Soroptimist International Winchester is delighted to celebrate the news that one of our members, forensic accountant Dr Kay Linnell has been honoured in the New Year’s Honours List.
Dr Kay Linnell has been awarded an OBE in 2025. Kay has been a Soroptimist for over 40 years in several clubs before joining SI Winchester. She has held a number of roles in that time including Regional President of Southern England Region. 
Today we are delighted that she has been recognised for services to justice for her work in the Subpostmasters Alliance in the recent PO Horizon scandal. She was represented in the TV documentary Mr Bates vs the Post Office.
Recently Kay and her business partner Barbara Jeremiah presented their experiences in the case at the recent Cardio Rehab lecture at The Maltings in Alton, where they told how over many years they had investigated the accounts and contracts and advised the subpostmasters.
This is a great honour for Kay and for Soroptimists everywhere and we congratulate her on her award and her addition to an impressive roll call of inspiring women.