The 371st Festival Service and Dinner will be held on Tuesday 12 May 2026. The Festival is a unique and extraordinary event. It celebrates the work of the Trust and the clergy households we serve, with our generous supporters. The Service at St Paul's Cathedral (5pm) is one of the oldest choral music events in the world, and brings together three of the UK’s finest cathedral choirs. Tickets to the Service are free.

The inaugural performance of The Livery Choir, comprised of members from across the City's Livery Companies and Ward Clubs, will take place in All Hallows By The Tower church on Thursday 21st May at 7.30pm to perform the Fauré Requiem and Vivaldi Gloria. CLICK HERE for the flyer that can be shared. There are a variety of bars and restaurants around the church, making it an easy destination for a music-centred social occasion. For any questions, including additional singers wishing to participate, please contact liverychoir@gmail.com BOOK TICKETS on Eventbrite

If you are interested in the below, then please contact Giles Murphy giles.murphy@btinternet.com  

Get your teams ready for a bit of competition round the City! “The Two Mile Revolution” You will journey from Temple Bar Memorial to Threadneedle Street along the route where the most significant moments in medieval London unfolded. Using observation, deduction and a little research you will uncover clues connected to the Knights Templar and the Barons’ War, moving through streets where rebels, crusading knights, merchants and kings once competed for power. Each team will divide the roles of navigator, clue-master and visual spotter, working together to solve forty challenges hidden along the two mile route. The aim is to get the most points along the way to become the winning team! Scores will be counted up at the end, and the winner revealed while you enjoy drinks and canapés at the Nationwide entertaining space overlooking the City.   Tickets: £50 To include the walk, question sheets, and rooftop drinks & canapés You do not have the enter a team - if you book solo or as a two or three, you will be combined with other into a team for the walk and competition. Time: Meet at 5.30pm - teams will be set up a start times staggered  

Join us at this spectacular venue for dinner, drinks and entertainment! All members and guests are welcome! We are delighted to announce that our speaker for the Annual Banquet at Mansion House on 15 June will be HSBC Group CFO Pam Kaur.  Skills and experience: Pam has extensive global banking experience, gained over an almost 40-year career with a number of global financial institutions. She has performed many senior roles in audit, business, compliance, finance and risk management. Career: Pam was appointed Group CFO on 1 January 2025. Prior to this, she served as Group Chief Risk Officer from January 2020 and assumed responsibility for Compliance in June 2021. She served as Group Chief Risk and Compliance Officer until December 2024. Prior to joining HSBC in April 2013 as Group Head of Internal Audit, Pam held several senior positions including Global Head of Group Audit for Deutsche Bank; Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of the Restructuring and Risk Division for Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc; Group Head of Compliance and AntiMoney Laundering for Lloyds TSB; and Chief Compliance Officer for Citigroup International. Pam previously served as a non-executive Director of Centrica plc and Aberdeen Group plc. Pam has an MBA in Finance, and a BCom (Hons) from Panjab University in India, and is a Fellow member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. She currently serves as a non-executive Director of the Group’s subsidiary, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. Attendees will also enjoy music from the London Banqueting Ensemble, including the magical Post Horn Gallop! With regular performances in London's top venues including Mansion House, The Guildhall, Grosvenor House and the Dorchester Hotel, the LBE Salon Orchestra has a firmly established reputation as the leading dinner orchestra in the UK. 6.15pm - Drinks Reception 6.45pm...

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Twice a year, the City of London Corporation’s Common Hall is transformed from a standard local authority meeting on civic issues, into a day of great ceremony. Click here for more history and information. Each autumn, Liverymen elect the next year’s Lord Mayor and every summer, it’s the turn of the two Sheriffs. After Common Hall, many Liveries go home, but the Master Chartered Accountant hosts a private Reception and Lunch in the Aldermen’s Dining Room. We go up to Guildhall’s roof terrace on the fourth floor for the Reception and then into the Dining Room for lunch. Partners and guests are very welcome and will be able to have coffee and explore the Guildhall Gallery, while Liverymen are attending the Election Ceremony. from 10.45am - Coffee 11.45am - All attending the Election Ceremony must be seated 12noon - Shrieval Election Ceremony 1pm - Drinks in the Aldermen's Dining Room 1.30pm - Lunch in the Aldermen's Dining Room 3pm - Watch the ceremony in Guildhall Yard from the balcony 3.30pm - Finish Dress: lounge suit or smart day wear Tickets: £95, for Drinks Reception and Lunch  

Tickets: £31.50

The Interlivery Golf Croquet Competition will be held this year on Saturday 27 June 2026 at Southwick near Brighton, commencing at 9:30am for 10:00am. Many of you will remember that we won the trophy last year - Jonathan Grosvenor and Lynn Pearcy doing an excellent job - and the Chartered Accountants' Company is taking a team again this year. We have a full team for this year based on past players and those who were reserves last year. We would still welcome more members who would like to play, but standing as reserves for this year. If you are interested, please reply by email. If you have a croquet handicap (golf or association) do include that in your email. Experience of golf croquet is not a requirement though for the competition as there is a short training session before the competition itself begins. The day is great fun and the Southwick Croquet Club, our hosts, provide lunch and afternoon tea and there is also a pay bar. The day usually finishes around 4:00pm. We do already have a full team for the current year (unless the team captain breaks a leg as he did last year) but we would really welcome supporters to come along, cheer, have a drink at the bar and meet the members from our own and other liveries. There are limited places for guests for lunch (at £60 per head) but these have to booked in advance. Again, let us know if you would like to come and watch. Finally, if croquet appeals but you don't want put your name forward for the team - and there are limited places - or even know little about it and would like to learn - still let us know and we could think about a smaller internal friendly...

