THE LITERATURE PRIZE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1151069 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FOLIO PRIZE, The Folio Academy Foundation

The Prize aims to promote reading and appreciation of literature for the public benefit by selecting and raising the profile of the very best works published each year. Through its events, website and other media, it seeks to engage readers and writers throughout the English-speaking world in cultural debate and in the celebration, sustainment and furtherance of the art of literature.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE READING AND APPRECIATION OF LITERATURE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY SELECTING AND RAISING THE PROFILE OF THE VERY BEST WORKS OF FICTION PUBLISHED EACH YEAR, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE AWARD OF THE ANNUAL LITERATURE PRIZE (TO OPERATE PUBLICLY, FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, AS THE FOLIO PRIZE, ADOPTING THE NAME OF OUR SPONSOR). THE PRIZE RECOGNIZES SUPERB LITERARY MERIT IN A WORK WRITTEN IN ENGLISH AND PUBLISHED IN THE UK, AND IS OPEN TO WRITERS GLOBALLY. THROUGH ITS WEBSITE AND OTHER MEDIA, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMMES, THE LITERATURE PRIZE FOUNDATION WILL SEEK TO ENGAGE READERS AND WRITERS THROUGHOUT THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD IN CULTURAL DEBATE AND IN THE CELEBRATION, SUSTAINMENT AND FURTHERANCE OF THE ART OF LITERATURE, WHICH IT BELIEVES HAS THE CAPACITY TO ENRICH AND CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

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Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 21/06/2026, 233 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2023 (received 21/06/2026, 598 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 19/02/2023, 111 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

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Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW NICHOLSON KIDDchair
• Anna Natalia Fairweather
• KATE VICTORIA HARVEY
• Suzy Lucas

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Operates in: Throughout London

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