Registered charity · Colchester
Pen Academy
Pen Academy is a registered charity (number 1141503) based in Colchester, governed by 2 trustees and chaired by Bashir Goni. Latest income £65k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 2 trustees
- Income £65k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Essex
- Website
- www.qalamacademy.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- PEN Academy Limited
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£65k£56k
- 2024£52k£55k
- 2023£53k£58k
Earlier years
- 2022£48k£52k
- 2021£44k£45k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR IN THE SUBJECT OF THE ISLAMIC FAITH AND ITS TRADITIONS WITH A VIEW TO PROMOTING GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF ISLAM.
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.
2 trustees on the board
- Bashir Goni Chair
- Syeda Zahera Khanum since 2025
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
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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
- 1141503
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 08 APR 2011AS AMENDED ON 23 NOV 2016 as amended on 27 Aug 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 10183637 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07912020383 · info@qalamacademy.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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