Making People Happy is Serious Business: Katapult Named One of The Sunday Times’ Best Places to Work

International themed attraction design company, Katapult, has officially been named one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work. The nationwide awards framework celebrates Britain’s top employers based entirely on rigorous, anonymous feedback provided by their workforce.

Katapult have scooped two titles in this year’s awards. As well as winning The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026 - Small Organisation, they were also named the overall winner in the UK for Best Places to Work for LGBTQIA+ employees.

The Sunday Times Best Places to Work awards celebrate the organisations that inspire, support, and empower their people. Recognising excellence across culture, wellbeing, diversity, and leadership, the awards highlight the companies setting the standard for workplace success.

Unlike traditional commercial awards determined by judging panels, inclusion on the prestigious list is powered independently by WorkL’s data-driven engagement platform. The survey monitors employees based on their workplace pride, empowerment, wellbeing, job satisfaction, and standard of leadership.

Katapult’s Engagement scores (out of 100)

Average engagement score 94%

• Reward & recognition - 94%

• Information sharing - 93%

• Empowerment - 92%

• Wellbeing - 96%

• Instilling pride - 96%

• Job satisfaction - 94%

Speaking on the double award win, Katapult’s Co-Founder and CEO, Dawn Foote said, “At Katapult, our team spends days obsessing over creating memorable experiences for millions of guests around the world. As we approach the company’s 25th birthday, this award win is recognition of always putting our people at the heart of everything we do.”

“We strive everyday for a happy, healthy and creative team who continue to bring to life new experiences for clients and their guests. To have our culture validated directly by anonymous feedback from our own people is the ultimate honour.”

This recognition for the world’s first B Corp Certified themed attraction design company, contributes to a successful first half of the year for Katapult, who have recently announced the opening of newly designed attractions and their role in industry-leading research into neuroinclusion.

See the full list of winners here