The judges have discussed, debated and deliberated… It’s time to announce the finalists of CFG’s 2026 Awards!
Before we do, we want to thank everyone who entered or nominated this year. We received almost 50 entries across the five award categories – all of extremely high calibre. This gave our judges plenty to discuss when choosing this year’s finalists, so the CFG team would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to our 11 judges.
Finally, we’d like to thank our 2026 Awards’ sponsors for making this event possible. Together, our headline sponsors – The Benefact Group and Price Bailey – along with our five category sponsors (see below) have enabled us to reimagine CFG's annual awards.
The overall winners for each category will be announced at CFG's 2026 Annual Dinner and Awards on Thursday, 8 October. For more information about the event, please visit our events portal.
We're are excited to announce the finalists for CFG's 2026 Awards are:
Excellence in Financial Reporting (kindly sponsored by PwC)
Best Use of Technology in Finance (kindly sponsored by Unit4)
Excellence in Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) (kindly sponsored by EdenTree)
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Cancer Research UK
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Keep Britain Tidy
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We The Curious
Inspiring Financial Leadership (kindly sponsored by Access Insurance)
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Laura Clare, British Pregnancy Advisory Service
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Hiranya De Alwis Jayasinghe, The Decelerator
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Matt Tattersall, The Methodist Church
Rising Star in Charity Finance (kindly sponsored by NatWest and JS Group)
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Katy Newman, Raw Material Music and Media Education
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Emma Nowak, Mencap
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Kamila Aniagolu, Women’s Aid
CFG's Volunteer of the Year
The winner of this special award will be announced on the night!
Main event sponsors:
We look forward to welcoming this year's finalists, sponsors, judges and other guests to CFG's 2026 Annual Dinner and Awards on Thursday 8 October at Royal Lancaster Hotel, London.
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