The Queen's Gurkha Engineers Trust Fund

Analysis

The Queen's Gurkha Engineers Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Woking. It was registered in May 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover armed forces/emergency service efficiency and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending February 2026, The Queen's Gurkha Engineers Trust Fund reported income of £30k and spending of £31k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income fell from £32k to £30k (-5.2%), an average of -1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2025, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 200 England and Wales charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, The Queen's Gurkha Engineers Trust Fund sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Land Forces HQ Station Funds (£30k), The Yeomanry Trust (£31k) and Ellesmere Port Unit of the Sea Cadet Corps (£30k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.