HERMES TRUST — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 29 January 1982
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £192,744
Latest expenditure: £170,185
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Hermes Trust, Old Painswick Inn, Gloucester Street, STROUD, GL5 1QG

Website recorded by the regulator: hermes-trust.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

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

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: 24 September 2026
Date Accounts Received: 24 September 2026
Total Gross Income: £192,744
Total Gross Expenditure: £170,185

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: 3 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 3 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £153,085
Total Gross Expenditure: £246,834

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: 28 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 28 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £145,880
Total Gross Expenditure: £186,214

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: 19 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 19 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £110,587
Total Gross Expenditure: £153,319

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: 21 September 2022
Date Accounts Received: 21 September 2022
Total Gross Income: £157,170
Total Gross Expenditure: £204,229

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 24 September 2026
Total Gross Income: £192,744
Total Gross Expenditure: £170,185
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

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: 3 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £153,085
Total Gross Expenditure: £246,834
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 28 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £145,880
Total Gross Expenditure: £186,214
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

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: 19 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £110,587
Total Gross Expenditure: £153,319
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
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: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 21 September 2022
Total Gross Income: £157,170
Total Gross Expenditure: £204,229
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
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: 0

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Scotland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Switzerland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Northern Ireland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: South Africa
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Bosnia And Herzegovina
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Germany
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Ireland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

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

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

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

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

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

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

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

Classification Code: 108
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Religious Activities

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

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

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

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: HERMES TRUST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1982-01-29T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: 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: NOT DEFINED

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures