The International Hermeneutic Society

The IHS exists to make known and propagate hermeneutic techniques and disciplines so that mankind might better understand itself. Hermeneutics is the science of interpretation, discovery and communication of the teachings of world scriptures. We run Tan-y-Garth Hall Retreat in North Wales to provide practical opportunities for people to explore & apply such works for improving personal wellbeing.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Elsewhere

• Throughout England and Wales

Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 October 2025, it had income of £33,604 and spent £55,569.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Up 29%, from £26,104 in the year to 31 October 2021 to £33,604 in the year to 31 October 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 165% of its income in the year to 31 October 2025. It spent more than its income in 5 of the 5 years shown.

Largest funder

Freeman family Trust gave £5,000 in the year to 31 October 2025, 15% of that year's income.Read by AI from the charity's accounts.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 October 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

In its accounts for the year ending 31 October 2025, the charity named 1 funder who gave £5,000. £0 of that came from public bodies.

These figures were read from the accounts the charity filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader. AI can misread a table, so check the accounts on the register before relying on a figure.

Only funding the accounts name with an amount is included. Most charities also have income from donations, fees and trading that is not listed by funder, so this is part of its income.

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £10,000, awarded in 2022.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

3 trustees run the charity.

• Leeon WongChairAppointed 30 March 2025
• Ken LoweAppointed 15 September 2016
• Sara GoodeAppointed 18 April 2025

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

263101

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

26 October 1971

Governing document

RULES ADOPTED 23/09/1971 AS AMENDED 29/01/1995 AS AMENDED 24/01/1999 AS AMENDED 28/01/2001 AS AMENDED 26/01/2003 AS AMENDED 31/01/2016 as amended on 07 Oct 2018 as amended on 20 Mar 2022 as amended on 29 Jan 2023

Website

www.tanygaththallretreat.orgAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Wrexham

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• Its accounts and annual returns on the register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

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