The Publishing Training Centre Foundation

Analysis

The Publishing Training Centre Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01253854). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Publishing Training Centre Foundation reported income of £263k and spending of £285k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £338k to £263k (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Publishing Training Centre Foundation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cullompton Pre-School (£262k), Esta String Teachers Association Limited (£263k) and Sweet Peas Pre-School CIO (£262k).