The Livery provides an opportunity for an individual to 'put something back' into society. The Company has serious educational and charitable aims in which Liverymen become involved, and the fellowship amongst Liverymen from such activities is what holds the Company together. Surveyors nowadays, from an early stage, become quite specialist in their professional lives and so during a typical working day, their property and personal contacts outside their right professional fields may be relatively limited. The Livery Company gives an opportunity for surveyors to meet others from a whole range of diverse backgrounds at all levels with whom they can mix in informal and convivial surroundings.

The Company provides access for members, through involvement with all the other Livery Companies, to a whole range of professions and businesses with which they would not normally come into contact.

Members can concentrate on different aspects of the Company which interest them. Levels of commitment can vary according to members' professional, family and other commitments.

Whilst there is tradition and history, there is also involvement in current everyday issues and problems where Liverymen working as a body can make a greater contribution than individuals working on their own.

How to become a Member

First, talk to a Liveryman whom you know – he or she will give you a feel for what it is all about and point you in the direction of the Clerk who will set out the process for election. You will need a proposer and one or two seconders from the Company. You will have a brief informal interview with the Elections Committee who recommend candidates to the Court of Assistants. When this is approved, the Clerk will grant you the Freedom of the Livery Company.

However, from time immemorial, it has been mandatory to also obtain the Freedom of the City of London, so simultaneously you will have made application to the Chamberlain of London supported again by two proposers who are liverymen. The Court of Common Council of the City approves the Freedom. This is granted by the Chamberlain in a brief but historic ceremony in Guildhall which your friends and family may attend.

Armed then with both the Freedom of the City and that of the Company, you are admitted as a full Liveryman at the next Court meeting.

From application, the procedure should not take more than 4 months.

For further information, please contact the Clerk by e-mail.