New Year Honours 2026
Buffini CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chair
“For services to Philanthropy and to Young People.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Philanthropy and to Young People.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
30 December 2025
THE KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Lady (Deborah Si Yin) BUFFINI
Chair, Buffini Chao Foundation
For services to Philanthropy and to Young People.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64940 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2026- Role at the time
- Chair
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- Weybridge, Surrey
“For services to Philanthropy and to Young People.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 103 times in the New Year Honours List 2026 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
39 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Surrey.
What organisation were they with?
Chair.
How widely is this recognised?
3,337 people have been recognised for Children, Young People & Families.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2026
London Gazette (official record), issue 64940, notice 5027561. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2026).
Published 29 December 2025.
Location (Weybridge, Surrey) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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