The Brigade of Gurkhas Education and Welfare Fund

Analysis

The Brigade of Gurkhas Education and Welfare Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Camberley. It was registered in December 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Brigade of Gurkhas Education and Welfare Fund reported income of £479k and spending of £380k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £371k to £479k (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Brigade of Gurkhas Education and Welfare Fund sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ingol and Tanterton Community Trust Limited (£479k), Age UK North Craven (£479k) and Dose of Nature (£478k).