Gorkha Development Scheme — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 19 May 1998
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £8,426
Latest expenditure: £7,754
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 15 WESTBOURNE GROVE, CHELMSFORD, CM2 9RT

Website recorded by the regulator: www.nepal.co.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The Scheme was set up in 1988 to provide volunteers and funds to promote education, health and social welfare in the Gorkha District of Western Nepal.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 18 September 2026
Total Gross Income: £8,426
Total Gross Expenditure: £7,754

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 27 August 2025
Total Gross Income: £11,689
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,254

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 17 September 2024
Total Gross Income: £8,971
Total Gross Expenditure: £8,203

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 18 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £10,235
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,570

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 29 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £7,130
Total Gross Expenditure: £7,114

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 27 August 2025
Total Gross Income: £11,689
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,254
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 3

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 18 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £10,235
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,570
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 1

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Nepal
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Asia
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 117
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Other Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 303
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Other Finance

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: Gorkha Development Scheme
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1998-05-19T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: TRUST DEED MADE 7TH MAY 1998 AS AMENDED BY DEED OF VARIATION DATED 10TH JANUARY 2000 as amended on 21 Mar 2020
Charitable Objects: FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE GORKHA DISTRICT AND SURROUNDING AREA OF NEPAL. FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS, AND THE PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH, AND FOR SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES AT THEIR DISCRETION SHALL DECIDE.
Area Of Benefit: THE GORKHA DISTRICT (AND SURROUNDING AREA OF NEPAL).

09 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 361933
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: GORKHA DISTRICT HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME

Charity Name Id: 361929
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: GDHEDS

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Complaints handling