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You're invited to the most swell party of the year as this summer's eagerly anticipated production delivers another glorious dose of Golden Age musical theatre escapism. Helen George (Call the Midwife, The King and I) leads the cast as the glamorous Tracy Lord, joined by stage and screen favourites Felicity Kendal (Rosemary and Thyme), Freddie Fox (Slow Horses) and Julian Ovenden (South Pacific). Carly Mercedes Dyer (Anything Goes, A Chorus Line) and Nigel Lindsay (Kiss Me, Kate) return to the Barbican, joined by Malcolm Sinclair (Pie in the Sky). Join the 28-strong cast as plans for the society wedding of the year descend into chaos, with old flames and new sparks vying for attention while a sharp-eyed tabloid reporter hunts for scandal at the waterfront estate. Brought to life by a multi award-winning creative team, including Rachel Kavanaugh and choreographer Anthony Van Laast, High Society rings in the summer season, hot on the heels of Anything Goes and Kiss Me, Kate. Tickets: Exclusive offer of top seats for £60! To include Complimentary pre-performance drinks and interval drinks in a private area Free programme Top seats To book your place please contact Clive Parritt on clive@parritt.com  

As a Thank You for a Chartered Accountants' Livery Charity grant, St Paul's Music Department are offering you front-row seats to the Orchestral Mass on Sunday 5 July 2026.  Step into the awe-inspiring grandeur of St. Paul’s Cathedral and experience St Paul’s main Sunday morning service with music from City of London Sinfonia. Orchestral masses blends timeless liturgy with transcendent musical artistry, featuring a full orchestra and world-class choir. Sung Eucharist is the high point of weekly worship at St Paul’s, engaging the senses with sound, colour and movement. This service includes choral and orchestral music, hymn singing, and a sermon. During the service, the congregation will be invited to share in the bread and wine. If you receive communion in your own church, you are welcome to receive communion at St Paul’s. If you do not normally receive communion, you are invited to come forward and receive a blessing. You do not have to be a practising member of the Church of England to attend the Eucharist. If you are unfamiliar with the service, you can pick up an easy-to-follow order of service at the beginning, which will guide you through each part. Visit St Paul’s guidance on attending services at St Paul’s for more information on what to expect. Date: Sunday 22 June 2025 Time: 11.15am-12.15pm Followed by an optional lunch nearby Tickets: No charge for the Mass and Drinks Just pay for what you have at lunch. Music: Missa brevis in C “Spatzenmesse” (KV220) Mozart

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Sharp tongues and savage gossip fuel a messy, magnetic attraction in this new production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing in the Globe Theatre. The war is over, but the battle for love is just beginning. Beatrice has sworn off men, but there’s something about Benedick she just can’t leave alone. Meanwhile, beneath Messina’s polished surface, secrets slip, gossip runs wild and reputations hang by a thread. Everyone’s saving face – and nobody’s doing it very well. Set in a sun-soaked world of style and status, where image is everything and late-night parties blur into dawn, Chelsea Walker’s (All’s Well That End’s Well, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Globe) Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare’s most incisive romantic comedies. An unfiltered look at bad behaviour, second chances, and recovering from old wounds. ‘Therein do men from children nothing differ.’ Tickets: £86.50 please purchase online below Time: 2pm-4.30pm approx. Followed by an optional meal at The Swan London nextdoor.

This 2026 Installation Dinner will be held at Drapers' Hall on Monday 5 October 2026. The Drapers' Livery Hall is one of the finest grand rooms anywhere in London. The vast ceiling is adorned with scenes from Shakespeare’s plays ‘The Tempest’ and ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and around the walls is displayed some splendid silver. Marble-columned, galleried, gilded and hung with royal portraits, this is where members of the Royal Family and other heads of state have dined. No surprise then, that it regularly appears on television as Buckingham Palace. This event is to celebrate the Installation of Sally Orton as Master, as well as Malcolm Bacchus as Senior Warden, and the Junior Warden. Details to follow

This year, Help Musicians will be celebrating their 80th Celebration and the service will be held at Westminster Cathedral on Wednesday 18 November at 11:00 am-12pm.  The service is free to attend and will see the combined choirs of Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral and St Paul’s Cathedral unite to perform under the expert direction of Simon Johnson, Director of Music at Westminster Cathedral. This years’ service will feature the premiere of a specially created anthem by Ryan Wigglesworth. There will be the option to join a lunch after the service - venue tbc