The entrance to Britannia Works, our home on Fish Island since 2012.

The Future Fund is a bold new campaign to secure and fit out a new home for LCBA. We're aiming to raise £85,000 by January 2027 to cover fit-out, moving costs, professional fees, a digital upgrade, and new furniture & equipment.

This is our chance to grow our capacity, expand our programming, and build a new cultural destination in London dedicated to books and their makers.

  • Friend of LCBA

    £220 per annum or £20 per month

    Become a Friend of LCBA

    Join a group of supporters who believe in what LCBA has stood for since 2012 and want to be part of an exciting and ambitious new chapter for the Centre. 

    Your annual or monthly gift will help secure our new home, and your support will be acknowledged in all relevant communications.

  • Benefactor

    £1,000 per annum or £85 per month

    Become a Benefactor

    Benefactors are our champions. Through their encouragement and enthusiasm for LCBA, we will meet all of our challenges head-on and be inspired to think big. A distinguished group spanning different fields and industries, your gift will be the building blocks of the new LCBA.

    A named acknowledgement of your support as a Benefactor will be visible at the future premises and all relevant communications.

  • Founder Patron

    £5,000 per annum or £425 per month

    Become a Founder Patron

    Founder Patrons are our most dedicated supporters, whose generosity directly allows us to take on ambitious programmes, reach new audiences, and create opportunities with big impact. By becoming a Founder Patron, you will play a crucial role in shaping LCBA’s future and establishing its place in London’s cultural landscape. 

    A named acknowledgement of your support as a Founder Patron will be visible at the future premises and all relevant communications.

With more than 800 workshops for the public since 2012, LCBA has become a leading organisation in the teaching and preserva tion of the heritage crafts of bookbinding and letterpress printing.
With more than 800 workshops for the public since 2012, LCBA has become a leading organisation in the teaching and preserva tion of the heritage crafts of bookbinding and letterpress printing.

Why We're Moving

Britannia Works has been our first and only home since 2012, and we'll be sad to leave. Our lease is coming to an end in a couple of years, and an opportunity came up which meant that we could stay and grow in our current neighbourhood.

The new space will be designed from the ground up for members, workshop participants and visitors: proper insulation and temperature control (iykyk), better facilities, more workbenches for our growing membership, and new and upgraded equipment. It gives us the chance to develop our programming and strengthen our community for the long term.

LCBA is the first and only open-access studio in the UK to offer facilities for all aspects of book production, such as foil blocking.
LCBA is the first and only open-access studio in the UK to offer facilities for all aspects of book production, such as foil blocking.

Where We Are Now

The new site has been identified, the lease is progressing quickly, and design work will be handled by IDK, the London and Paris-based architecture studio behind the David Bowie Centre at V&A Storehouse. We've also begun a digital upgrade so that we're in good shape during the move and can hit the ground running afterwards.

We're hoping to move in early 2027, and we'll share a confirmed date as soon as we have one.

THEMERSON & THEMERSON Gaberbocchus Press 1948–1979, part of LCBA's exhibition programme highlighting hidden histories and pioneering artists, craftspeople, and publishers.
THEMERSON & THEMERSON Gaberbocchus Press 1948–1979, part of LCBA's exhibition programme highlighting hidden histories and pioneering artists, craftspeople, and publishers.
LCBA is proudly part of a wider economy of books that include publishers, printers and finishers, paper mills and merchants, and specialist manufacturers of tools and materials such as book cloth. 
LCBA is proudly part of a wider economy of books that include publishers, printers and finishers, paper mills and merchants, and specialist manufacturers of tools and materials such as book cloth. 

LCBA receives little to no external funding. Our operations are sustained by workshops; membership; and retail sales — and that's how we made it work for the last 14 years.

With your support, the Future Fund will allow us to secure and fit out our new home, while making sure not to lose focus of our commitments to our community and our mission.

Join us as we write this next chapter and help shape the future of books in the UK.