New Year Honours 2013
Michael Aron Heller
Knight Bachelor
Philanthropist. • For charitable services
“For charitable services.”
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Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2013- Role at the time
- Philanthropist., For charitable services
- Region
- London
“For charitable services.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 25 times in the New Year Honours List 2013 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Philanthropist., For charitable services.
How widely is this recognised?
16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2013
Bernard Hogan-Howe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Dorset
“For services to Policing.”
Bradley Marc Wiggins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Lancashire
“For services to Cycling.”
Charles Benedict Ainslie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Cornwall
“For services to Sailing.”
Christopher Stone
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
West Midlands
“For services to Education.”
David Hugh Wootton Mayor of London
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Kent
“For services to Legal Business, Charity and the City of London.”
David Neil Payne
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Hampshire
“For services to Photonics Research and Applications.”
David Whitlock Tanner
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For services to Rowing and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
Elizabeth Fradd
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Derbyshire
“For services to Cycling and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
George Thomas Berwick
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Essex
“For services to Education.”
Hector William Hepburn Sants
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Oxfordshire
“For services to Financial Services and Regulation.”
Hew Francis Anthony Strachan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Lanarkshire
“For services to the Ministry of Defence.”
Hossein Yassaie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Hertfordshire
“For services to Technology and Innovation.”
Ian David Diamond
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Aberdeen
“For services to Social Science and Higher Education.”
John Mark Nicholas Leighton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Edinburgh
“For services to Art.”
Keith Burnett
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
South Yorkshire
“For services to Science and Higher Education.”
Kenneth Henry Grange
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For services to Design.”
Martin Gregory Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Oxfordshire
“For charitable services to Education, the Arts and Science.”
Martin James Narey
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
North Yorkshire
“For services to Vulnerable People.”
Nicholas Stephen Williams
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For services to Education.”
Peter Gerard Hendy
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Somerset
“for London.”
Quentin Saxby Blake
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For services to Illustration.”
Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
West Midlands
“for Aldridge Brownhill.”
Robert Stephen O’Brien
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Essex
“For services to Healthcare and to the community in London.”
Simon Charles Wessely
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For services to Military Healthcare and to Psychological Medicine.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Community & Voluntary Service
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service. See the full list →
Alexander Gibson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Brentwood, Essex
“For Charitable Service.”
Michael Cooper
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Alison Hickman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the community in Sierra Leone.”
Charles Entwisle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Charity and to Vulnerable People in Mallorca.”
Hazel Tomkins
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For Charitable Service.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Carole Stevens
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Animal Welfare and to the community in Swansea, West Glamorgan.”
Ian Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
North Ronaldsay, Orkney
“For services to Art and to the community in North Ronaldsay, Orkney.”
Adrian Richards
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ferryhill, County Durham
“For services to the community in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.”
Derek Reid
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Suicide Awareness and to the community in Castlemilk, Glasgow.”
Sheila Pheely
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk
“For Voluntary Service.”
Susan Price
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For Charitable Service.”
Dharmesh Mistry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Isabella Jenney
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rushden, Northamptonshire
“For services to the community in East Northamptonshire.”
Lyndsay Howden
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to the British Red Cross and to the community in Humberside.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Christopher Hailey (christopher Hailey-norris)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
York, North Yorkshire
“For services to Charity and to the community in Yorkshire.”
Elizabeth Greig
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to the community in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.”
Jamie Goddard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Wendy Ford
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Charity and to Young People.”
Audrey Flannagan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to the community in Glasgow.”
Susan Falconer
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Mountain Ash, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to the community in Blackwood, Caerphilly.”
Mary Dumigan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire and Arran
“For voluntary services to the community in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2013
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2013).
Published 29 December 2012.
Location (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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