New Year Honours 2026
Cassa PANCHO OBE
- Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Founder and Artistic Director
Organisation: Ballet Black
“Founder and Artistic Director, Ballet Black. For services to Ballet”
Timeline
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Artistic Director and Founder, Ballet Black. For services to Ballet.
View London Gazette noticeOfficer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Founder and Artistic Director, Ballet Black. For services to Ballet
View London Gazette noticeLondon Gazette notice
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:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Cassa PANCHO M.B.E.
Founder and Artistic Director, Ballet Black
For services to Ballet.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64940 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2013- Role at the time
- Founder and Artistic Director
- Region
- London, London
“Artistic Director and Founder, Ballet Black. For services to Ballet.”
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2026- Role at the time
- Founder and Artistic Director
- Region
- London, Greater London
“Founder and Artistic Director, Ballet Black. For services to Ballet”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 281 times in the New Year Honours List 2026 — about 19% of the list.
In their area
865 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Founder and Artistic Director, Ballet Black.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2013
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2013). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2012.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2026
London Gazette (official record), issue 64940, notice 5027802. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2026).
Published 29 December 2025.
Location (London, London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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