Giant Cheques
Oversized presentation cheques on 5mm foam board or weatherproof 4mm Correx, printed in Battersea from one copy.
- Free standard UK mainland delivery over £50: tracked, 3-5 working days
- Same-day in London: up to 500 units with print-ready artwork, order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri; priced at checkout
A giant cheque turns a handover into a photograph. We print yours direct to the board on our Canon Arizona UV flatbed in Battersea, single sided and full colour, then cut it to size on the Zund. Choose 5mm foam board for the lightest indoor cheque, easy to hold up for the camera, or 4mm Correx if the presentation happens on a pitch, a car park or a doorstep in the rain. Standard sizes run from 600 x 300mm to 1200 x 600mm, or type your own millimetre size and price it live. Add lamination and the payee and amount can be written in dry-wipe pen and reused.
- • Available sizes: 1200x600, 600x300, 900x450, Custom
- • Paper options: Correx® White Fluted Polypropylene 4mm, Foamboard 5mm
- • Finishing: No Finishing, Rounded Corners, Lamination Large Format, Digital Proof (Emailed PDF), Custom
- • Minimum order: 1 unit
- • Turnaround: Delivered within 3-5 working days of ordering, once your free print preview is approved.
Please supply your artwork as a print-ready PDF with 3mm bleed and no crop marks (we add our own). Make sure all colours are CMYK and imagery is 300dpi.
- • File Format: PDF (recommended) or high-res JPG/PNG
- • Colour Mode: CMYK. We print from CMYK and do not print Pantone spot colours: a Pantone colour prints as its closest CMYK match
- • Resolution: Minimum 300 DPI at actual size
- • Bleed: 3mm bleed on all edges
- • Fonts: All fonts embedded or converted to outlines
- • Safety Margin: Keep important content 5mm from trim edge
Free design templates
Each template has the bleed, cut line and safe area already marked, so your file is set up correctly first time:
- Download your size: PDF for Illustrator, Affinity or InDesign; PNG for Photoshop or Canva.
- Open it in your design app, or place it on a locked layer at 100% size. It already includes the 3mm bleed.
- Design over it: run your background right to the red bleed edge and keep text and logos inside the green safe area.
- Hide or delete the template layer, then export a print-ready PDF (CMYK, 300dpi) and upload it with your order.
Delivered within 3-5 working days of ordering, once your free print preview is approved. That window is the whole job, not just the van: we print, finish and dispatch your order and the tracked carrier delivers it. The clock starts when you approve your free print preview, so approving promptly is the fastest thing you can do.
Choose your delivery speed at checkout. Every parcel is tracked:
- • Standard delivery: 3-5 working days, free to UK mainland addresses on orders over £50, £5.99 below that
- • Next-day delivery: next working day when you order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri, priced at checkout
- • Next-day by 1pm or by 10.30am: next working day, with the courier aiming for the time chosen (a target, not a guarantee), when you order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri, priced at checkout
- • Saturday delivery: Saturday, for orders approved by 2.30pm on Friday, priced at checkout
- • Same-day delivery in London: order up to 500 units with print-ready artwork and approve it by 2.30pm Mon–Fri, and a tracked courier delivers the same day. Priced at checkout, including same-day production.
Northern Ireland, the Highlands & Islands, the Isle of Wight, offshore and international addresses are priced live at checkout, as are unusually heavy orders: over 15kg is £14.95 whatever the order value. Flat prints bigger than A4, such as A3 posters or 25 cm stickers, travel in a larger, board-backed pack: paid delivery services carry a packing charge for it, shown at checkout, and free standard delivery stays free. Very large pieces (any side over 120 cm, such as A0 boards) go by courier rather than post, at the courier price shown at checkout for each service. Pieces over 150 cm, or over 100 cm both ways, are beyond the parcel couriers: they travel with a specialist courier at the rate shown at checkout, or we split the artwork into smaller panels for you free of charge. See live delivery prices and times.
Every order is covered by the Presswift Guarantee: printed to the print preview you approve and the specification you choose, or put right. If what arrives is damaged, short or does not match the approved print preview, contact us within 7 days of delivery with your order number, photos of the problem and a count of the affected copies, and keep the copies unused while we look. We reprint the affected copies to the same specification or, where a reprint is not practical, refund them; approved refunds reach your original payment method within 7-10 working days. Read the Presswift Guarantee.
Because every job is printed to your own artwork and specification, we cannot take a return simply because you have changed your mind, and errors carried through the print preview you approved, or colour and trim variation within normal print tolerance, are not print faults. That is what the free print preview is for: check the colours, wording and layout on the print preview and nothing goes to press until you are happy with it.
Which board should I choose, foam board or Correx?
Foam board is the lighter of the two and the easiest to hold up for photographs, but it is indoor only and not weatherproof. Choose Correx if the handover happens outdoors, on a pitch or in a car park, because it is waterproof, weatherproof and still light.
Can I write on the cheque and reuse it?
Yes, if you add lamination. The film gives a wipe-clean surface, so you can fill in the payee, amount and date with a dry-wipe pen, then wipe it off for the next presentation. Without lamination the surface is not wipe-clean, so treat the cheque as single use.
What size giant cheque should I order?
600 x 300mm suits a single presenter and a close-up photo. 900 x 450mm works well for two or three people holding it together. 1200 x 600mm reads clearly across a hall or from the back of a press photo. Type any other size in millimetres and the page prices it live.
Do you print both sides?
No. Giant cheques are single sided, full colour, with the reverse left as plain white board, which keeps the price down, and in any case nobody photographs the back. If you need a message or sponsor logos on the reverse, ask us for a quote before you order.
