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BOOKER PRIZE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1090049 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE THE BOOKER PRIZE

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.

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Latest income
£3.5m
Latest spending
£3.3m
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £136,900 for the year ended 31 December 2025, compared to a deficit in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, total reserves of £2,717,999 are materially in excess of the stated minimum policy target of one year of core funding income (£1,500,000).

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Price Bailey LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£3.5m
Total spending
£3.3m
Cost of raising funds
£88k
Reserves (reported)
£2.7m
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~9.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£3.5m£3.3m
31/12/2024£2.1m£3.2m
31/12/2023£3.7m£3.0m
31/12/2022£2.7m£2.6m
31/12/2021£2.7m£1.8m

Common questions

Is BOOKER PRIZE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £136,900 for the year ended 31 December 2025, compared to a deficit in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, total reserves of £2,717,999 are materially in excess of the stated minimum policy target of one year of core funding income (£1,500,000). Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Price Bailey LLP.

Who funds BOOKER PRIZE FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BOOKER PRIZE FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include AKO FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
AKO FOUNDATIONFY2025£3.0mtowards the establishment and delivery for the first three years of the Children’s Booker Prize.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE T. S. ELIOT FOUNDATION2£26k
ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION (HANADIV) EUROPE1£270k
GENESIS AMERICA (UK) LIMITED1£194k
THE JOHN BROWNE CHARITABLE TRUST1£130k
Genesis Foundation1£76k
THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION1£25k
THE POLONSKY FOUNDATION1£20k
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)1£19k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WOMEN'S PRIZE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BOOKER PRIZE FOUNDATION£3.5m——unclear—no doubt
WOMEN'S PRIZE TRUST FY2025£1.5m——unclear—no doubt
AUTHORS' AWARDS AND ADVANCEMENT FY2024£179k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ENGLISH ASSOCIATION FY2025£245k—0unclear—no doubt
THE OXFORD LITERARY FESTIVAL FY2025£849k—0below—no doubt
POETRY LONDON LTD FY2025£130k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.