Omaze Winners: Every UK House Winner So Far

The complete list of Omaze UK house winners

Omaze’s first UK house draw launched in April 2020: a £1,150,000 property in Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire. The winner, a civil servant from Lincolnshire who had entered with a £10 bundle of 15 entries, was announced in November 2020, and the draw raised £250,000 for Teenage Cancer Trust (UK Fundraising, November 2020). Since then, Omaze has run dozens of further house draws across the UK, each with its own property, charity partner and winner.

Because new draws close and new winners are announced continually, we do not maintain a static winners table on this page — any list we published here would go out of date within weeks. For the current, complete, and officially confirmed list of winners, property values, locations and charity partners, see Omaze’s own winners page, which the operator updates after every draw closes.

For a walkthrough of what happens between being notified and actually taking ownership of the property — including conveyancing, stamp duty and running costs — see our guide to what happens if you win an Omaze house.

How are Omaze winners selected?

Winners are selected by a random draw from all valid entries submitted before the closing deadline. Paid entries and free postal entries are combined into a single pool; there is no separate draw for free entrants. Omaze’s own official rules name Civica as the independent scrutineer that processes and verifies postal entries and oversees the randomised selection (omaze.co.uk/pages/official-rules-uk).

The winning entry is identified after the draw closes. Omaze then contacts the winner directly — typically by phone call and follow-up email — before making a public announcement. The winner’s name and approximate location are published on the Omaze website.

Are Omaze winners real people?

Yes. All Omaze UK winners are real individuals who entered the draw. Omaze publishes winner names, approximate locations, testimonials and video interviews on its own winners page for a number of completed draws, and many winners have also been covered independently by regional and national media. The winners are not employees of Omaze or its charity partners.

If you are sceptical — which is a reasonable starting position for any prize competition — the most reliable check is to look at the Companies House accounts for Omaze UK Ltd (company number 12056935), which will reflect the scale of the business, and at the relevant charity partner’s own annual report and accounts on the Charity Commission register (register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk), which will show the donation received as income.

What happened to the charity in each draw?

For every completed house draw, Omaze guarantees its charity partner a minimum of £1 million. It has historically described this as 17% of ticket revenue, but on a large, well-selling draw the effective share can fall to low single digits of total spend, so the actual amount raised above the £1 million floor varies significantly by draw. For the confirmed donation figure on a specific draw, check that draw’s announcement on Omaze’s winners page or the charity partner’s own accounts on the Charity Commission register.

The charity does not receive the property — it receives a cash donation. The property goes to the winner.

What happens if a winner cannot or does not want to take the house?

Omaze’s official UK rules allow for the prize to be adjusted if the advertised property cannot be transferred to the winner for any reason, or if the winner cannot take up elements of the prize such as a meet-and-greet experience. In those circumstances, Omaze may offer a reasonable prize alternative rather than the property as advertised (omaze.co.uk/pages/official-rules-uk). The exact terms, including whether a cash alternative is offered and its value, are set out in the rules for each individual draw rather than as one fixed policy across all draws.

This is worth knowing before you enter: the headline prize is not contractually guaranteed to be the exact property pictured on the draw page in every possible circumstance, even though in the overwhelming majority of completed draws winners have gone on to take ownership of the advertised house. Always read the specific draw’s official rules, not just the marketing page, before entering — and see our guide to how much goes to charity for how to weigh this kind of small print against the headline prize.

What should I do if I think I’ve won?

If you have entered a live Omaze draw that has recently closed, the steps are:

1. Check your email (including spam) for a message from Omaze.
2. Check any phone calls from unknown numbers around the draw close date.
3. Do not rely on social media announcements to find out if you have won — Omaze contacts the winner directly before any public announcement.
4. If you believe you entered but have not heard anything, check your entry confirmation email and contact Omaze’s customer support.

Be aware that scammers sometimes impersonate Omaze to claim you have “won” a draw you did not enter, or ask for a fee to release a prize. Omaze does not ask winners to pay anything to receive their prize. If you receive such a message, do not respond and report it to Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk).

How does winning an Omaze house actually work?

Winning the draw is not the same as receiving the property immediately. There is a legal conveyancing process, potential stamp duty liability, and other costs. For the full picture of what happens after you win, see our guide to what happens if you win an Omaze house.

For everything about how Omaze draws operate — charity model, entry options and our assessment of the operator — see the full Omaze review.