Company's Activities

The Activities of the Company broadly fall into three categories - support for the Mayoralty and the City, charitable and social.

Support for the City is normally manifested on traditional and ceremonial occasions, for example, the election of the Lord Mayor on Michaelmas Day and the election of the Sheriffs on Midsummer Day. From time to time the Company has been privileged to enter a carriage in the Lord Mayor's Procession when the incoming Lord Mayor has been a Liveryman of the Company, and on occasions a float has also been entered in the procession.

 By attendance at City functions and at those of other Livery Companies, the Master of the Company also demonstrates the Company's support for the City and at the same time fosters the reputation of the accountancy profession.

 The Charitable endeavours form a major part of Company's activities.These are presided over by the Almoner, who is also a member of the Court of Assistants, and is Chairman of the Charity Trustees. Over the years, through the generosity of Liverymen, the Trustees have built up a respectable endowment and the income from this, together with ongoing annual covenants and gifts from members, enable assistance to be given to a number of different charitable enterprises (which are dealt with in another section of this web site).

In the social sphere the year commences with the Installation Dinner, normally held in October, when the Master, elected previously, is formally installed. By tradition, this first dinner of the year is held at Chartered Accountants' Hall and the installation takes place before the commencement of the meal, when the Master Elect is called upon to take the oath "Well and truly to execute the office of Master in all things concerning the said office." Further Livery dinners are held in the following January and April, usually in the Halls of other Livery Companies, and then in midsummer we have been privileged to obtain permission from the Lord Mayor to hold our Annual Banquet and Ladies Night in the Mansion House.

 

The Company's representatives before leaving for the Lord Mayor's Show in 2008

 

Each year the Company holds its own Carol Service, usually at the Guild Church of St. Martin within Ludgate.

Other social activities are arranged from time to time, by the Membership Committtee, and additionally the company participates in Inter-Livery competitions, such as golf, bridge, tennis and shooting as well as the annual Swimathon arranged by the Chartered Surveyors Company..

The Company became formally associated with the Honourable Artillery Company in 1983 and has pledged its support in various ways. The link is marked by the annual presentation of the "Chartered Accountants' Sword" to the "Outstanding Young Officer of the Year" for use on ceremonial occasions. The recipient also receives a pair of gold cuff-links suitably inscribed. The presentation is usually made at the Mansion House during the Annual Banquet at which the Commanding Officer of the HAC and his Lady are our guests.

The Company is aslo supportive of the Wembley and Harrow Sea Cadets and the Special Boat Service Association, with whom it formed associations in 2008.

 

 
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