Hergest Trust

Analysis

Hergest Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Herefordshire. It was registered in April 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hergest Trust reported income of £33k and spending of £19k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £12k to £33k (+176%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 642%. Over the whole period it spent 42% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Hergest Trust sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Coventry Cathedral Chorus (£33k), Community Scrapstore North Somerset (£33k) and Eastbourne Choral Society (£33k).