# BOOKER PRIZE FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1090049
- **Other names:** THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE THE BOOKER PRIZE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Jan. 11, 2002
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1090049


## Contact

- **Address:** SOMERSET HOUSE, STRAND, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC2R 1LA
- **Phone:** 02077591077
- **Email:** admin@bookerprizefoundation.org
- **Website:** www.thebookerprizes.com



## Activities

**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.

**Activities:** Promotes the art of literature for the public benefit. In particular, it fosters &amp; promotes contemporary fiction of literary merit  by awarding the annual Booker Prize to the author of the year&#x27;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.




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £2110607 | £3192952 | £2581099 | 8 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £3705561 | £3045401 | £3663444 | 7 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £2679215 | £2640896 | £3003284 | 2 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £2652629 | £1795424 | £2964965 | 1 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £1502410 | £1476920 | £2107760 | 0 |



## Trustees

- **Mark David Damazer CBE** (Chair) — appointed June 1, 2020
- Anthony John Charles Gutman — appointed Oct. 1, 2024
- CAROL ANN LAKE OBE — appointed Sept. 1, 2018
- Dame Louise Richardson — appointed Jan. 5, 2015
- Julia Marie Carmel Nora Allen — appointed March 3, 2025
- Katherine Nicole Sheard — appointed Nov. 18, 2020
- Mary Teresa Rainey OBE — appointed Nov. 18, 2020
- Patricia Marie Dimond — appointed Oct. 15, 2024
- RT HON DAVID LINDSAY WILLETTS MP — appointed Sept. 1, 2018
- Shahidha Kazi Bari — appointed March 3, 2025
- Sir Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri — appointed Nov. 19, 2025


