 25% and charitable activities 1.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £114k. Charitable activities took 66% of spending and raising funds 32%. Reserves of £14.5m would cover about 101 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.