Company
Booker Prize Foundation
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Sir Ben Golden Emuobowho OkriDirector · since 2025
- Shahidha Kazi BariDirector · since 2025
- Julia Marie Carmel Nora AllenDirector · since 2025
- Anthony John Charles GutmanDirector · since 2024
- Mary-Teresa RaineyDirector · since 2020
- Katherine Nicole SheardDirector · since 2020
- Mark David DamazerDirector · since 2020
- Rt Hon Lord David Lindsay WillettsDirector · since 2018
- Carol Ann LakeDirector · since 2018
- Professor Dame Louise Mary RichardsonDirector · since 2015
- Robert Allan Charles SmithSecretary · since 2026
- Patricia Marie DimondSecretary · since 2024
Previous officers 19
- Anthony Joseph Charles Damer 2021-2024 View profile
- Nicholas Barley 2018-2024 View profile
- Bidisha Shonarkoli Mamata 2013-2022 View profile
- Professor Andrew Peter Motion 2011-2015 View profile
- Alexander James Naughtie 2010-2021 View profile
- Hon Victoria Glendinning 2010-2018 View profile
- Martyn Goff 2006-2008 View profile
- Rt Hon Lord Kenneth Wilfred Baker 2005-2018 View profile
- Baroness Helena Ann Kennedy 2002-2020 View profile
- Baroness Julia Babette Sarah Neuberger 2002-2011 View profile
- Christopher Thomas Pearce 2001-2019 View profile
- Sir Ronald Harwood 2001-2014 View profile
- Baroness Emma Harriet Nicholson 2001-2009 View profile
- Dotti Irving 2001-2001 View profile
- Jonathan Francis Taylor 2001-2015 View profile
- Evelyn Isobel Smith 2004-2022 View profile
- Cathryn Mary Summerhayes 2003-2004 View profile
- Rosamund Mary Irene Smith 2001-2003 View profile
- Fiona Elizabeth Middleton 2001-2001 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 10/05/2001
- Also a registered charity
- Booker Prize Foundation
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Booker Prize Foundation on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
1 other company in this group
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
10 directors on the board
- Anthony John Charles Gutman Director · appointed 2024
- Sir Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri Director · appointed 2025
- Shahidha Kazi Bari Director · appointed 2025
- Mark David Damazer Director · appointed 2020
- Mary-Teresa Rainey Director · appointed 2020
- Julia Marie Carmel Nora Allen Director · appointed 2025
- Rt Hon Lord David Lindsay Willetts Director · appointed 2018
- Professor Dame Louise Mary Richardson Director · appointed 2015
- Carol Ann Lake Director · appointed 2018
- Katherine Nicole Sheard Director · appointed 2020
Directors past 6 years
- Mark David Damazer Director · appointed 2020
- Rt Hon Lord David Lindsay Willetts Director · appointed 2018
- Professor Dame Louise Mary Richardson Director · appointed 2015
- Carol Ann Lake Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Shahidha Kazi Bari Director · appointed 2025
- Mark David Damazer Director · appointed 2020
- Rt Hon Lord David Lindsay Willetts Director · appointed 2018
- Professor Dame Louise Mary Richardson Director · appointed 2015
- Carol Ann Lake Director · appointed 2018
- Katherine Nicole Sheard Director · appointed 2020
Portfolio (4)
- Anthony John Charles Gutman Director · appointed 2024
- Sir Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri Director · appointed 2025
- Mary-Teresa Rainey Director · appointed 2020
- Julia Marie Carmel Nora Allen Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 04213467
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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