HERMES TRUST

Charity Number: 281749
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Hermes Trust makes grants and loans to cultural, educational, medical and other charitable projects inspired by Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophy.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £145,880
Total expenditure: £186,214

People

4 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Religious Activities
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Other Finance
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Bosnia And Herzegovina
  • Germany
  • Ireland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland
  • South Africa
  • Switzerland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 29 January 1982: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
No policies declared
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
MICHAEL FULLER Trustee 28 November 2023
TEMPLE LODGE PUBLISHING LIMITED
Received: On time
JEREMY SMITH Trustee 21 May 2019
TEMPLE LODGE PUBLISHING LIMITED
Received: On time
Michael Balcombe Trustee 24 November 2015
None on record
Margaret Jonas Trustee 28 October 2012
RUDOLF STEINER PRESS
Received: On time
TEMPLE LODGE PUBLISHING LIMITED
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £268.42k £103.89k £157.17k £110.59k £145.88k
Total expenditure £185.75k £116.94k £204.23k £153.32k £186.21k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 28 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 28 October 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 19 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 19 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 21 September 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 21 September 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 21 September 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 21 September 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 19 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 19 October 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

TRUST DEED DATED 10TH DECEMBER 1980

Charitable objects

THE FURTHERANCE OF THE DOCTRINE OF ANTHROPOSOPHY THAT IS TO SAY THE SPIRITUAL SCIENCE WHICH FORMED THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE WRITINGS AND TEACHINGS OF DR RULDOPH STEINER, AND TO PROMOTE ITS APPLICATION IN THE FIEDS OF EDUCATION, THE ARTS AND SCIENCES, MEDICINE, RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND WELFARE, ARICULTURE AND OTHERWISE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND TO PROMOTE THE MENTAL AND MORAL IMPROVEMENTOF HUMAN BEINGS WITH OR WITHOUT SUCH RESERVATIONS, AMENDMENTS, ADDITIONS AND OMISSIONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DEEM PROPER AND RELIEF OF THE AGED, SICK AND POOR IN WAY WHICH MAY FRON TIME TO TIME BE CHARITABLE AND SUCH OTHER CHARITABLPURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS RESOLVE.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
Hermes Trust
Old Painswick Inn
Gloucester Street
STROUD
GL5 1QG
Phone:
01453763900
Email:
hermes.trust@freeuk.com
Website:

hermes-trust.org.uk