01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 11 January 2002
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 04213467
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £3,485,611
- Latest expenditure
- £3,348,711
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: SOMERSET HOUSE, STRAND, LONDON, WC2R 1LA
Website recorded by the regulator: www.thebookerprizes.com (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
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.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 26 June 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 26 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £3,485,611
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,348,711
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 24 June 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 24 June 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £2,110,607
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,192,952
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 19 June 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 19 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £3,705,561
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,045,401
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 20 September 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 20 September 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £2,679,215
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,640,896
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 27 October 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 27 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £2,652,629
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,795,424
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 26 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £3,485,611
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,348,711
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 4
- Count Salary Band 150001 200000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 24 June 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £2,110,607
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,192,952
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 140001 150000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 19 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £3,705,561
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,045,401
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 130001 140000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 20 September 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £2,679,215
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,640,896
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 100001 110000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 27 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £2,652,629
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,795,424
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 26 June 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 3301022
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 184589
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 3485611
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £88,161
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £3,260,550
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 3348711
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 44875
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 678206
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £2,717,999
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1
- Assets Own Use
- 1
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £5,894,835
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £3,176,837
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £2,717,999
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 3176837
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £5,789,547
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 2717999
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 2717999
- Count Employees
- 11
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 24 June 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1809000
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 168998
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 132609
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 2110607
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £3,192,952
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 3192952
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 60525
- Expenditure Governance
- 45417
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 679680
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £2,581,099
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £2,673,899
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £92,800
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £2,581,099
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 92800
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £2,643,226
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 2581099
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 2581099
- Count Employees
- 8
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 19 June 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 3602384
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 103177
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 3705561
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £3,045,401
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 3045401
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 50000
- Expenditure Governance
- 65225
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 496254
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £2,914,578
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £3,833,172
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £169,728
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £3,663,444
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 169728
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £3,796,708
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 2914578
- Funds Restricted
- 748866
- Funds Total
- 3663444
- Count Employees
- 7
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 20 September 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 2652000
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 27215
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 2679215
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,640,896
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 2640896
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 50000
- Expenditure Governance
- 63040
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 453979
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,982,723
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £3,365,287
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £362,003
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £3,003,284
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 362003
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £3,353,842
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1982723
- Funds Restricted
- 1020561
- Funds Total
- 3003284
- Count Employees
- 2
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 27 October 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 2652000
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 629
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 2652629
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,795,424
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1795424
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 100000
- Expenditure Governance
- 33783
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 339021
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £2,964,965
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £3,021,205
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £56,240
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £2,964,965
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 56240
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £3,003,494
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 2080562
- Funds Restricted
- 884403
- Funds Total
- 2964965
- Count Employees
- 1
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 301
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- BOOKER PRIZE FOUNDATION
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2002-01-11T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 10TH MAY 2001 AND AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 18TH DECEMBER 2001 AS AMENDED BY WRITTEN RESOLUTION DATED 26TH APRIL 2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 FEB 2019
- Charitable 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.
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 330785
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE THE BOOKER PRIZE
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures