# THE ROYAL LITERARY FUND

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 219952
- **Other names:** RLF
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** April 15, 1964
- **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=219952


## Contact

- **Address:** 3 JOHNSON&#x27;S COURT, OFF FLEET STREET, LONDON
- **Postcode:** EC4A 3EA
- **Phone:** 020 7353 7159
- **Email:** edward.kemp@royalliteraryfund.org.uk
- **Website:** www.rlf.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) THE RELIEF OF POOR AND DISTRESSED AUTHORS OF PUBLISHED WORKS OF APPROVED LITERARY MERIT INCLUDING IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICAL LITERATURE AND OF THE FAMILIES OF SUCH DECEASED AUTHORS WHO ARE THEMSELVES IN DISTRESS AND IN NEED OF RELIEF. (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PUBLIC TASTE IN THE FIELD OF LITERARY WORK.

**Activities:** Helps published authors or performed playwrights of several works who are in financial difficulties through grants and pensions.  Also runs various activities for the &quot;advancement of public education&quot;.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals
- **What:** Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NATIONAL
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Sir Ian Craig Blatchford** | Chair | Nov. 11, 2020 |
| Andrew McMillan |  | May 14, 2026 |
| Brenda Gardner |  | Dec. 13, 2017 |
| COLIN LUKE |  | Jan. 4, 2012 |
| Colin Peter Ludlow |  | Nov. 11, 2021 |
| Dan Franklin |  | March 9, 2016 |
| Dorothy Sheila Irving |  | Sept. 12, 2024 |
| Dreda Say Mitchell MBE |  | Oct. 13, 2020 |
| Fiona Sampson MBE |  | Oct. 13, 2020 |
| George Graham |  | Sept. 9, 2020 |
| Janelle Davy |  | Jan. 12, 2022 |
| Judith Murray |  | Jan. 12, 2022 |
| Kerry Glencorse |  | Nov. 13, 2025 |
| MICHAEL SYMMONS ROBERTS |  | March 9, 2016 |
| Marianne Velmans |  | Nov. 11, 2020 |
| Mark Gardiner |  | Nov. 8, 2024 |
| Mark Lawson |  | Oct. 13, 2020 |
| Paula Hawkins |  | Sept. 8, 2022 |
| Rosalynn Try-Hane |  | April 11, 2024 |
| Sammia Hamer |  | July 11, 2024 |
| Susheila Nasta |  | Sept. 8, 2022 |
| Terence Blacker |  | March 9, 2016 |




