Birthday Honours 2025
Alastair Wilson OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Chief Executive Officer • School for Social Entrepreneurs
“For services to Business and to Charity.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
14 June 2025
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Alastair John WILSON
Chief Executive Officer, School for Social Entrepreneurs, Co-Founder and Director, Tonic Housing and Chair, The Foyer Federation
For services to Business and to Charity.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64759 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- Chief Executive Officer, School for Social Entrepreneurs
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- London, Greater London
“For services to Business and to Charity.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 294 times in the Birthday Honours List 2025 — about 19% of the list.
In their area
841 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive Officer, School for Social Entrepreneurs.
How widely is this recognised?
3,913 people have been recognised for Business & Economy.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64759, notice 4906274. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2025).
Published 13 June 2025.
Location (London, Greater London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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