BOOKER PRIZE FOUNDATION

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

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.

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

“The Trustees have assessed whether the use of the going concern basis is appropriate and have considered possible events or conditions that might cast significant doubt on the ability of the charitable company to continue as a going concern. The Trustees have made this assessment for a period of at least one year from the date of approval of the financial statements. In particular the trustees have made enquiries and considered budgets, cash flows forecasts and projections and have concluded that there is no material uncertainty over the group or charity's ability to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Trustees therefore continue to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. BOOKER PRIZE FOUNDATION · parent
   1. Booker Prize Trading Limited 100% · England · activities which support the main function of Booker Prize Foundation including the promotion of the Booker Prizes and the organisation of the award ceremonies.

Significant events

• “We began 2024 with work on our future strategy and organisational structure, in preparation for a renewed approach to Crankstart for further funding. The activities of the Booker Prize Foundation had changed a great deal since 2022, when our digital team was appointed, and even since mid-2023, when we moved into the BPF's first ever office. Our digital strategy - an ambitious investment in editorial and marketing content in order to engage with more readers year-round - had proven extremely successful in attracting an audience.”
• “Crankstart have generously award a further grant of 9m to be paid on a tapering basis from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2027.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  —

  Not reported

• Cash

  -30.4%

  £3,796,708 → £2,643,226

• Net assets

  -29.5%

  £3,663,444 → £2,581,099

• Employees

  +14.3%

  7 → 8

• Wages

  +17.8%

  £481,113 → £566,559

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers