The 2027 Anniversary Awards – which highlight the Company’s centuries long commitment to the trade and craft of silversmithing – provide each institution up to £8,000 in funding to commission a piece that contains a significant element of precious metal, and that relates closely to the local area, landscape, audiences or communities. 

Today the Goldsmiths’ Company has published British Silversmithing: Understanding the Sector, a report that provides a foundational evidence base on industry challenges and opportunities and sets out a series of recommendations for how these might be addressed. The publication of the report follows a five-month programme of research led by Karin Paynter, commissioned by Annie Warburton, CEO and Clerk of the Goldsmiths’ Company, with the support of the London Assay Office.

Today, the London Museum has announced that it will open its doors in Smithfield’s General Market on Saturday 28 November 2026. This marks the museum’s 50th anniversary, a new chapter for the world’s largest city museum, and the creation of the new Goldsmiths’ Gallery, which will place the Company's collection at the heart of one of the most significant new cultural venues in a generation.