Management of the Company
The Company is governed by the Court of Assistants which comprises the Company’s Master, the Upper Warden, the Under Warden, an Honorary Treasurer, Past Masters, and up to fifteen Assistants. An appointed Clerk is responsible for the day-to-day implementation of the Company’s business and activities.
Assistants are elected by the Court from amongst the Company’s Liverymen, and the Master and the two Wardens are elected by the Court annually. The Court meets four times per year: in January, April, July, and September, with the Master and the Wardens being installed at the April meeting.
Specialist matters concerning the Company’s charitable and corporate activities are dealt with by various Committees, on which Liverymen may be invited to serve alongside Assistants and Company Officers. These Committees report to the Court. Currently there are the following Committees: Education; Finance & General Purposes; Investment; Cottage Homes; Residents' Entertainment; Past Masters; Social, and Membership.
Education Committee
- Past Master
- George Turner (Chairman)
- The Master
- Julian Ellis
- Upper Warden
- Elizabeth Fox
- Under Warden
- Matthew Ellis
- Master-in-Waiting
- Tony Jarvis
- Hon Treasurer to the Education Trust
- Simon Burrows
- Past Masters
- Paul Bethel
- Graham Smith
- Linda Smith
- Liz Green
- Sheila Turner (Secretary)
- Assistants/Steward
- Peter Corah
- Jonathan Pears
- Catherine Fuller
- Susan Shield
- Jill Journeaux
- Liverymen
- Humphrey Barratt
- Toni Hicks
- Jake Leith
- Adam Mansell
Cottage Homes Committee
- Upper Warden
- Elizabeth Fox (Chairman)
- Master
- Julian Ellis
- Under Warden and Hon Treasurer
- Matthew Ellis
- Past Master Emeritus
- John Strange (Vice-Chairman)
- Past Masters
- Stephen Woolfe
- David Miller
- Past Master Emeritus
- Jeremy Beachell
- Assistant/Steward
- Helen Woolfe
- Jill Journeaux
- Liverymen
- Michael Griffiths
- Mike Piper
- Paul Bonnett
- In Attendance
- Homes Administrator
Past Masters' Committee
- Past Master
- George Turner (Chairman)
- Past Masters
- All other active Past Masters
- In Attendance
- The Clerk
Social Committee
- Past Master
- Paul Bethel (Chairman)
- The Master
- Julian Ellis
- Master-in-Waiting
- Tony Jarvis
- Past Master
- Linda Smith
- Assistants/Steward
- Claire Bethel
- Helen Woolfe
- Janie Martin (Secretary)
- Susan Shield
- Liveryman
- Simon McIlwaine
- Editorial Sub-Group
- Paul Bethel (Editor)
- Diana de Froment
- Claire Bethel
- Shaun Mackaness
Membership Committee
- Master-in-Waiting
- Tony Jarvis (Chairman)
- Master
- Julian Ellis
- Past Master
- Elizabeth Green
- Assistant
- Philip Tranter
- Liverymen
- Toni Hicks
- Paula Taylor
- Bethan Parry
- Freeman
- Caitlin Charles-Jones
Residents’ Entertainment Committee
- Liverymen
- Michael Griffiths (Chairman)
- Paul Bonnett
- Homes Administrator
- Nettie Ellis
Investment Committee
- Past Masters
- Hugh Stevenson (Chairman)
- John Strange
- Stephen Woolfe
- Hon Treasurer
- Matthew Ellis
Finance & General Purposes Committee
- Master
- Julian Ellis (Chairman)
- Upper Warden
- Elizabeth Fox
- Under Warden and Hon Treasurer
- Matthew Ellis
- Immediate Past Master
- Ian Grundy