Events

The First Court & Livery Dinner of the Year at Butchers Hall. Our guest speaker H.E. Luxembourg Ambassador, Georges Friden and Glass Artist on Display, Artisan Freeman Deborah Timperley

The United Guilds Service is one of the great annual occasions in the City of London’s civic and livery calendar. Here’s a clear overview:
The United Guilds Service is a joint religious service attended by the Livery Companies, Guilds, the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, and senior figures of the City of London. It celebrates the fellowship, history, and charitable purpose of the livery movement.
• First held in 1943, during the Second World War, as a way of uniting the City’s guilds and companies in a time of hardship - and it has continued ever since.
Purpose
• To give thanks for the work of the City’s Guilds and Livery Companies
• To reinforce unity and shared purpose
• To reflect on service, charity, education, and the City’s role today

St James’s Garlickhythe and then to
Vintners’ Hall, 68 Upper Thames St., London EC4V 3BG
Evensong 17.30
Reception 18.30 Dinner 19.00
Principal Guest: Commodore Suzi Nielsen OBE, Royal Navy
Glass Artist: Emma Britton
Booking deadline: 15th June 2026