# HERMES TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 281749
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Jan. 29, 1982
- **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=281749


## Contact

- **Address:** Hermes Trust, Old Painswick Inn, Gloucester Street, STROUD
- **Postcode:** GL5 1QG
- **Phone:** 01453763900
- **Email:** hermes.trust@freeuk.com
- **Website:** hermes-trust.org.uk



## Activities

**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.

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

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Other Finance
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bosnia And Herzegovina
- Germany
- Ireland
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- South Africa
- Switzerland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £153085 | £246834 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £145880 | £186214 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £110587 | £153319 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £157170 | £204229 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £103893 | £116938 | — | — |



## Trustees

- JEREMY SMITH — appointed May 21, 2019
- MICHAEL FULLER — appointed Nov. 28, 2023
- Margaret Jonas — appointed Oct. 28, 2012
- Michael Balcombe — appointed Nov. 24, 2015