Registered charity · Diss
The Pennoyer Centre
The Pennoyer Centre is a registered charity (number 1135788) based in Diss, governed by 6 trustees. Latest income £247k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 6 trustees
- Income £247k (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, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation
- Where
- Norfolk
- Website
- Pennoyers.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Pennoyer Centre
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£247k£219k
- 2024£198k£216k
- 2023£151k£206k
Earlier years
- 2022£236k£204k
- 2021£155k£143k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1 THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A VILLAGE CENTRE FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS INCLUDING USE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY MEANS OF BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, SUPPLEMENTARY EDUCATION, ADULT LEARNING CLASSES AND ACTIVITIES FOR MAINSTREAM EDUCATIONAL SUBJECTS3 TO PRESERVE REPAIR AND MAINTAIN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY THE HISTORIC BUILDING FORMERLY KNOWN AS PENNOYERS SCHOOL (INCLUDING THE REMAINS OF THE FORMER GUILD CHAPEL WHICH FORM PART OF THE BUILDING) AS A BUILDING OF HISTORIC INTEREST
Grants received
5 grants · £155,280 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £120,680 (3 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £18,400
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £16,200
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Amanda Littlewood since 2025
- James Raymond Richards since 2023
- Sheila Beverley King
- Stella Mackenzie since 2024
- Timothy Hills since 2013
- William Paul Herschel-Shorland since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Timothy Hills since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Amanda Littlewood since 2025
- James Raymond Richards since 2023
- Sheila Beverley King
- Stella Mackenzie since 2024
- Timothy Hills since 2013
- William Paul Herschel-Shorland since 2023
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.
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1135788
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13 JANUARY 2010 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE 21 APRIL 2010
- Companies House
- Company number 07124174 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01379676660 · admin@pennoyers.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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