The Printing Charity

Analysis

The Printing Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Crawley. It was registered in May 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Printing Charity reported income of £1.2m and spending of £3.5m, spending 296% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.3m to £1.2m (-9.8%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 274% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Printing Charity sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Groundwork Five Counties (£1.2m), Spitfire Advice and Support Services Ltd (£1.2m) and Regenerate.com (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 51%, charitable activities 46% and trading 1.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1,000. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 3.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £106k. Reserves of £27.6m would cover about 93 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.