The Gurkha Museum Trust

Analysis

The Gurkha Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Winchester. It was registered in October 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Gurkha Museum Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £655k, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £387k to £1.2m (+212%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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, The Gurkha Museum Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Collage Arts (£1.2m), Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust Limited (£1.2m) and October Gallery Trust (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 44%, donations and legacies 44%, trading 8.8% and investments 3.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1,000. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 8.1%. Reserves of £2.2m would cover about 35 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.