Queens Gurkha Signals Trust Fund

Analysis

Queens Gurkha Signals Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in November 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science, armed forces/emergency service efficiency and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Queens Gurkha Signals Trust Fund reported income of £36k and spending of £37k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £29k to £36k (+23%), an average of +5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 103%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Queens Gurkha Signals Trust Fund sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ipswich Choral Society (£36k), The Nottage Maritime Institute (£36k) and Nathan Timothy Foundation (£36k).

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.