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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 total

360Giving 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 £18,4002024-06-20
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £68,7002020-10-14
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £4,0802020-10-14
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £47,9002020-10-14
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £16,2002020-08-17
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.

4.4y median 3y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Economic/community Development/employment 6Education/training 6Environment/conservation/heritage 6

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Hospitality 6Arts and leisure 4Education 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£247k latest income

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
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