The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Literature Prize Foundation

Registered charity 1151069 CIO Registered since 2013

Operates: Throughout London

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4 trustees on the board

11.5y median 11.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 4

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£15k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttps://thewritersprize.com
Phone02035896881
Address77 Barnsbury Street, London, N1 1EJ

Finances

£15,023 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£228,500£168,705
2022£140,005£210,336
2023£234,116£203,793
2024£45,077£87,303
2025£15,023£19,023

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides ServicesOther Charitable Activities

Charitable 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.

Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 05 Mar 2013

Trustees (4)

4trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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