Nominations open for Private Business Awards 2025

The Private Business Awards 2025, sponsored by BDO, has officially launched. Nominations are now open to all UK-registered private or PE-backed businesses with a turnover of £50m—£300m.

The inaugural awards programme celebrates the mid-sized businesses that drive UK economic growth and aims to recognise the very best of private business in the UK.

The Private Business Awards are divided into 10 categories: Private Business of the Year, Tech Business of the Year, VC or PE-Backed Business of the Year, Social Enterprise of the Year, Scale-up Business of the Year, Future Leader, CEO of the Year, Family Business of the Year, CFO of the Year, and Transformation of the Year.

Eligible businesses must be headquartered in the UK, have been trading for a minimum of three years, and have revenues between £50m-£300m, except for those entering the Social Enterprise of the Year and Scale Up Business of the Year categories.

Nominations are now open for the Private Business Awards 2025 to all UK-registered private or PE-backed businesses with a turnover of £50m-£300m / Picture: Getty/iStock

Julian Frost, partner at BDO LLP, said: “The UK’s mid-market is at the heart of the UK economy, playing a vital role in job creation and boasting an impressive track record of growth, particularly against a backdrop of economic uncertainty. These private businesses, and the people who lead them, often sit in the shadows of UK capital markets. It is a richly diverse community, hugely entrepreneurial, with some fantastic stories to tell and inspire. For private or PE-backed business in the UK, the awards provide a great opportunity to be recognised and celebrated.”

Nominations can be made by individuals from both within or outside the eligible company by 14 March 2025. A shortlist will be announced in June, with finalists selected by an independent judging panel. Winners will be announced at the Private Business Awards Gala Dinner in London on 11 September 2025.

To learn more about the BDO Private Business Awards 2025 eligibility criteria, or to nominate an individual or a business, visit: Private Business Awards