THE HERBAL MEDICINE TRUST

Registered charity 1183842 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides or assists with education in herbal medicine, holds a library and medicinal garden. Where possible we support research into herbal medicine.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF HERBAL MEDICINE AND ALLIED DISCIPLINES IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A SCHOOL KNOWN AS HEARTWOOD COLLEGE OF HERBAL MEDICINE FOR THE TRAINING AND TUITION OF STUDENTS IN MEDICAL HERBALISM AND GIVING BOTH LECTURES IN THEORETICAL ASPECTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS IN PRACTICAL TRAINING(B) TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND TRAINING TO MEDICAL HERBALISTS IN FURTHERANCE OF THEIR CAREER(C) TO PROVIDE OR SUPPORT POST-GRADUATE COURSES IN MEDICAL HERBALISM(D) TO RESEARCH INTO MEDICAL HERBALISM FOR THE PURPOSES OF INVESTIGATING AND EVALUATING THE THERAPEUTIC CLAIMS OF HERBAL REMEDIES EXAMINING HERBAL CONSTITUENTS AND THEIR PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION PREPARING CLINICAL TRIALS OF HERBAL REMEDIES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTING INFORMATION TO HERBAL PRACTITIONERS AND THE PUBLIC(E) TO ESTABLISH SCHOLARSHIPS IN MEDICAL HERBAL RESEARCH AND TO SUPPORT ANY SUCH RESEARCH PROGRAMMES IN PLANT REMEDIES AND THEIR ACTION, AND(F) TO SUPPORT FINANCIALLY OR OTHERWISE ANY STUDENT OF MEDICAL HERBALISM OR QUALIFIED MEDICAL HERBALIST IN ANY ACTIVITY DESIGNED TO OR WITH THE EFFECT OF PROMOTING THE BENEFITS OF HERBAL MEDICINE WHETHER BY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF CLINICS SEMINARS LECTURES OR WORKSHOPS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £1,073,406, representing a net incoming resource of £96,319 for the year. The trustees report that systems are in place to mitigate major risks and confirm that the charity is financially stable with no material uncertainties noted.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~17.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• PAUL HAMBLYchair
• DEBORAH LOUISE SWEETMAN
• Deirdre Atkinson
• Iain Millership
• Janine Merrick Nicol

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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