THE BRIGADE OF GURKHAS EDUCATION AND WELFARE FUND

Registered charity 1043000 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides benefit to serving members of the Brigade of Gurkhas and their families. Key activities: welfare and well being, education and training, medical, recreational facilities and improvement of conditions in theatres of operations

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£479k

Latest spending

£380k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £5,309,483, which is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of £277,000. Although the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £145,367 due to investment losses, the trustees confirm the going concern basis is appropriate as the charity can reduce grant expenditure if investment returns fall.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £277,000 (held: £5.3m)

“At the 24 Nov 2021 meeting, the trustees approved the bank account unrestricted reserves funds at a level of 50% of the expenses for the year. This calculates at £277,000 (equivalent to 6 months of funding)”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The validity of this assumption is dependent on investment returns continuing to meet the funds requirements; however, in periods of poor return the charity is able to reduce grant expenditure accordingly.” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Rock Tax & Accounting. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income

£574k

Total spending

£292k

Reserves (reported)

£94k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

COLONEL HUGO STANFORD-TUCK
MAJOR CHANDRA KUMAR LIMBU
MAJOR JAMES DEVALL
MAJOR KHADKA BAHADUR GURUNG
MAJOR ROBERT MITCHELL
MAJOR SUBARAJ SUNUWAR

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Brunei · Hampshire · Kent · Nepal · North Yorkshire · Powys · Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£479k	£380k
31/03/2024	£453k	£394k
31/03/2023	£574k	£292k
31/03/2022	£391k	£309k
31/03/2021	£371k	£147k

Common questions

Is THE BRIGADE OF GURKHAS EDUCATION AND WELFARE FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £5,309,483, which is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of £277,000. Although the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £145,367 due to investment losses, the trustees confirm the going concern basis is appropriate as the charity can reduce grant expenditure if investment returns fall. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Rock Tax & Accounting.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE SAMUEL STOREY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	3	£29k
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST	3	£17k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	3	£14k
THE CADOGAN CHARITY	2	£115k
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£84k
THE IAN FLEMING CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£45k
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)	2	£15k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£14k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GURKHA WELFARE TRUST.

THE GURKHA WELFARE TRUST income £26.6m
FOLKESTONE NEPALESE COMMUNITY (FNC) income £228k
THE ROYAL YORKSHIRE REGIMENT CHARITABLE TRUST income £235k
Army Benevolent Fund income £13.7m
The Royal Signals Charity income £1.5m
GAMEKEEPERS WELFARE TRUST income £166k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BRIGADE OF GURKHAS EDUCATION AND WELFARE FUND	£479k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
THE GURKHA WELFARE TRUST FY2025	£26.6m	—	—	above	22.0%	no doubt
FOLKESTONE NEPALESE COMMUNITY (FNC) FY2025	£228k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL YORKSHIRE REGIMENT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£235k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
Army Benevolent Fund FY2026	£13.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
The Royal Signals Charity FY2024	£1.5m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.