The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Gurkha Welfare Trust

Registered charity 1103669 Registered since 2004

Operates: Nepal, India, Scotland

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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

9y
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

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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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.gwt.org.uk
Emailinfo@gwt.org.uk
Phone01722323955
AddressTHE GURKHA WELFARE TRUST, PO BOX 2170, 22 QUEEN STREET, SALISBURY, SP2 2EX

Finances

£26,571,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£22,046,000£20,554,000
2022£25,512,000£22,705,000
2023£24,599,000£24,444,000
2024£27,954,000£24,466,000
2025£26,571,000£24,788,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefAccommodation/housing

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Buildings/facilities/open Space

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.

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

Trustees (10)

10trustees
61median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Gurkha Welfare Trust · 05098581 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 08/04/2004

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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