Pen Academy

Analysis

Pen Academy is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in April 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Pen Academy reported income of £65k and spending of £56k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £44k to £65k (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Pen Academy sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include God Field Deliverance Ministries (GFDM) (£65k), St Thomas Methodist Church, Exeter (£65k) and Celestial Church of Christ North West (Manchester) Parish (£65k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.