BOOKER PRIZE FOUNDATION
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Cash
£5.8m
+119% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.7m
+5.3% vs 2024
Employees
10
+25% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£137k
+112.6% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £2,110,607 | £3,485,611 | +65.1% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£1,082,345 | £136,900 | +112.6% | |
| Net profit | £660,160 | -£1,082,345 | £136,900 | +112.6% | |
| Cash | £3,796,708 | £2,643,226 | £5,789,547 | +119% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,663,445 | £2,581,100 | £2,718,000 | +5.3% | |
| Net assets | £3,663,444 | £2,581,099 | £2,717,999 | +5.3% | |
| Equity | £3,663,444 | £2,581,099 | £2,717,999 | +5.3% | |
| Average employees | 7 | 8 | 10 | +25% | |
| Wages | £481,113 | £566,559 | £811,214 | +43.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | — | -51.3% | 3.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 3.5% | 53.9% | |
| Current ratio | 22.58x | 28.81x | 1.86x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Price Bailey LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions, that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group and parent charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- BOOKER PRIZE FOUNDATION · parent
- Booker Prize Trading Limited 100%
Significant events
- “At the start of January 2025 we learned that the 2024 winner, Orbital by Samantha Harvey, had become the fastest-selling winner of the Booker Prize since records began.”
- “The launch of the Children's Booker Prize makes clear the charity's long-term aim to inspire and engage readers throughout their lives.”
- “The winner was Heart Lamp, a book of short stories written by Banu Mushtaq and translated by Deepa Bhasthi. It was the first book of short stories to win, the first winner translated from Kannada, the first translator of colour to win.”
- “The announcement of the winner of the Booker Prize 2025 on 10 November marked the culmination of an eleven-month global PR campaign.”
- “In 2025 we were fortunate enough to receive funding from AKO Foundation to launch the Children's Booker Prize and continue it for the first three years.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIMOND, Patricia Marie | Secretary | 2024-10-15 | — | — |
| ALLEN, Julia Marie Carmel Nora | Director | 2025-03-03 | Aug 1966 | British |
| BARI, Shahidha Kazi | Director | 2025-03-03 | May 1980 | British |
| DAMAZER, Mark David | Director | 2020-06-01 | Apr 1955 | British |
| DIMOND, Patricia Marie | Director | 2024-10-15 | Apr 1960 | British |
| GUTMAN, Anthony John Charles | Director | 2024-03-21 | May 1974 | British |
| LAKE, Carol Ann | Director | 2018-09-01 | Dec 1958 | British |
| OKRI, Ben Golden Emuobowho, Sir | Director | 2025-11-19 | Mar 1959 | British |
| RAINEY, Mary Teresa | Director | 2020-11-18 | May 1955 | British |
| RICHARDSON, Louise Mary, Professor Dame | Director | 2015-01-05 | Jun 1957 | Irish,British |
| SHEARD, Katherine Nicole | Director | 2020-11-18 | Aug 1976 | British |
| WILLETTS, David Lindsay, The Rt Hon Lord | Director | 2018-09-01 | Mar 1956 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAMER, Anthony Joseph Charles | Secretary | 2023-01-01 | 2024-10-15 |
| MIDDLETON, Fiona Elizabeth | Secretary | 2001-05-10 | 2001-12-18 |
| SMITH, Evelyn Isobel | Secretary | 2004-08-20 | 2022-12-31 |
| SMITH, Rosamund Mary Irene | Secretary | 2001-12-18 | 2003-04-11 |
| SUMMERHAYES, Cathryn Mary | Secretary | 2003-04-11 | 2004-08-20 |
| BAKER, Kenneth Wilfred, Rt Hon Lord | Director | 2005-11-10 | 2018-05-10 |
| BARLEY, Nicholas | Director | 2018-07-04 | 2024-06-13 |
| DAMER, Anthony Joseph Charles | Director | 2021-07-08 | 2024-10-15 |
| GLENDINNING, Victoria, The Hon | Director | 2010-07-09 | 2018-05-10 |
| GOFF, Martyn | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2008-05-31 |
| GOFF, Martyn | Director | 2001-05-10 | 2001-12-18 |
| HARWOOD, Ronald, Sir | Director | 2001-12-18 | 2014-11-13 |
| IRVING, Dotti | Director | 2001-05-10 | 2001-12-18 |
| KENNEDY, Helena Ann, Baroness | Director | 2002-07-26 | 2020-02-29 |
| MAMATA, Bidisha Shonarkoli | Director | 2013-03-22 | 2022-03-02 |
| MOTION, Andrew Peter, Sir | Director | 2011-06-15 | 2015-07-02 |
| NAUGHTIE, Alexander James | Director | 2010-07-09 | 2021-02-11 |
| NEUBERGER, Julia Babette Sarah, Baroness | Director | 2002-05-16 | 2011-07-29 |
| NICHOLSON, Emma Harriet, Baroness | Director | 2001-12-18 | 2009-05-29 |
| OKRI, Ben Golden Emuobowho, Sir | Director | 2019-12-09 | 2025-02-01 |
| OKRI, Ben Golden Emuobowho, Sir | Director | 2016-04-21 | 2019-02-01 |
| PEARCE, Christopher Thomas | Director | 2001-12-18 | 2019-12-09 |
| TAYLOR, Jonathan Francis | Director | 2001-05-10 | 2015-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-07-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.