# ROYAL ARMY PHYSICAL TRAINING CORPS ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1053934
- **Other names:** ARMY PHYSICAL TRAINING CORPS ASSOCIATION, RAPTC
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** March 20, 1996
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1053934


## Contact

- **Address:** HQ RAPTC, Mackenzie Building, Fox Lines, Queen's Avenue, Aldershot
- **Postcode:** Hampshir
- **Phone:** 01252 787161
- **Email:** steve.collinson106@mod.gov.uk
- **Website:** www.raptcassociation.org.uk



## Activities

**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.

**Activities:** 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.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Other Finance, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £99026 | £81737 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £107698 | £131436 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £103655 | £93472 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £99831 | £77700 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £82292 | £66309 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Alan Murray — appointed Dec. 9, 2025
- Charles Wilkinson — appointed Dec. 9, 2025
- David Smith — appointed Dec. 9, 2025
- Denise Kerridge — appointed Dec. 9, 2025
- Gareth Davies — appointed Dec. 9, 2025
- Geoff Chapman — appointed Dec. 9, 2025
- Ian Horn MBE — appointed Dec. 9, 2025
- James Taylor MBE — appointed Dec. 9, 2025
- Jason Murdoch — appointed Jan. 5, 2026
- John Larkham — appointed Dec. 9, 2025
- Lee Davison — appointed Dec. 9, 2025
- Louise James MBE — appointed Dec. 9, 2025
- Rachel McKenzie — appointed Dec. 9, 2025
- Russell Bailey — appointed Dec. 9, 2025