A record number of City of London Livery Companies have recently signed the Armed Forces Covenant confirming their support to the UK Armed Forces. Due to the numerous Livery Company affiliations with ships, shore establishments, regiments, squadrons, and other military formations, the City of London Livery Companies have a particularly strong and enduring relationship with the Crown’s Armed Forces, one that is still strong in the twenty-first century.
There are many different ways that the City and the Livery Companies support the Crown’s Armed Forces, but they are all significant and create ties that have endured for generations. In cases where the Livery Company and its affiliated military units have a clear trade, craft, or professional relationship, this relationship frequently extends to career mentoring, training, examination, and awards for excellence given by the Livery to active members of HM Forces.
In order to show gratitude and support for His Majesty’s Armed Forces as they defend and protect us, affiliative groups are established. There is much inter-action between Companies and Affiliates such as the granting of awards, exchange of visits, joint activities and dinner guest attendances. Welfare grants are often made by Company charitable funds.
List of Livery Companies that have signed the Armed Forces Covenant:
| The Worshipful Company of | Carmen |
| The Worshipful Company of | Coachmakers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Drapers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Information Technologists |
| The Worshipful Company of | Security Professionals |
| The Worshipful Company of | Human Resources |
| The Worshipful Company of | Fletchers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Pattenmakers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Coopers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Joiners & Ceilers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Nurses |
| The Worshipful Company of | Engineers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Clothworkers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Grocers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Communicators |
| The Worshipful Company of | Leathersellers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Plaisterers |
| The Worshipful Society of | Apothecaries |
| The Honourable Company of | Air Pilots |
| The Worshipful Company of | Founders |
| The Worshipful Company of | Chartered Surveyors |
| The Worshipful Company of | Tax Advisers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Makers of Playing Cards |
| The Worshipful Company of | Farmers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Builders Merchants |
| The Worshipful Company of | Spectacle Makers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Paviors |
| The Worshipful Company of | Horners |
| The Worshipful Company of | Framework Knitters |
| The Worshipful Company of | Wheelwrights |
| The Worshipful Company of | Gold & Silver Wire Drawers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Gunmakers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Solicitors |
| The Worshipful Company of | Parish Clerks* |
| The Worshipful Company of | Pewterers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Glaziers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Broderers’ Company |
| The Worshipful Company of | Constructors |
| The Worshipful Company of | Investment Managers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Blacksmiths |
| The Worshipful Company of | Scientific Instrument Makers |
| The Worshipful Company of | International Bankers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Entrepreneurs |
| The Worshipful Company of | Needlemakers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Painter-Stainers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Armourers & Brasiers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Fan Makers |
| The Worshipful Company of | World Traders |
| The Worshipful Company of | Distillers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Girdlers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Arbitrators |
| The Worshipful Company of | Furniture Makers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Farriers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Cutlers London |
| The Worshipful Company of | Tallow Chandlers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Tin Plate / Wire Wrkrs. |
| The Worshipful Company of | Merchant Taylors |
| The Worshipful Company of | Chartered Secretaries |
| The Worshipful Company of | Saddlers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Educators |
| The Worshipful Company of | Actuaries |
| The Worshipful Company of | Mercers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Fuellers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Hackney Carriage Drivers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Firefighters |
| The Worshipful Company of | Plumbers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Insurers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Turners |
| The Worshipful Company of | Fruiterers |
| The Worshipful Company of | Barbers |
*A City of London Company not listed in the order of precedence.