AUTHORS' AWARDS AND ADVANCEMENT

Registered charity 1182586 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Literary Awards and Prizes for the celebration and advancement of authors.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY TO PROMOTE THE ART OF LITERATURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:1 THE ESTABLISHMENT, SUPPORT, MAINTENANCE AND AWARD OF PRIZES;2 THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, TRAINING, COACHING AND MENTORING TO NEW AUTHORS, UNPUBLISHED AUTHORS, LITERARY EXECUTORS AND BENEFICIARIES AND BY ENGAGING IN OR SUPPORTING RELEVANT RESEARCH AND ENSURING THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH ARE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC; AND3 THE RELIEF OF AUTHORS SUFFERING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE 3.1, “AUTHORS” MEANS CREATORS OF ALL FORMS OF WORKS INCLUDING LITERARY, DRAMATIC, ARTISTIC, SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND MUSICAL WORKS, ADAPTATIONS OR PUBLICATIONS IN WHATEVER FORMAT OR MEDIA OR MULTIMEDIA INCLUDING FILMS, BROADCASTS, PERFORMANCE AND RECORDINGS.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£162k

Latest spending

£133k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net increase in funds of £31,499 for the year ended 31 December 2025, bringing total funds carried forward to £776,194. The Trustees consider that the charity has sufficient income and capital to meet its obligations in the foreseeable future and have adopted the going concern basis. Unrestricted funds stood at £736,343, comprising a general fund of £428,253 and designated funds of £308,090.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: The Trustees policy is to operate on the basis of being able to continue to generate sufficient incoming resources to use toward meeting their charitable objectives and to accord with their principal terms. The Trustees are of the opinion that the funds remain sufficient to enable them to continue this ongoing objective. The charity has sufficient but not excessive funds to service its objective of making future charitable distributions. (reserves figure: £736k)

“The Trustees policy is to operate on the basis of being able to continue to generate sufficient incoming resources to use toward meeting their charitable objectives and to accord with their principal terms. The Trustees are of the opinion that the funds remain sufficient to enable them to continue this ongoing objective. The charity has sufficient but not excessive funds to service its objective of making future charitable distributions.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Society of Authors, which is a corporate Trustee of the charity, carried out management services for the charity and charged a management fee for the year amounting to £38,450 (2024: £44,580).

“The Society of Authors, which is a corporate Trustee of the charity, carried out management services for the charity and charged a management fee for the year amounting to £38,450 (2024: £44,580).” — page 22

“The Strachey Trust granted £6,000 (2024: £5,000) to the charity for travel grants to a UK archive or collection for research manuscript material. This £6,000 was to cover both the grants and the set up and administration.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Strachey Trust granted £6,000 (2024: £5,000) to the charity for travel grants to a UK archive or collection for research manuscript material. This £6,000 was to cover both the grants and the set up and administration.

“The Society of Authors, which is a corporate Trustee of the charity, carried out management services for the charity and charged a management fee for the year amounting to £38,450 (2024: £44,580).” — page 22

“The Strachey Trust granted £6,000 (2024: £5,000) to the charity for travel grants to a UK archive or collection for research manuscript material. This £6,000 was to cover both the grants and the set up and administration.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: A grant of £500 (2024: £nil) was awarded to A J West, a member of the Management committee of The Society of Authors. The grant was awarded in June 2025 prior to A J West’s appointment as a member of the Management committee.

“The Society of Authors, which is a corporate Trustee of the charity, carried out management services for the charity and charged a management fee for the year amounting to £38,450 (2024: £44,580).” — page 22

“The Strachey Trust granted £6,000 (2024: £5,000) to the charity for travel grants to a UK archive or collection for research manuscript material. This £6,000 was to cover both the grants and the set up and administration.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREW SUBRAMANIAM · trustee of 2 other charities
Dr Zaahida Nabagereka · trustee of 1 other charity
Owen David Atkinson · trustee of 1 other charity
SARAH OLEX
The Society of Authors · trustee of 1 other charity
Zoey Louise Forbes · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£162k	£133k
31/12/2024	£179k	£184k
31/12/2023	£65k	£185k
31/12/2022	£465k	£68k
31/12/2021	£109k	£18k

Common questions

Is AUTHORS' AWARDS AND ADVANCEMENT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net increase in funds of £31,499 for the year ended 31 December 2025, bringing total funds carried forward to £776,194. The Trustees consider that the charity has sufficient income and capital to meet its obligations in the foreseeable future and have adopted the going concern basis. Unrestricted funds stood at £736,343, comprising a general fund of £428,253 and designated funds of £308,090. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MAHORO CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£35k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£22k
THE NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£16k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£13k
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO	1	£10k
SUSANNA PEAKE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£8k
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION	1	£5k
THE FENTON ARTS TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE AUTHOR'S FOUNDATION.

THE AUTHOR'S FOUNDATION income £233k
FIELDNOTES income £25k
WOMEN'S PRIZE TRUST income £1.5m
THE AUTHORS' CONTINGENCY FUND income £49k
ADULT LITERACY TRUST income £360k
THE A W LYMN CENTENARY FOUNDATION income £29k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
AUTHORS' AWARDS AND ADVANCEMENT	£162k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE AUTHOR'S FOUNDATION FY2025	£233k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
FIELDNOTES FY2025	£25k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WOMEN'S PRIZE TRUST FY2025	£1.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE AUTHORS' CONTINGENCY FUND FY2025	£49k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ADULT LITERACY TRUST FY2025	£360k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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