New Year Honours 2024
Sarah Cressall OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
“For services to Creativity in Education, Entertainment and Business.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Creativity in Education, Entertainment and Business.
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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
30 December 2023
THE KING has been graciously pleased 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:
Sarah Jane CRESSALL
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Creation Station
For services to Creativity in Education, Entertainment and Business.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64269 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2024- Role at the time
- Founder and Chief Executive Officer
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- Exmouth, Devon
“For services to Creativity in Education, Entertainment and Business.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 298 times in the New Year Honours List 2024 — about 19% of the list.
In their area
33 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Devon.
What organisation were they with?
Founder and Chief Executive Officer.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64269, notice 4520174. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2024).
Published 29 December 2023.
Location (Exmouth, Devon) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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