The Worshipful Company of Tax Advisers

The Company’s annual Budget Banquet was held in the thoroughly splendid surroundings of Mercers’ Hall on Thu 13 Mar.    More than 150 Liverymen, Freemen, their guests, and guests of the Company gathered to enjoy a welcoming Drinks Reception in the Court Dining Room and a wonderful Dinner in the Livery Hall.  We were honoured to […]

The events committee organised a tour of the Postal Museum in Clerkenwell, London. Even though we were inside the day was a pleasant sunny day. The museum was on the site of the once huge Mount Pleasant sorting office. What is unknown to many was that Mount Pleasant was also once the centre of the […]

On Shrove Tuesday we gathered in the Guildhall Yard to take part in the annual Pancake Race, organised by the Worshipful Company of Poulters.  It was a glorious sunny day, and the proceedings were set off by a very loud cannon shot from a very small cannon. The Tax Advisers fielded four contestants, Master Richard […]

The Tax Advisers were awarded the Financial Services Group prize at last night’s Interlivery Bridge, organised by the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards. The prize went to the pair from an FSG company that finished highest – which was my partner Morris Zelkha and me. We finished 6th out of a field of […]

WCoTA INTER-LIVERY QUIZ The annual inter-livery quiz took place at the Guildhall on Thursday 20th February 2025 and was, once again, a great success. It was good to see an increase in participants with 9 livery companies represented across 11 teams with the winners once again being the Information Technologists retaining the trophy despite very stiff […]

Each spring, the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs and many Livery Masters visit Treloar’s School and College in Hampshire.  Treloar’s was set up in 1908 by Sir William Treloar, then Lord Mayor of the City of London, to provide outstanding education, therapy and care for physically disabled young people and empower them to live more independent and […]

On Tuesday 17th December, the Court met at Information Technologists’ Hall for its Christmas meeting – at which the Master admitted one new Court Assistant (Liveryman Kevin Offer), two new Liverymen (Jeremy Coker and Craig Kay), and four new Freemen (Stephen Hasson, Michael Smith, Steven Martin, Craig Chatwin).  It was also confirmed that Paul Johnson, […]

  It may have been raw and chilly outside, and indeed very wet underfoot as yet another storm passed overhead, dropping its contents in profusion, but on Wednesday, 27 November, nine members of the Company, accompanied by relatives and friends, made their way up Brixton Hill – to check in with the Clink charity,  Brixton […]

As I made my way to Ironmongers’ Hall, it began to hit home just how big an event I was about to become a part of.  As marching bands practised around Smithfield Market, and floats lined Aldersgate Street and London Wall, the sheer size of the Lord Mayor’s Show became all too apparent.  What had […]

The events committee organised a tour and lunch at the Middle Temple for 4 October 2024. Although regrettably we have all had a poor summer weatherwise. The day was a perfect. It was warm and the sun shone all day. In the morning, we had a tour of the Middle Temple estate. A beautiful and […]