Personalised Desk Calendar Printing, Made Your Way

Order personalised desk calendar printing on premium card, professionally printed for businesses, schools and personal gifts. Not only are calendars great organisational tools — they're a surprisingly powerful marketing opportunity too. Give out branded desk calendars to your customers and keep your branding in plain sight on their desk every single day of the year. Every calendar is custom printed in full colour, A5, and supplied with a sturdy strut card to stand it upright.

Choose your stock and quantity above, upload your PDF or send it later, and add to basket.

Trusted by UK businesses, schools and charities for their calendar printing.

Why order your desk calendars with us

• Custom printed, not off-the-shelf — every page is your design, your photos or your branding, printed in sharp full colour.
• Professional press quality — printed on commercial presses for crisp text and vibrant photographs, page after page.
• Stands firm on any desk — supplied with a 500mic box board strut card to keep the calendar upright all year.
• Branded or personal — add a company logo for corporate desk calendars, or your own photos for a personal gift.
• A great marketing opportunity — your branding in plain sight on a customer's desk, every working day.
• Free artwork check before we print — we review your PDF so dates, images and branding are right before production.
• London printed, delivered UK-wide — produced in Croydon and sent across the UK.

Desk calendar specifications

Choosing your stock

• 150gsm Silk — a lighter silk sheet with a smooth, slightly coated finish; economical and clean.
• 170gsm Uncoated — a natural, matt, tactile finish that's easy to write on.
• 250gsm Silk — a heavier silk stock with a premium feel and excellent photo reproduction.
• 250gsm Uncoated — a substantial, natural-finish card for a quality, writeable calendar.

As a rule, silk stocks make photographs and branding look richest, while uncoated stocks feel more natural and take a pen if your customers will write on the calendar.

How the pages work

A little clarity on page counts, since it's the thing customers ask most:

• A 13pp single-sided calendar consists of 13 pages printed front only.
• A 14pp single-sided calendar consists of 13 pages, with the final page printed front and back.
• A 14pp double-sided calendar consists of 7 pages printed front and back.

Our standard desk calendar is the 13-page single-sided format — a cover plus a month-to-view spread for the year, finished with the strut card to stand it up.

Custom, personalised and branded desk calendars

The same product serves two very different buyers, and we print for both every year.

Branded desk calendars put your logo and brand in front of a client or colleague every working day for twelve months — one of the most cost-effective pieces of desk real estate in marketing. Hand them out to customers and your branding stays in plain sight all year. Businesses, schools and charities order these as corporate gifts, promotional items and year-end mailers.

Personalised photo desk calendars turn your own images into a year on the desk — a genuinely-used gift for family, weddings, travel and pets, with a different photo to enjoy each month.

Either way, it's custom desk calendar printing built around your design — not a template you drop a name into.

What people use custom desk calendars for

1. Corporate gifts and marketing — branded desk calendars that keep your logo visible on a customer's desk all year.
2. Promotional giveaways — a low-cost, high-dwell-time way to stay front of mind.
3. Personal photo gifts — family, travel, pet and wedding calendars from your own images.
4. Schools and charities — fundraising and community calendars.
5. Year-end mailers — a useful, keepable alternative to a Christmas card.

Because a desk calendar sits in view every working day, it delivers something most print can't: twelve months of daily brand visibility from a single order.

Before we print: every calendar is checked

Calendars are unforgiving — one wrong date or a low-resolution photo repeats across the whole run. So before anything goes to press, every calendar is checked by our production team for:

• ✓ Image quality — photos sharp at 300 dpi minimum at print size
• ✓ Page order — all pages in correct sequence
• ✓ Calendar dates — grid correct for your chosen year
• ✓ Bleed — 3mm all round, extended to the trim edge
• ✓ Safe zone — key content kept 3mm inside the trim
• ✓ Colour — supplied in CMYK for accurate print

This is the step cheap calendar printing skips — and it's why your finished calendars arrive right.

Artwork requirements

Supply your artwork as a print-ready PDF to these specifications:

How to order your personalised desk calendars

1. Choose your specification above — stock and quantity (from 10).
2. Supply your artwork — upload your PDF now, or choose "send it later" and we'll give you an upload link after checkout.
3. We check before printing — see the checklist above.
4. We print and deliver — in 1 or 3–4 working days, across London and the UK.

Every file is manually checked before production. If we find a low-resolution image, missing bleed or a calendar date issue, we'll contact you before printing — so you never pay for a print that isn't right.

Need your calendar designed? Our artwork design service can lay out your photos and branding into a print-ready PDF. Planning your year differently, or want a wall format? See our wall calendars, wall planners and diaries, or browse the full calendars and planners range. Ordering as part of a branded gift set? Pair your calendars with branded notebooks, promotional pens and matching business stationery.

Frequently asked questions

How much do personalised desk calendars cost?

Our A5 personalised desk calendars start from £53.48 plus VAT for a run of 10, printed full colour and double sided on your choice of silk or uncoated stock. Because they're custom printed to order, the per-calendar cost improves as your quantity increases — ideal for branded runs.

What size are your desk calendars and how do they stand up?

Our desk calendars are A5, printed as a 13-page single-sided calendar, and supplied with a 500mic box board strut card that holds them upright on a desk. It's a clean, sturdy format that stands firm and sits neatly on any desk or reception counter all year.

Can I make a personalised desk calendar from my own photos?

Yes. Supply your own images as a print-ready PDF and we'll print them into a personalised photo desk calendar — a popular, genuinely-used gift for family, weddings, travel and pets, giving a different image to enjoy every month of the year.

Can you print branded desk calendars for my business, school or charity?

Yes. Branded desk calendars are one of our most popular orders — add your logo and branding across the pages and hand them out to customers to keep your brand in plain sight every working day. Businesses, schools and charities use them as gifts, promotional items and fundraisers.

How quickly can you print desk calendars?

We offer turnaround of 1 working day or 3–4 working days, depending on the option you choose at checkout. Supplying correct, print-ready PDF artwork keeps things moving — and we check every file before printing so there are no surprises that cause delays.

What stock options do you offer for desk calendars?

Choose from 150gsm Silk, 170gsm Uncoated, 250gsm Silk or 250gsm Uncoated. Silk stocks make photos and branding look richest; uncoated stocks give a natural, matt finish that's easy to write on. The heavier 250gsm options feel more premium and substantial.

How do I supply my artwork?

Upload a print-ready PDF at checkout, or choose "send it later" and we'll email you an upload link afterwards. Artwork should be PDF, CMYK, 300 dpi minimum, with 3mm bleed all round, a 3mm safe zone, and fonts outlined or embedded. We check every file before printing.

Is there a minimum order for desk calendars?

Yes — our desk calendars start from a quantity of 10, which suits both smaller personal orders and larger branded runs for offices, clients and members. Bigger quantities bring the per-calendar cost down, making branded desk calendars a cost-effective, year-long marketing piece.