THE PEN ACADEMY

Charity Number: 1141503
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Al-Qalam Institute provides Cultural & Islamic education and activities mainly during the weekends and evenings.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 24 July 2024

Total income: £52,458
Total expenditure: £54,572

People

1 Trustee(s)

4 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Religious Activities
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Essex

Governance

Registration history:
  • 18 April 2011: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:
  • AL-QALAM INSTITUTE (Previous name)
Company number:
10183637 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

1 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
BASHIR GONI Chair
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 24/07/2020 24/07/2021 24/07/2022 24/07/2023 24/07/2024
Total gross income £55.23k £43.87k £48.44k £52.67k £52.46k
Total expenditure £50.26k £44.92k £52.28k £58.28k £54.57k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 24 July 2024 11 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 24 July 2024 11 October 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 24 July 2023 11 October 2024 140 days late
Accounts and TAR 24 July 2023 11 October 2024 140 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 24 July 2022 11 October 2024 506 days late
Accounts and TAR 24 July 2022 11 October 2024 506 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 24 July 2021 09 June 2022 16 days late
Accounts and TAR 24 July 2021 09 June 2022 16 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 24 July 2020 29 June 2021 36 days late
Accounts and TAR 24 July 2020 29 June 2021 36 days late Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

TRUST DEED DATED 08 APR 2011 AS AMENDED ON 23 NOV 2016

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.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Contact information

Address:
THE PEN ACADEMY
66 Barrack Street
COLCHESTER
CO1 2LS
Phone:
07912020383
Email:
info@qalamacademy.co.uk
Website:

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