To make a nomination for an royal honour you need to tell the Honours and Appointments Secretariat all about the nominee’s work and achievements in an official nomination document. You also need to provide a minimum of two supporting letters for your nomination although we would recommend between five and 15 letters.

Awards Intelligence can help you nominate someone for any of the King’s honour award, by professionally handling the whole nomination process for you.

A nomination for an honour cannot be resubmitted year on year until the desired result is achieved. If your nomination is unsuccessful you cannot re-nominate until a minimum of two years has passed, and then the nomination must show a significant difference to the first to be considered at all.

We can make sure your nomination has the best possible chance of getting the right result from the start.

Being awarded a royal honour carries many benefits. It’s not only recognition for outstanding service to the community or being a leader in your field, but also a great encouragement to do better and achieve even more for others. It will raise your profile, further enhance your reputation and instil trust of course – that vital ingredient for success in all walks of life.

It also provides a platform to talk about the cause or campaign you have been honoured for, thus helping to raise awareness.

Furthermore, very few other awards carry the same gravitas and are globally recognised and respected. In fact, it is arguably the most prestigious award in the world.

A criminal record will not necessarily prevent a person from being considered for an honour, as long as there are no outstanding issues or remaining custodial sentences.

When you make a nomination it is not necessary to stipulate which level of honour you think the nominee deserves. However it can be helpful to understand the level of award they may be eligible to be considered for: 

In short, levels tend to be considered according to the spread of the nominee’s work and achievements, for example; the BEM and MBE are mainly awarded for local, hands-on achievement; the OBE and CBE tend to be awarded for work and achievements that have had a wider impact on society, for example, influencing a profession, industry, region or nation; and a knighthood or damehood is the highest level of award given for the widest impact, for example an inspirational impact on a profession, industry, country, or charitable cause. 

As soon as possible! Honours nominations are considered all year long. However, the honours process involves a consideration period of around 12 – 18 months from receipt of your nomination, and the nominee must still be involved in the service for which they are being nominated, so it is important to get the nomination in the queue as soon as possible.

Too many people wait to put forward their nomination and are disappointed when an unexpected change or delay prevents their nominee from getting the honour they deserve.

Any further achievements the nominee has during the consideration process can always be added to the existing nomination later on, so don’t delay your nomination because you are waiting for a project to finish or until the nominee retires or they may never get the award they deserve!