# Gorkha Development Scheme

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1069611
- **Other names:** GORKHA DISTRICT HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME, GDHEDS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** May 19, 1998
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1069611


## Contact

- **Address:** 15 WESTBOURNE GROVE, CHELMSFORD
- **Postcode:** CM2 9RT
- **Phone:** 01245259906
- **Email:** lindagdsnepal@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.nepal.co.uk



## Activities

**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.

**Activities:** 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.

**Area of benefit:** THE GORKHA DISTRICT (AND SURROUNDING AREA OF NEPAL).




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Other Finance, Provides Human Resources, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Nepal



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £11689 | £6254 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £8971 | £8203 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £10235 | £4570 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £7130 | £7114 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £10995 | £6100 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Linda Geraldine Mason Blunt** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 24, 2012
- AMIR KARMACHARYA — appointed Sept. 24, 2012
- Dr NAOMI CAIRNS — appointed Sept. 29, 2013
- GEETA KARMACHARYA
- Linda Cairns — appointed Dec. 11, 2021
- Zoe Rebecca Dallow — appointed Jan. 14, 2017