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The Gurkha Brigade Association Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1056185SurreyArmed forces, emergency and public safety
Income£41k2026-03-31
Spending£45ksame year
Spent / received97%5-year average
Size in its cause45th pctArmed forces, emergency and public safety
Registered1996Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Gurkha Brigade Association Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in June 1996, 30 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. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Gurkha Brigade Association Trust reported income of £41k and spending of £45k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £8,543 to £41k (+382%), an average of +48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 547%. 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 Gurkha Brigade Association Trust sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Welsh Reserves' and Cadets' Charitable Incorporated Organisation (£40k), Wos'and SGTS' Mess, Royal Artillery Barracks, Larkhill (£44k) and Rnas Culdrose Central Fund (£40k).

Income and spending

£0£37k£73k£110k£146k2022 Income: £8,5432022 Spending: £10,24120222023 Income: £12,8082023 Spending: £19,91420232024 Income: £22,5952024 Spending: £37,42120242025 Income: £146,2522025 Spending: £111,39920252026 Income: £41,1662026 Spending: £44,5742026
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

TO RELIEVE EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY GURKHAS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS; TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF DEPENDANTS OF GURKHAS WHO ARE IN NEED AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRAINING OF SUCH DEPENDANTS AND THE RETRAINING OF GURKHAS UPON DISCHARGE; TO FOSTER ESPRIT De CORPS,COMRADESHIP & WELFARE, AND TO PRESERVE GURKHA HISTORY & TRADITIONS.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Welsh Reserves' and Cadets' Charitable Incorporated OrganisationCardiff£40k
Wos'and SGTS' Mess, Royal Artillery Barracks, LarkhillSalisbury£44k
Rnas Culdrose Central FundHelston£40k
The Danny Gallivan Trust Tri Services AidGodstone£45k