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UK New Year and Birthday Honours for Entrepreneurship
99 people have received a UK honour for Entrepreneurship in the Birthday and New Year Honours of King Charles III and, before him, the late Queen Elizabeth II. Read the official citation behind each award, and search or filter the recipients below.
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2026
Member (MBE)
Maurice Geddis
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dromore, County Down
“Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Avondale Foods Ltd and ENE Ltd. For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland”
Funmi Aishah Lawal
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Clip-Knix. For services to Disability, Entrepreneurship and to Volunteering”
Andrew Fishburn
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Durham, County Durham
“Managing Director, Virgin StartUp. For services to Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship”
Matthew Trevor Jones
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Penarth, South Glamorgan
“Founder and Chief Executive Officer, R4 Advertising. For services to Entrepreneurship and to Advertising”
Officer (OBE)
John Harkin
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coleraine, County Londonderry
“Director and Founder, Alchemy Technology Services. For services to Economic Development and to Entrepreneurship”
Catherine Handcock
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
York, North Yorkshire
“Founder, Creative HEAD. For services to the Hairdressing Industry and to Entrepreneurship”
Akin Onal
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Founder and Chief Executive Officer, MORI. For services to Entrepreneurship”
Christopher Adelsbach
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Godalming, Surrey
“Managing Partner Outrun Ventures. For services to Entrepreneurship”
Commander (CBE)
Monder Ram
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Birmingham, West Midlands
“Founder and Director, Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship. For services to Ethnic Minority Business and Entrepreneurship”
Christopher Hulatt
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Co-Founder, Octopus Group. For services to Entrepreneurship”
2025
Member (MBE)
Julia Barbara Taylor Streets
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
London, Greater London
“Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Streets Consulting. For services to Diversity and Inclusion in Entrepreneurship, particularly in the Financial Services and Technology Sectors”
Peter Chan
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Lingfield, Surrey
“Founder and Managing Director, Herons Bonsai. For services to Business, Entrepreneurship and to Bonsai”
Noreen Burroughes
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
London, Greater London
“President, Organisation for Women in International Trade UK. For services to Women in International Trade and to Entrepreneurship”
Alex Boucher
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Colchester, Essex
“Founder and Managing Director, Analog. For services to the Gaming Industry and to Entrepreneurship”
James Michael Roberts
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Tadworth, Surrey
“Founder and Chief Executive Officer, mOm Incubators. For services to Engineering and to Entrepreneurship”
2024
Member (MBE)
Susan Grant
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“Founder, The Body Doctor. For services to Entrepreneurship”
Helen Keys
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Dromore, County Londonderry
“Entrepreneur, Queen's University's Students' Union. For services to Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Farming”
Bayo Adelaja
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Do It Now Now. For services to Social Mobility, to Financial Inclusion and to Entrepreneurship”
Officer (OBE)
Rabinder Buttar
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk
“Senior Enterprise Fellow, Strathclyde University. For services to Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Leadership in Business, and to Life Sciences”
Andrew Dixon
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Leatherhead, Surrey
“Founding Trustee, Woodhaven Trust and Fairer Share and Founder, Arc InterCapital. For services to Prisoners and Ex-Offenders, to Property Tax Reform and to Entrepreneurship”
2023
Member (MBE)
Derek Alexander Watson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Anstruther, Fife
“Quaestor and Factor, University of St Andrews. For services to Entrepreneurship and Sustainability”
Paul Boyd
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“Founder and Director, Morningside School of Music, Edinburgh. For services to Entrepreneurship and to the Music Industry”
John Woodnutt
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Sandhurst, Kent
“Founder, Delmatic Lighting Control. For services to Business and to Entrepreneurship”
Bejay Mulenga
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
London, Greater London
“Founder, Supa Network. For services to Entrepreneurship and to Tackling Food Poverty”
Dominic Jacquesson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
London, Greater London
“Vice President, Insight and Talent, Index Ventures. For services to Technology and to Entrepreneurship”
Commander (CBE)
Stephen Welton
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Lewes, East Sussex
“Founder and Chair, BGF. For services to Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship.”
Octavius Orlando Irvine Casati Black
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2023
London, Greater London
“Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, MindGym and Co-founder, ParentGym. For services to Entrepreneurship, to Business, and to Life Sciences”
2022
2021
2020
Member (MBE)
Tamara Rajah
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Technology and Entrepreneurship”
Alison Edgar
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Chippenham, Wiltshire
“Managing Director, Sales Coaching Solutions. For services to Entrepreneurship and Small Business”
Sally Louise Preston
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
“Founder and Managing Director, Kiddylicious. For services to Entrepreneurship”
Craig Chettle
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“Chief Executive, Confetti Media Group. For services to Entrepreneurship and the Creative Industries Sector”