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
- Ian Grundy
- Upper Warden
- Tony Jarvis
- Under Warden
- Julian Ellis
- Immediate Past Master
- Sheila Turner
- Hon Treasurer to the Education Trust
- Simon Burrows
- Past Masters
- Paul Bethel
- Graham Smith
- Linda Smith
- Liz Green
- Assistants
- Peter Corah
- Jonathan Pears
- Trevor Bowmer (Secretary)
- Past Master Emeritus
- Anthony Turner
- Liverymen
- Humphrey Barrett
- Susan Shield
- Toni Hicks
- Jake Leith
- Adam Mansell
- Co-opted as required
- David Sanderson
Cottage Homes Committee
- Upper Warden
- Tony Jarvis (Chairman)
- Past Master Emeritus
- John Strange (Vice-Chairman)
- Under Warden
- Julian Ellis
- Past Masters
- Stephen Woolfe
- David Miller
- Past Master Emeritus
- Jeremy Beachell
- Hon Treasurer
- Matthew Ellis
- Liverymen
- Michael Griffiths
- Helen Woolfe
- Jill Journeaux
- 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
- Ian Grundy
- Upper Warden
- Tony Jarvis
- Under Warden
- Julian Ellis
- Past Master
- Linda Smith
- Assistant/Steward
- Elizabeth Fox
- Simon McIlwaine
- Claire Bethel
- Janie Martin (Secretary)
- Liverymen
- Susan Shield
- Helen Woolfe
- Editorial Sub-Group
- Paul Bethel (Editor)
- Diana de Froment
- Claire Bethel
- Shaun Mackaness
Membership Committee
- Assistant
- Elizabeth Fox (Chairman)
- Upper Warden
- Tony Jarvis
- Assistants/Steward
- Philip Tranter
- Simon Burrows
- Liverymen
- Richard Fynes
- Paul Davey
- Toni Hicks
- Paula Taylor
- Freeman
- Caitlin Charles-Jones
Residents’ Entertainment Committee
- Liverymen
- Michael Griffiths (Chairman)
- Paul Bonnett
- Homes Administrator
- Helen Meek
Investment Committee
- Past Masters
- Hugh Stevenson (Chairman)
- John Strange
- Stephen Woolfe
- Hon Treasurer
- Matthew Ellis
Finance & General Purposes Committee
- The Master
- Ian Grundy (Chairman)
- Upper Warden
- Tony Jarvis
- Under Warden
- Julian Ellis
- Hon Treasurer
- Matthew Ellis