Lavenham Press

Name

Lavenham Press

Legal name

Lavenham Press Limited

Website

https://lavenhampress.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1953

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Printing Services

NAICS

Books Printing (323117), Printing (32311), Support Activities for Printing (32312)

SIC

Book Printing (2732), Commercial Printing (2750), Service Industries For The Printing Trade (2790)

akta.pro primary industry

Print-on-Demand Production (Book POD, Short-Run Fulfillment) (MPAJALAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Finishing & Post-Press Services (Cutting, Folding, Collating, Laminating, Foil, Emboss) (MPAJALAF), Trade Book Print-on-Demand (Fiction & Nonfiction) (MPAJANAA), Short-Run & Micro-Run Digital Printing Services (POD-adjacent) (MPAJANAI)

Keywords

• Commercial printing services
• Book publishing services
• Digital printing solutions
• Lithographic printing services
• Membership management services

Headquarters

HQ city

Lavenham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Litho and Digital Printing Services: One-time print job services for books, magazines, journals, newsletters, and various printed materials. Both offset lithographic and digital printing available.
2. Print on Demand: Print exactly what is needed when needed. Online ordering system notifies when orders received, prints and dispatches. Publishers can check orders and manage stock remotely.
3. Membership Management: Online facility for members to edit details, renew memberships, make payments, and sign up. Team handles renewal reminders, phone calls, orders, payments, and merchandise dispatch. PCI DSS compliant.
4. Storage, Pick & Pack, and Fulfillment: Warehouse storage, order assembly, packaging and distribution services. Stock monitoring, sales projections, and customer enquiry handling available.
5. Mailing Services: Complete dispatch operations including data formatting, postcode verification, de-duplication, pre-sorting for UK and overseas mailings. Enveloping, poly wrapping, and hand packing available.
6. Design Services: Full range of in-house design services including colour correction, high resolution scanning, retouching, and quality digital proofing.
7. Finishing Services: Lamination (matt, silk, gloss), spot UV varnishing, embossing, foiling, and various binding options (saddle stitching, perfect binding, burst binding, PUR binding, wiro binding, case binding).

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Lavenham Press is a family-run commercial printing company providing end-to-end print production services including offset lithographic and digital printing, print on demand, in-house design, finishing (lamination, foiling, binding), mailing/dispatch, storage and pick-pack fulfillment, and PCI DSS-compliant online membership management. The company serves publishers, self-publishing authors, car clubs, and membership organisations with custom quote-based projects managed from design through distribution. It is the only printer in Suffolk offering a complete in-house supply chain under one roof, supported by 24-hour press operations and FSC/ISO 14001 environmental certifications.

Product overview

Lavenham Press is an independent, family-run printing company offering a comprehensive suite of printing and publishing services. The company provides both litho and digital printing capabilities as its core technologies, supplemented by design, finishing, mailing, storage/fulfillment, and membership management services. Their offering spans the complete publishing value chain from design through print on demand and fulfillment, with specialized services for private authors and car clubs. The company operates from Suffolk, UK, and has been in business for sixty years.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Litho Printing

Quantifiable outcome

• 98% of waste recycled
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Mixam: UK online print-on-demand and short-run commercial printing platform with instant online pricing. Comparable in offering POD and short-run digital print, but with a frictionless digital storefront versus Lavenham's quote-led model.
• Doxzoo: UK POD platform targeting SMB and individual document/book printing with online ordering. Competes with Lavenham's self-publishers and short-run digital printing, especially for time-sensitive small jobs.
• Imprint Digital: UK-based digital POD specialist focused on short-run book production for self-publishers and small publishers. Directly competes with Lavenham's private author / self-publishing service, but with a more digitally-native ordering platform.

Direct peers

• Howard Hunt (CGI Group): UK commercial printer offering litho and digital print, POS, and mailing services. Comparable mid-market UK commercial printing and direct mail capabilities to Lavenham Press.
• CPI Group (CPI Books): One of the UK's largest book printers offering offset and digital print, POD, binding, and distribution to publishers. Most direct functional peer at scale to Lavenham Press in UK trade book and POD production.
• Severnprint: UK mid-market commercial printer offering litho, digital, finishing, and mailing services. Similar size and full-service scope to Lavenham Press, including periodical and direct mail production for membership organizations.
• TJ International (TJ Books): UK-based book printing specialist (part of Headley Brothers) producing academic, trade, and POD books. Direct functional peer in book printing production model, serving publisher and self-publisher segments.
• Clays Ltd: Major UK book printer producing hardback and paperback trade titles, including POD capacity. Closely comparable book-printing operating model to Lavenham, though at substantially larger scale.
• MPG Books (Biddles): UK book printing and binding group (MPG/Biddles) producing trade books, journals, and POD. Directly comparable end-to-end book production and binding services to Lavenham Press.

Broad incumbents

• Pureprint Group: Large UK commercial printing group offering litho, digital, and large-format print with sustainability credentials (FSC, ISO 14001). Comparable capabilities but at substantially larger scale and broader service portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/lavenhampress
• Facebookfacebook.com/LavenhamPress

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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