City of London

The City of London Corporation is a uniquely diverse organisation. It supports and promotes the City as the world leader in international finance and business services and provides local services and policing to those working in, living in and visiting the Square Mile.

It also provides valued services to London and the nation. These include the Barbican Centre and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama; the Guildhall Library and Art Gallery and the London Metropolitan Archive; a range of education provision (including three City Academies); five Thames bridges; the Central Criminal Court at the Old Bailey; over 10,000 acres of open spaces (including Hampstead Heath and Epping Forest); and three wholesale food markets, along with the Grade II listed Leadenhall retail market. It is also London's Port Health Authority and runs the Animal Reception Centre at Heathrow Airport. It works in partnership with neighbouring boroughs on the regeneration of surrounding areas and has a tradition of providing financial support to a wide range of charitable causes.

The City of London Corporation is also the sole trustee of the City Bridge Trust. Decisions on grant applications are made by the City Bridge Trust’s Grants Committee which comprises the following senior Members of the City of London's Court of Common Council:

Chairman

  William Harry Dove MBE JP Deputy

Deputy Chairman

• Joyce Carruthers Nash OBE Deputy

Members

• Kenneth Edwin Ayers MBE Deputy
• John Leslie Bird OBE
• Raymond Michael Catt
• William Barrie Fraser OBE Deputy
• John Garbutt JP Alderman
• The Revd Stephen Decatur Haines Deputy
• Michael Henderson-Begg
• Vivienne Littlechild JP
• Charles Edward Lord OBE JP
• Jeremy Paul Mayhew MBE
• Wendy Mead
• Philip Remnant CBE Alderman

Further information on the functions and services of the City of London Corporation can be found at www.cityoflondon.gov.uk.