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Hermes Trust
Hermes Trust is a registered charity (number 281749) based in Stroud, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £193k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £193k (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, South Africa, Scotland and more
- Website
- hermes-trust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1982
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£193k£170k
- 2024£153k£247k
- 2023£146k£186k
Earlier years
- 2022£111k£153k
- 2021£157k£204k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
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.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
4 trustees on the board
- Jeremy Smith since 2019
- Michael Fuller since 2023
- Margaret Jonas since 2012
- Michael Balcombe since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- Jeremy Smith since 2019
- Margaret Jonas since 2012
- Michael Balcombe since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Michael Balcombe since 2015
Portfolio (3)
- Jeremy Smith since 2019
- Michael Fuller since 2023
- Margaret Jonas since 2012
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 281749
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 10TH DECEMBER 1980
- Contact on the register
- 01453763900 · hermes.trust@freeuk.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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