About the British Data Awards
The British Data Awards is an annual quest that aims to discover and celebrate the UK’s data success stories.
Now in our sixth year, we’re particularly proud of the range of organisations and individuals that submit nominations as this allows us to showcase the vibrancy of the UK’s data ecosystem.
From FTSE 100 heavyweights to tech unicorns, innovative start-ups, public sector pioneers, essential not-for-profits, and everything in between. Quite simply, if you have a data success story to share, we’d love to hear about it.
Our 2025 Winners have now been announced – please click here to view the official write-up. To stay up to date with all things British Data Awards you can follow us on LinkedIn or sign-up for email updates by clicking the button below.
Key Dates
2nd January 2026
Nominations Open
20th February 2026
Nominations Close
18th March 2026
Finalists Announced
13th May 2026
Awards Ceremony
Category Partners
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Award Categories
Overall Awards
- Innovation of the Year
- Data for Good Initiative of the Year
- Data for Good Consulting Initiative of the Year
- Data Transformation of the Year
- Education Initiative of the Year
- Climate Change Initiative of the Year
- Generative AI Initiative of the Year
- Data Protection/Privacy Initiative of the Year
- Best Place to Work in Data
- Start-Up of the Year
- SME of the Year
- Large Company of the Year
- Data Vendor of the Year
- Data Partnership of the Year
Sector Awards
- AI Company of the Year
- Analytics Company of the Year
- Consultancy of the Year
- Financial Services Company of the Year
- Healthcare Organisation of the Year
- Not-For-Profit of the Year
- Public Sector Organisation of the Year
- Technology Company of the Year
Solution Awards
- BI Solution of the Year
- Data Management Solution of the Year
People Awards
- Data Leader of the Year (Brand)
- Data Leader of the Year (Partner)
- Rising Star of the Year
- Data Team of the Year (<20 people)
- Data Team of the Year (20+ people)
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Judging Panel
Abel Aboh
Advisor – AI Governance
Bank of England
Helen Blaikie
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Aston University
Neil Carden
President EMEA
Blend
Dr Sophie Carr
Founder
Bays Consulting
Caroline Carruthers
CEO
Carruthers and Jackson
Rob Holtom
Executive Director, Digital, Data & Tech
Information Commissioner’s Office
Jason Johnson
Co-Founder
Predatech
Kinnari Ladha
Chief Data Officer
Merlin Entertainments
Di Mayze
Chief Data & AI Officer
Marks & Spencer
George McCrea
Director Data Science, Analytics & Visualisation
The Crown Estate
Adrian Pinder
Head, Digital & Data
DS Smith
Niresh Rajah
Chief Data & AI Officer
DLA Piper
Professor Ed Rochead
Chair
Alliance for Data Science Professionals
Adam Ryan
Chief Data Officer
Calligo
Miryem Salah
Chief Data Officer & Director of Vodafone Business IT Hubs
Vodafone
Nick Sawyer
Director of Data & Analytics
Bupa Dental Care
Lucy Vickers
Chief Data Officer & Chief Statistician
Department of Health & Social Care
Awards Ceremony
The sold out British Data Awards 2025 ceremony took place on the 14th May at The Brewery, 52 Chiswell Street, London, EC1Y 4SA.
The ceremony included a drinks reception, a three course dinner with wine, comedy, performers, a live band, games, and of course just a few awards.
Planning for 2026 has now begun and more information will be shared over the coming months.
Please email [email protected] if you’d like to get in touch with us.
About Predatech
Predatech helps organisations to turn the tide on the growing cyber security threat. We offer a range of services including CREST accredited penetration testing, Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certifications and ISO 27001 Consultancy.
Securing organisations and their data has helped us to understand the power of data to make our lives better. This led us to launch the British Data Awards in 2020.
Penetration
Testing
Conduct in-depth testing of your systems using a range of advanced manual techniques to identify vulnerabilities.
Cyber Essentials
Certification
Support, assess, and certify your business in the Government-backed Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus certifications.