Membership of the Company

By virtue of its Ordinances, members on admission to the Company must be members of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators. The maximum number of Liverymen permitted is 300.

Responsibilities of Membership

The obligations of those fit and proper persons who are admitted to the Freedom and the Livery of the Company are set out in a formal declaration to the Court at the admission ceremonies. They are what are expected of a good citizen of The City.

Apprentice Scheme

A recent development is that the Company now has an Apprenticeship Scheme in place. This provides, in each year, for up to 6 young persons then between the ages of 18 and 29 to each be apprenticed to a Senior Liveryman, known as the Master of the Apprentice. There is a separate scale of Fines and Fees, and there is also the possibility of a grant of modest amount, by way of scholarship to support the Apprentice's studies for the ICSA examinations.

Charitable and Educational Activities

On the Company's founding a Charitable Trust was established largely by an appeal to Liverymen, who continue to maintain the growth of the Fund both by regular donation and, for some, by the occasional one-off contribution too. It is expected that each Liveryman will contribute regularly, according to his or her individual means.

Livery Activities

The Livery holds a limited number of functions in The City each year, ranging from the lounge-suited informality of a luncheon to the strictly formal, white tie or black tie, evening occasions. As well as these, there are various sporting events in which we take part such as charitable sponsored swimming for the City Dip, inter-livery golf matches and clay-shoots and bridge competitions and the Prince Arthur Cup. For the most part, guests are welcome at these functions, although space in some of the Livery Halls is occasionally a limitation. The Livery also holds an annual church service and a joint carol service with other Livery companies.

There is also a thriving Livery Liaison Group that organises a small number of less formal, and generally less expensive, functions throughout the year. Recent examples have been visits to RAF Halton, Lords cricket ground, the House of Commons and the Royal Naval College at Greenwich.

Permanent links have been established with all three of the Armed Services, and the Heads of the Logistics Branch, Royal Navy; the Adjutant General's Corps (Staff and Personnel Support) of the Army; and the Administrative Branch of the Royal Air Force, are Honorary Freemen of the Company.