THE PRINTING CHARITY

Registered charity 208882 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PRINTERS' CHARITABLE CORPORATION, PRINTERS' PENSION ALMSHOUSE AND ORPHAN ASYLUM CORPORATION

We have been supporting people who work or have worked in printing, packaging and publishing since 1827. Our charitable aims include promoting independence, protecting dignity and furthering skills. We meet our aims through providing financial, emotional and practical support, including a free 24/7 helpline, and working with industry partners to champion the sector's emerging talent.

Objects

1 - THE RELIEF OF PRINTERS BEING AGED OR POOR OR DISTRESSED2- THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE OR WERE DEPENDENT UPON PRINTERS SUCH AS WIDOWS, WIDOWERS, PARENTS OR CHILDREN BEING THEMSELVES AGED OR IN DISTRESS AND IN NEED OF RELIEF3- THE EDUCATION OF PRINTERS AND AND THOSE WISHING TO BECOME PRINTER4- THE EDUCATION OF THE CHILDREN OF PRINTERS.WHERE:(I)              THE TERM 'PRINTER' HEREIN REFERS TO PERSONS WHO ARE OR WERE EMPLOYED IN THE PRINTING OR ALLIED TRADES AND STUDENTS THEREOF; AND(II)             THE TERM 'THE PRINTING AND ALLIED TRADES' HEREIN REFERS, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES, TO THE CREATION BY PHYSICAL OR ELECTRONIC METHODS OF WORDS AND GRAPHICS WHICH SUPPORT SUCH CREATION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Crawley, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased by 4% to £1.20m, while charitable expenditure increased by nearly 9% to £3.4m, resulting in a net deficit for the year. Despite this operational loss, the charity maintains a strong financial position with total net assets of £37.33m and unrestricted funds of £35.02m. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for at least 12 months.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe UK LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 02/11/2024, 2 days after the 31/10/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~93.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (51% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 11.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Phillipschair
• Andrew Neal
• Catherine Cook
• Donald McCormick
• Elenor Hamshire · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lance Ralph John Hill
• Louisa Bull
• Richard Paul Bernstein
• Sayandhan Mathavan

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: France · Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PRINT QUARTERLY PUBLICATIONS.

• PRINT QUARTERLY PUBLICATIONS income £189k
• BURWELL COMMUNITY PRINT CENTRE LIMITED income £314k
• THE INSURANCE CHARITIES income £866k
• ASSISTED READING FOR CHILDREN income £199k
• PENTAID income £64k
• DONATING CHARITY LIMITED income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.