# WOMEN'S PRIZE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1181253
- **Other names:** WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION, WPT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Dec. 18, 2018
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1181253


## Contact

- **Address:** 6 NEW STREET SQUARE, LONDON
- **Postcode:** EC4A3DJ
- **Phone:** 07940473130
- **Email:** info@womensprize.com
- **Website:** https://www.womensprize.com



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ART OF LITERATURE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE LITERATURE OF MERIT WRITTEN BY WOMEN IN ALL ITS FORMS, INCLUDING BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF DIVERSITY AND GREATER GENDER EQUALITY AMONGST WRITERS AND BY THE AWARD OF AN ANNUAL PRIZE FOR A FULL LENGTH NOVEL WRITTEN BY A WOMAN OF ANY NATIONALITY AND PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH.

**Activities:** The objects for which the charity exists relate to the advancement of the art of literature for the public benefit. We  foster & promote literature of merit written by women in all its forms, including by the encouragement of diversity & greater gender equality amongst writers & by the award of an annual prize for a full length novel written by a woman of any nationality & published in English.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2024 | £846467 | £914519 | £15405 | 3 |
| June 30, 2023 | £651844 | £618077 | £91789 | 14 |
| June 30, 2022 | £559145 | £702070 | £102520 | 12 |
| June 30, 2021 | £555892 | £575235 | £245445 | 12 |
| June 30, 2020 | £467775 | £291270 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **ANNA MARIE LEONTIA OLLARD** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 28, 2017
- Aliceson Robinson — appointed Feb. 21, 2020
- Anna Catherine Maria Derkacz — appointed Jan. 28, 2025
- Jenny Izumi Fry — appointed Jan. 26, 2023
- Juliet Mushens — appointed June 25, 2024
- Laura Bailey — appointed Oct. 29, 2024
- Maura Eileen Wilding — appointed Jan. 27, 2026
- Rebecca Mary Elizabeth Gill — appointed Jan. 27, 2026
- Sarah Davis — appointed July 19, 2021
- Scarlett Curtis — appointed March 26, 2021
- Zainab Weller — appointed Jan. 26, 2023