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Registered charity (CIO) · Winchester

The Gurkha Museum Trust

The Gurkha Museum Trust is a registered charity (number 1169920) based in Winchester, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Martin Richard Brooks MA since 2016. Latest income £923k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as The Gurkha Museum (Charity Commission)

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £923k (2024)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.thegurkhamuseum.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£923k£739k
  • 2023£577k£520k
  • 2022£416k£526k
Earlier years
  • 2021£387k£515k
  • 2020£330k£390k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF THE GURKHA MUSEUM AND THE PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE BRIGADE COLLECTION; AND TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES BY UPHOLDING THE TRADITIONS AND ETHOS OF THE BRIGADE OF GURKHAS AND PERPETUATING ITS DEEDS.

Grants received

2 grants · £3,072,858 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.

6.2y median 7y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure
8.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

2
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 12Arts/culture/heritage/science 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency 1Other Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Arts and leisure 1Business services 1Construction 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£923k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

34.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 43.0 in 2020

11 from 9 in 2023
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1169920
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 26 Oct 2016
Contact on the register
01962842832 · admin@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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