About Us

The Girdlers' Company stands twenty-third in order of precedence of the City's Livery Companies (111 in total, as of July 2024) and has an active livery of around 93, governed by a Court consisting of the Master, Upper Warden, Middle Warden, Renter Warden and up to 24 Assistants. A small staff, headed by the Clerk, co-ordinates the day-to-day business of the Company.

The Master and Wardens are elected annually, on a Thursday in July not more than four weeks before St Lawrence's day (10th August), and confirmed in office at a crowning ceremony in September. The crowns are replicas, created by the Royal School of Needlework, of the originals destroyed with the Hall by enemy action in 1940.

The current Master for 2024/25 is Angus Maitland, whose CV can be found here.

The Wardens for the year are:-

Upper Warden: Adrian Udal;
Middle Warden: Sara Drake;
Renter Warden: Mark James.

The Clerk is Nick Archer MVO.