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Booker Prize Foundation

The Man Booker Prize The Booker Prize

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1090049
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed June 26, 2026. Filing history
Registered
Jan. 11, 2002
Legal form
Charitable company
Company number
04213467

Address

Address
Somerset House
Strand
London
WC2R 1LA

Activities

Promotes the art of literature for the public benefit. In particular, it fosters & promotes contemporary fiction of literary merit by awarding the annual Booker Prize to the author of the year's best novel originally written in English and published in the UK. The International Booker Prize is awarded annually for the best novel in English translation.

Objects: The Foundation’s Objects Are, For The Public Benefit To:promote The Art Of Literature; Andadvance Education In All Aspects Of The Relationship Between Literacy And Literature.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Other Charitable Activities
What
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who
The General Public/mankind

Geography

Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Dec. 31, 2025 June 26, 2026On time £3,485,611 £3,348,711 £2,717,999 11
Dec. 31, 2024 June 24, 2025On time £2,110,607 £3,192,952 £2,581,099 8
Dec. 31, 2023 June 19, 2024On time £3,705,561 £3,045,401 £3,663,444 7
Dec. 31, 2022 Sept. 20, 2023On time £2,679,215 £2,640,896 £3,003,284 2
Dec. 31, 2021 Oct. 27, 2022On time £2,652,629 £1,795,424 £2,964,965 1
Dec. 31, 2020 Oct. 30, 2021 £1,502,410 £1,476,920 £2,107,760 -

Trustees

Name Appointed
Mark David Damazer CBE (Chair) June 1, 2020
Anthony John Charles Gutman Oct. 1, 2024
Carol Ann Lake OBE Sept. 1, 2018
Dame Louise Richardson Jan. 5, 2015
Julia Marie Carmel Nora Allen March 3, 2025
Katherine Nicole Sheard Nov. 18, 2020
Mary Teresa Rainey OBE Nov. 18, 2020
Patricia Marie Dimond Oct. 15, 2024
Rt Hon David Lindsay Willetts Mp Sept. 1, 2018
Shahidha Kazi Bari March 3, 2025
Sir Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri Nov. 19, 2025