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Registered charity · Salisbury

The Gurkha Welfare Trust

Objects 4. The Objects are specifically restricted to the following: (1) to relieve either generally or individually Gurkhas and/or their Dependants wherever resident and/or any other persons from time to time residing in Gurkha Community Areas who...

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £27m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief and 1 more
Where
Nepal, India, Scotland
Website
www.gwt.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Gurkha Welfare Trust
Registered
2004

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£27m£25m
  • 2024£28m£24m
  • 2023£25m£24m
Earlier years
  • 2022£26m£23m
  • 2021£22m£21m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 2% · Government grants 35%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

Objects 4. The Objects are specifically restricted to the following: (1) to relieve either generally or individually Gurkhas and/or their Dependants wherever resident and/or any other persons from time to time residing in Gurkha Community Areas who are, in either case, in conditions of need, hardship or distress; (2) to advance the education of Gurkhas and/or their Dependants wherever resident and/or any other persons from time to time residing in Gurkha Community Areas; (3) to make provision for the medical diagnosis and treatment of Gurkhas and/or their Dependants wherever resident and/or any other persons from time to time residing in Gurkha Community Areas who, in either case, are in need of such diagnosis or treatment and for the prevention of any disease or adverse conditions which may affect any such person; and (4) such other charitable purposes which are in the opinion of the Trustee-Directors connected directly or indirectly with the foregoing purposes as the Trustee-Directors from time to time think fit. Nothing in the Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and/or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

Grants received

13 grants · £2,094,656 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4.7y median 5.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (3)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 10The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9Environment/conservation/heritage 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 8Retail and trade 3Finance 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£26.6m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

23.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 19.3 in 2021

524 from 515 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
37%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1103669
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08/04/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/05/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14/10/2014 as amended on 25 May 2021 as amended on 22 May 2025
Companies House
Company number 05098581 · Active
Contact on the register
01722323955 · info@gwt.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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