The King’s Awards for Enterprise are designed to recognize outstanding achievement by UK organisations, including businesses, non-profits, and public sector entities. The awards honour excellence and measurable impact across key areas of business performance, such as innovation, sustainability, and social contribution, with a focus on young founder entrepreneurship, international trade, and promoting opportunity through social mobility.
Award Categories
• Young Founder: Recognises young entrepreneurs leading organisations with evidence of commercial success or growth potential, based on age requirements and financial thresholds such as turnover or external funding.
• Innovation: For organisations with market-ready innovations that demonstrate sustained commercial success, recovery of investment, and strong performance across products, services, marketing, or related business functions.
• International Trade: Highlights organisations with strong and consistent growth in overseas sales, including significant year-on-year export performance over multiple years.
• Sustainability: Rewards organisations that go beyond compliance requirements, integrate sustainability into their strategy, and demonstrate measurable environmental or social impact.
• Social Mobility: Recognises organisations that support disadvantaged individuals through skills development, mentoring, training, and inclusive employment practices over a sustained period, benefiting both individuals and wider communities.
Eligibility Criteria
• Organisation must be based in the UK.
• Must maintain compliance with tax and regulatory obligations.
• Must operate as a self-contained entity.
• Must employ at least two UK-based staff members.
• Must demonstrate strong environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices.
Application Details
• Application Deadline: Tuesday, 8 September 2026, at 1pm.
• Step 1: Create an account or sign in to the application portal.
• Step 2: Register or check your details.
• Step 3: Answer questions about your eligibility, which is estimated to take less than 15 minutes.
• Step 4: Submit the completed application by the deadline.
Contact Information
• Helpline: King’s Awards Helpline
• Telephone: 020 4551 0081
• Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
• Email: kingsawards@businessandtrade.gov.uk
Applications for the 2027 awards are currently open. For complete details and to begin the application process, interested parties are encouraged to visit the official government website at GOV.UK.