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Booker Prize Foundation

Registered charity 1090049, on the register since 11 January 2002. The 3,891st largest charity in England and Wales by income.

From the registerYear to 31 December 2025
Income£3.5m
Spending£3.3m
Surplus£137k
AccountsUp to date
Legal formCharitable company
Company number04213467
Years on the register24

What it says it 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.

In the charity's own words, as filed with the Charity Commission.

Its causes

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Where it works

It names no single council area: it works across England and Wales, or further.

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Its entry on the Charity Commission register · its own website

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