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HERMES TRUST

Registered charity 281749 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£193k
Latest spending
£170k
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust's financial position remains sound, with unrestricted funds totaling £1,162,589 and liquid assets exceeding those required by their liquidity policy. The trustees confirm that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis and have assessed risks to satisfaction. Basic running costs are covered by a stable income stream from lending capital, which exceeds costs by a margin of 213%.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: interest received covers basic office running costs with a high degree of predictability (held: £1.2m)
“As a funding charity which provides grants and loans, the Trust is able to ‘future-proof its income stream by depositing and lending out its own capital (circa £1,250,000 unrestricted and £400,000 restricted) such that the interest received covers basic office running costs with a high degree of predictability. Latterly, basic running costs have been covered by this stable income stream by a margin of some 213%,” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bosnia And Herzegovina · Germany · Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · South Africa · Switzerland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£193k£170k
31/12/2024£153k£247k
31/12/2023£146k£186k
31/12/2022£111k£153k
31/12/2021£157k£204k

Common questions

Is HERMES TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust's financial position remains sound, with unrestricted funds totaling £1,162,589 and liquid assets exceeding those required by their liquidity policy. The trustees confirm that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis and have assessed risks to satisfaction. Basic running costs are covered by a stable income stream from lending capital, which exceeds costs by a margin of 213%. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
PRISM THE GIFT FUND1£50k
MENPHYS LIMITED1£45k
THE HAPPY BABY COMMUNITY1£28k
MANOE FAMILY1£19k
THE REISNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD1£5k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE EMERSON COLLEGE TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HERMES TRUST£193k—0above—no doubt
THE EMERSON COLLEGE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.9m—0above—no doubt
THE A. H. TRUST FY2025£359k——unclear—no doubt
GUERRAND HERMES FOUNDATION FOR PEACE FY2023£808k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HARAMEAD TRUST FY2025£4.8m—0unclear—no doubt
THE SUTASOMA TRUST FY2025£134k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.