ENGLISH PEN — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 26 August 2008
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 05747142
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £662,635
Latest expenditure: £930,997
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 24 BEDFORD ROW, LONDON, WC1R 4EH

Website recorded by the regulator: www.englishpen.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Promotion of Literature;Promotion of human rights of Writers and Publishers throughout the World;Relief of Poverty and Distress among beneficiaries' dependants

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 19 December 2025
Date Accounts Received: 19 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £662,635
Total Gross Expenditure: £930,997

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 29 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 29 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £972,880
Total Gross Expenditure: £817,920

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 23 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 23 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,477,101
Total Gross Expenditure: £842,107

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 25 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 25 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £636,236
Total Gross Expenditure: £682,178

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 27 January 2022
Date Accounts Received: 31 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £718,111
Total Gross Expenditure: £494,055

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 19 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £662,635
Total Gross Expenditure: £930,997
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 29 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £972,880
Total Gross Expenditure: £817,920
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £234,216
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 23 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,477,101
Total Gross Expenditure: £842,107
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £229,984
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 25 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £636,236
Total Gross Expenditure: £682,178
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £229,984
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 27 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £718,111
Total Gross Expenditure: £494,055
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £301,813
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: Yes
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 19 December 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 234409
Income Other Trading Activities: 667
Income Charitable Activities: 365166
Income Investments: 31308
Income Other: 31085
Income Total Income And Endowments: 662635
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £192,681
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £738,316
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 930997
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 152219
Expenditure Governance: 10300
Expenditure Support Costs: 470796
Expenditure Depreciation: 6425
Gain Loss Investment: 17644
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £747,000
Assets Total Fixed: 280962
Assets Own Use: 29066
Assets Long Term Investment: 251896
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,145,569
Assets Total Liabilities: £82,881
Assets Current Investment: 23820
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,343,650
Creditors One Year Total Current: 82881
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,121,749
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1071339
Funds Restricted: 272311
Funds Total: 1343650
Count Employees: 10
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 29 January 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 188754
Income Other Trading Activities: 1868
Income Charitable Activities: 696542
Income Investments: 25618
Income Other: 60098
Income Total Income And Endowments: 972880
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £53,164
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £764,756
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 817920
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 112038
Expenditure Governance: 9971
Expenditure Support Costs: 297347
Expenditure Depreciation: 9971
Gain Loss Investment: 4443
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £712,000
Assets Total Fixed: 247894
Assets Own Use: 13642
Assets Long Term Investment: 234252
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,400,295
Assets Total Liabilities: £53,822
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,594,367
Creditors One Year Total Current: 53822
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,391,123
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1273158
Funds Restricted: 321209
Funds Total: 1594367
Count Employees: 10
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 23 January 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 205822
Income Other Trading Activities: 465929
Income Charitable Activities: 774477
Income Investments: 9085
Income Other: 21788
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1477101
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £117,486
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £704,043
Expenditure Other: 20578
Expenditure Total: 842107
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 103071
Expenditure Governance: 12709
Expenditure Support Costs: 259310
Expenditure Depreciation: 2974
Gain Loss Investment: -10829
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,008,192
Assets Total Fixed: 238730
Assets Own Use: 8921
Assets Long Term Investment: 229809
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,276,709
Assets Total Liabilities: £80,475
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,434,964
Creditors One Year Total Current: 80475
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,213,101
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1008192
Funds Restricted: 426772
Funds Total: 1434964
Count Employees: 9
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 25 January 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 168226
Income Other Trading Activities: 1086
Income Charitable Activities: 441392
Income Investments: 8746
Income Other: 16786
Income Total Income And Endowments: 636236
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £10,583
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £671,595
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 682178
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 97095
Expenditure Governance: 9728
Expenditure Support Costs: 201985
Expenditure Depreciation: 6364
Gain Loss Investment: 4435
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £45,000
Assets Total Fixed: 252533
Assets Own Use: 11895
Assets Long Term Investment: 240638
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £699,384
Assets Total Liabilities: £141,116
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £810,801
Creditors One Year Total Current: 141116
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £693,430
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 462311
Funds Restricted: 348490
Funds Total: 810801
Count Employees: 11
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 27 January 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 136018
Income Other Trading Activities: 1712
Income Charitable Activities: 568460
Income Investments: 7954
Income Other: 3967
Income Total Income And Endowments: 718111
Income Legacies: 250
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £9,423
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £484,632
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 494055
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 79522
Expenditure Governance: 5412
Expenditure Support Costs: 166512
Expenditure Depreciation: 2617
Gain Loss Investment: 26865
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £377,000
Assets Total Fixed: 245095
Assets Own Use: 8892
Assets Long Term Investment: 236203
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £663,575
Assets Total Liabilities: £56,362
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £852,308
Creditors One Year Total Current: 56362
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £657,030
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 385782
Funds Restricted: 466526
Funds Total: 852308
Count Employees: 10
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 117
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Other Charitable Purposes

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: ENGLISH PEN
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2012-06-07T00:00:00
Reason: Amalgamated
Assoc Organisation Number: 261272
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 261272
Assoc Charity Name: THE P E N LITERARY FOUNDATION

Charity Name: ENGLISH PEN
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2008-08-26T00:00:00

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 MARCH 2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 JUN 2017
Charitable Objects: 1 TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY ENCOURAGING THE UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF WRITING IN ANY STYLE OR FORM.2 TO PROMOTE THE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) OF WRITERS, AUTHORS, EDITORS, PUBLISHERS AND OTHER PERSONS SIMILARLY ENGAGED ('THE BENEFICIARIES') THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:A MONITORING AND SEEKING TO PREVENT ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF BENEFICIARIES.B OBTAINING REDRESS FOR BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE.C RELIEVING NEED AMONG BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE.D RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES AFFECTING THE BENEFICIARIES.E EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS.F PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS AFFECTING THE BENEFICIARIES.G CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW.H COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION.I RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES.J PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.K PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND INCORPORATIONS.L INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS.M ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF THE PROHIBITIONS ON TORTURE, SLAVERY, EXTRADITION KILLING, ARBITRARY DETENTION AND DISAPPEARANCE.3 TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND DISTRESS AMONG DEPENDANTS, FAMILY AND/OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS OF BENEFICIARIES.
Area Of Benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures