Booker Prize Foundation

Analysis

Booker Prize Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04213467). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Booker Prize Foundation reported income of £3.5m and spending of £3.3m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.7m to £3.5m (+31%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Booker Prize Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Weston Park Foundation (£3.5m), Whitechapel Gallery (£3.5m) and Hackney Empire Limited (£3.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 95% and investments 5.3%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 2.6%. Reserves of £2.7m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.