Can you design the cheque for me?
Yes. Send us the charity or club logo, the payee, the amount and any sponsor marks, and we will set the artwork for you, including a blank space if you want to write the amount in on the day. An emailed PDF print preview is available as an optional add-on.
Will the colours match my charity's brand?
Closely, but not always exactly. Your screen shows colours in RGB and we print in CMYK on a UV flatbed, so a vivid brand colour can look a shade different on the board. Supply CMYK values if you have them, and every file is checked by a person before it prints.
How much do Giant Cheques cost?
Giant Cheques start from £20.39 excluding VAT. The price updates live on this page as you choose your size, material and quantity, and the price per unit falls at higher quantities.
What sizes do Giant Cheques come in?
Giant Cheques are available in 3 sizes: 1200x600, 600x300 and 900x450. You can also enter a custom size in millimetres and see the price update instantly.
Which materials can I choose for Giant Cheques?
Giant Cheques can be printed on Correx® White Fluted Polypropylene 4mm and Foamboard 5mm. Each option is listed with its thickness or type so you can match durability to the job, and the page reprices as you switch.
Can I get Giant Cheques delivered the same day?
Yes, on orders of up to 500 items with print-ready artwork. Order Giant Cheques, and approve your artwork, by 2.30pm Mon–Fri and a tracked courier delivers them the same day in London. Elsewhere in the UK, standard tracked delivery takes 3-5 working days, with express and next-day options at checkout (next-day: order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri).
How much is delivery for Giant Cheques?
Standard tracked delivery is free to UK mainland addresses on orders over £50 (£5.99 below that), and takes 3-5 working days from ordering. Northern Ireland, the Highlands & Islands, the Isle of Wight, offshore and international addresses are priced live at checkout, as are orders over 15kg (£14.95 whatever the order value). Express and next-day services are available at checkout (next-day: order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri), and a courier can deliver in London on the day you order when you order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri.
Do you provide free artwork templates for Giant Cheques?
Yes. Free artwork templates for every giant cheques size, in PDF and PNG with the bleed, trim and safe area already marked, are in the Artwork Guidelines section on this page.
About Giant Cheques
Giant Cheques are oversized presentation cheques for the moment a donation, prize or sponsorship changes hands. Foam board is 5mm of foam core between paper liners: very light, so even a 1200 x 600mm cheque is comfortable to hold at arm's length through a long round of photographs, but strictly indoor and not weatherproof. Correx is 4mm white fluted polypropylene: lightweight, waterproof and weatherproof, so a pitch-side or car-park presentation in British weather is no problem, and it can be recycled afterwards. Both are single sided, full colour and printed edge to edge.
Every cheque is printed in-house in Battersea, direct to the board on a Canon Arizona UV flatbed. The UV-cured inks are scratch- and water-resistant and colourfast, so the cheque survives being passed between a dozen pairs of hands. Our Zund cutter trims it to size and, if you ask for them, rounds the corners in the same pass. Order from one to ten: a single cheque for a corporate donation, or a batch for a lottery draw with several winners. Add lamination to reuse the cheque: write the payee and amount in dry-wipe pen, wipe, repeat.
Send a print-ready PDF: 300dpi, CMYK, 3mm bleed, with the payee line, amount and logos at least 10mm inside the trim. Leaving a blank for handwriting? Tell us and we will check the space. Every file is looked at by a real person before it prints; an emailed PDF print preview is an optional add-on. No artwork? We can set it for you. Screens show RGB and we print CMYK, so a charity's brand colour may shift slightly. UK delivery takes 3-5 working days, or same day in London when you order by the weekday cut-off.
Charity Donation Handovers
Hand over the total in front of the camera with a cheque nobody misses.
Lottery and Prize Giveaways
Laminate one cheque and rewrite the winner's name for every draw.
Sponsorship Presentations
Sponsor logo, club crest and amount on one board for the local paper.
Sports-Club Fundraisers
Correx stands up to a wet pitch-side handover after the final whistle.
Corporate Donations
A clean, brand-matched cheque for the boardroom photo and the intranet.
Competition Winners
Surprise the winner on stage with a cheque that reads from the back row.
School Fundraising Totals
Light foam board a pupil can hold up in assembly without wobbling.
Press and Social Photos
Big, flat and printed edge to edge, so the amount reads in every shot.
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Giant Cheques specifications
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| Minimum order | 1 unit |
| Production and delivery | Delivered within 3-5 working days of ordering, once your free print preview is approved. |
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| Artwork | Print-ready PDF, CMYK, images at 300dpi, 3mm bleed on all edges, fonts embedded or outlined, and important content kept 5mm inside the trim |
Standard delivery is free to UK mainland addresses on orders over £50 (£5.99 below that) and takes 3-5 working days from ordering. Northern Ireland, the Highlands & Islands, the Isle of Wight, offshore and international addresses are priced live at checkout. Delivery details.
Quality Guaranteed
Every order is printed to the proof you approve and the specification you choose. If what arrives does not match them, or is damaged or short, tell us within 7 days of delivery and we reprint the affected copies or, where a reprint is not practical, refund them. Read the Presswift Guarantee
Fast Turnaround
Order, and approve your artwork, by 2.30pm Mon–Fri for same-day delivery in London, or standard delivery in 3-5 working days.
Expert Support
Every order gets a free file check and a free print preview within the hour (studio hours, 9am to 6pm Monday to Friday). Questions about your file? We reply within 24 hours, Monday to Friday. Contact us
