About The Retirement Gift Co.

A blank index card and a pencil beside a black-framed landscape lying flat on a desk. — A name print starts as four lines: their name, their job and years, and where they worked.

Who runs it

I'm Craig Fearn, and I run The Retirement Gift Co. as a UK sole trader. I write the guides, the gift pages and the product descriptions on this site myself, from the questions people ask when someone at work or in the family is retiring. You can email me at hello@theretirementgiftco.com, or write to 124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX. There's no phone line, so email is the quickest way. Contact us has it all in one place, and my author page lists what I write here.

Why retirement gifts

Most retirement gifts could be for anyone. They say "happy retirement", but they don't say "your career mattered". A name set properly in type, or a photo of the place they gave their working years to, changes that. So everything here is about one person and one career.

What we make

The name print sets their name, profession, years of service and workplace in type, under a Happy Retirement headline. It's built from the real print layout, with no AI involved. A portrait from your photo turns their garden, boat or workplace into art in one of five styles. Your own photo can be printed just as it is, and the shop has sixteen pictures for the things retirement makes room for, from allotments to fishing. Every piece is made to order, and nothing is held in stock.

A bare canvas being stretched over a timber frame on a workshop bench. — Each piece is made after you order it, by one of our print partners.

How each order is made and checked

We don't print anything ourselves. One of two independent print partners makes each order and posts it to you, with free standard delivery to UK addresses. Printing takes 2 to 5 working days, depending on the product, so allow 4 to 9 working days in all. Priority delivery (£4.99) is offered at checkout.

Before you pay, every route shows you what will print. The name print shows your own wording on the layout as you type. A photo is checked against every size we sell, and any size that would print soft is blocked. A portrait is made by AI from your photo: you see a free watermarked preview first, and nothing prints until you approve it.

If something arrives damaged, faulty or wrong, email us your order reference and a photo, and we'll reprint or refund it at our cost. Delivery and returns has the detail, including the 14 days you have to change your mind about a picture from the shop.

What we won't do

Make up figures. When a guide quotes a source, it links to it, and where no one has published a figure, the page says so.
Show reviews no buyer has written. The product pages will show reviews once real buyers leave them.
Rush you with countdown clocks. The order-by dates on the site are worked out from the delivery times above.
Keep your photos. An upload is used only for your preview and your print, and uploads that aren't bought are deleted after 30 days.