Support Our Paras

Registered charity 1131977 · since 2009supportourparas.org·England, Wales·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£354k

Annual giving, year to 31 December 2025

From filed accounts

Key takeaways

Support Our Paras supports serving and former members of the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces and their families, so a charity whose work is outside that community should not expect to qualify.
The annual report gives total annual giving of £353,788, which may include grants to individuals, but it states no grant range, so no typical size can be drawn from it and a modest request should be framed on its own merits.
The charity publishes no application process.
Individual welfare requests go through Unit Welfare Officers or SSAFA or Royal British Legion caseworkers, and annual unit grants are made by the Board with advice from the REC, so the realistic route for most organisations is through those channels rather than a direct application.
The Charity Commission lists its area of operation as throughout England and Wales, but no geographic focus is stated, so a small organisation would be wise to ask the charity how it works with outside applicants before investing time in a proposal.

Overview

Support Our Paras is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1131977).

Support Our Paras is a charity registered in England and Wales that supports serving and former members of the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces and their families. Its welfare help covers hardship, disability-related equipment, mental health, transition to civilian employment, household needs, funerals and memorials. It also makes annual Regimental Efficiency grants to units, supports sports and adventurous training, and promotes the Regiment's history and heritage. The annual report gives annual giving of £353,788, which may include grants to individuals.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The charity supports serving and former members of the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces and their families. Its welfare assistance includes help with hardship, disability-related equipment, mental health, transition to civilian employment, household needs, funerals and memorials. It also provides annual grants to units and individuals for career development, personal growth and decompression. Support for serving units includes sports teams and athletes, adventurous training, family days and training courses; the annual report describes unit grants as guided by priorities including sport, unit welfare and family well-being. Individual welfare applications are assessed against eligibility criteria and routed through serving Unit Welfare Officers or caseworkers from SSAFA or the Royal British Legion. The charity also promotes and maintains the Regiment’s history and heritage.

Themes

Airborne personnel welfare
Regimental efficiency
Sports and adventurous training
Regimental heritage

How to apply

For annual Regimental Efficiency grants, the Board makes grants to units with advice from the REC, and discretion is delegated to unit commanding officers. Individual welfare applications are assessed by the Welfare Team; serving personnel apply through Unit Welfare Officers, while former soldiers and dependants use SSAFA or Royal British Legion caseworkers, who send an electronic request through MOSAIC.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Support Our Paras.

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£1,839,000	£1,258,000	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£1,442,000	£1,465,000	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£1,504,000	£1,609,000	£438,000	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£1,999,039	£1,793,250	£30,000	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£1,594,749	£1,708,110	£353,788	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2023

£438k grants

YE 2024

£30,000 grants

YE 2025

£354k grants

Grants paid stayed within income across the 3 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 31 December 2023; year to 31 December 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.