ROYAL ARMY PHYSICAL TRAINING CORPS ASSOCIATION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 20 March 1996
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £99,026
Latest expenditure: £81,737
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: HQ RAPTC, Mackenzie Building, Fox Lines, Queen's Avenue, Aldershot, Hampshir

Website recorded by the regulator: www.raptcassociation.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

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.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 17 December 2025
Date Accounts Received: 17 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £99,026
Total Gross Expenditure: £81,737

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 18 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 18 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £107,698
Total Gross Expenditure: £131,436

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 24 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 24 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £103,655
Total Gross Expenditure: £93,472

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 3 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 3 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £99,831
Total Gross Expenditure: £77,700

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 22 November 2021
Date Accounts Received: 22 November 2021
Total Gross Income: £82,292
Total Gross Expenditure: £66,309

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 17 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £99,026
Total Gross Expenditure: £81,737
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 18 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £107,698
Total Gross Expenditure: £131,436
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 24 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £103,655
Total Gross Expenditure: £93,472
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 3 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £99,831
Total Gross Expenditure: £77,700
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 22 November 2021
Total Gross Income: £82,292
Total Gross Expenditure: £66,309
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 303
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Other Finance

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: ROYAL ARMY PHYSICAL TRAINING CORPS ASSOCIATION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1996-03-20T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 22/02/1996AS AMENDED ON 12/11/2010AS AMENDED ON 16/09/2011 as amended on 10 Apr 2019 as amended on 30 Apr 2025
Charitable 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

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 515726
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: RAPTC

Charity Name Id: 196837
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: ARMY PHYSICAL TRAINING CORPS ASSOCIATION

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures