Penguin Collectors Society

Analysis

Penguin Collectors Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in September 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04261702). It says it provides human resources, provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Penguin Collectors Society reported income of £19k and spending of £15k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £12k to £19k (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Penguin Collectors Society sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sandwich Medieval Trust (£19k), The Guildford Chamber Choir (£19k) and Visible Women UK (£19k).