Records of the Baltic Exchange (1821-1994); the London Shipping Exchange (1892-1903), which was purchased by the Baltic Exchange; and the Jerusalem Coffee House (1757-1833), which was purchased by the London Shipping Exchange. The records include minutes, agendas, financial accounts, letter books and correspondence, administrative papers, membership records, shipping papers and records of the Airbrokers Association, 1947-1976 and the Institute of Shipbrokers, 1917-1987.

Records of the London Shipping Exchange, including financial accounts such as cash books, ledgers, and registers of shares; letter books; members' registers; and papers concerning the liquidation of the Exchange.

Records of the Jerusalem Coffee House, later the Jerusalem Shipping Exchange, including registers and lists of sailings and shippings, including some East India Company shipping; log of the voyage of the ship 'Walmer Castle' from London to Penang, Malaysia; agreements; and financial accounts.

Records of Booth White, insolvency accountants, and subsidiaries Nicholls and Leatherdale; Francis Nicholls White and Company; the British Mercantile Agency; Cooper Craigs Limited; the Paper Trade Protection Association; the Wholesale Chemists and Allied Trades Protection Association; and Parkin S Booth and Company.

Access is restricted to records less than 30 years old where specified and 24 hours notice is required for access to all the records.

Records of the British Mercantile Agency, debt collection business, including prospectuses, financial accounts, enquiries, letters and a damping cloth used to take copies of letters and accounts.

Access is restricted to records less than 30 years old where specified and 24 hours notice is required for access to all the records.

Records of Francis Nicholls White and Company, insolvency accountants, including financial accounts, letters, deeds, list of clients and staff address book.

Access is restricted to records less than 30 years old where specified and 24 hours notice is required for access to all the records.

Records of Nicholls and Leatherdale, insolvency accountants, comprising a private ledger.

Access is restricted to records less than 30 years old where specified and 24 hours notice is required for access to all the records.

Records of the Paper Trade Protection Association, comprising a Trade Advisory Committee minute book and prospectuses.

Access is restricted to records less than 30 years old where specified and 24 hours notice is required for access to all the records.

Papers of Parkin S Booth and Company, insolvency accountants, comprising accounts ledger and papers relating to the insolvencies of specific companies.

Access is restricted to records less than 30 years old where specified and 24 hours notice is required for access to all the records.

Records of the Wholesale Chemists and Allied Trades Protection Association, comprising Trade Advisory Committee minute book; prospectuses, and papers relating to the insolvency of a specific company.

Access is restricted to records less than 30 years old where specified and 24 hours notice is required for access to all the records.

Records of the British Bankers' Association, including General Council, Executive Committee and Annual General Meeting minute books; annual reports; financial accounts; papers of Committees including the Foreign Exchange Committee and the Fiscal Committee; public relations papers including press releases and circulars; papers regarding bank employees; papers regarding the EEC Banking Federation; rules, regulations and other papers relating to membership; and papers relating to various matters of interest to the banking community including income tax, security, fraud, liquidity, clearing house payments, inter-bank cooperation, legislation, bankruptcy, credit, audits and taxation.

Restricted access to later records.

Records of the Central Association of Bankers, a society promoting the interests of banks, comprising annual reports and accounts; minutes; circulars and reports.

Restricted access to later records.

Records of the Committee of London Clearing Bankers, later known as the Committee of London and Scottish Bankers, including minute books of various Committees; papers relating to advertising, public relations, exhibitions and shows including photographs; papers relating to the banking information service; papers relating to bank staff associations and employment in banks; statistics; papers relating to banking arrangements for coal, gas, electricity, transport, iron and steel, shipbuilding, agriculture, industry, exports, small firms, students and the disabled; and papers relating to matters concerning banks including income tax, bank taxation, stamp duty, professional secrecy, nationalisation, security and fraud, hours of business, accounting procedures, legislation, investments, foreign currency and debit rates.

Restricted access to later records.

Papers of the London Joint Stock Banks Committee comprising signed minute books.

Restricted access to later records.

Minutes of the British Overseas and Commonwealth Banks Association.

Records of Brown, Shipley and Company Limited, merchant bankers. These archives relate to the Founders' Court and Pall Mall offices. They comprise some articles of partnership, minutes, correspondence, customer account records, financial material and some office plans.

Records of Empire of India Holdings Limited, comprising Board of Directors' minutes, annual general meeting minutes and a ledger. The records are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access.

Records of Singlo Holdings Limited, comrpising minutes of the Board of Directors and annual general meetings.

Records of Cazenove and Company, investment bankers. The records are especially strong for financial records (including partners' and staff ledgers), and the company's late 20th century history, particularly the period around "Big Bang" in the 1980s, and leading up to incorporation in 2001. As well as partnership deeds, minutes, accounts and financial records, they include the papers of a number of partners, including Mark Loveday who was Senior Partner 1994-2001 and retired on the point of incorporation, and a significant amount of material gathered in the course of research for the company's history. The archives include copy material dating from 1823.

The archives are subject to a 30 year closure rule and are on 24 hours call. Access to some of the correspondence is subject to special conditions. For further details about access, please enquire with staff.

Records of Charles Hammond and Son, stockbrokers, comprising a journal of stock purchased and customer ledger, and papers relating to the history of the firm.

Records of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, comprising constitutional documents, minutes, correspondence (notably about International Banking summer schools), and photographs. Access to post 1980 material is restricted. The records are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.

Records of the City Offices Company Limited, comprising annual reports and accounts, minutes, financial material, rent and tenancy books and title deeds. They are held offsite and require 24 hours notice for access.

The papers of Abbott, Clayton and Morris consist of the business and family records of two generations and form one of the earliest and largest extant collections of Stuart-era financial records. There are also related records of Sir George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem (1648-1689), a close personal friend of Robert Clayton. (Clayton was appointed by Jeffreys as a trustee of his family settlement drawn up in 1689.) Jeffreys was Common Serjeant (1671-1678) and Recorder of London (1678-1680).

Papers of the Coal Meters' Committee, including minutes, letter books, cash books, ledgers, books of notices and orders, ships' registers, records of coal exports and imports, and papers relating to the reorganisation of the Coal Meters' Office.

The records of the Coal Meters' Benefit Society, the Coal Meters' Provident Club and the Coal Meters' Office Protection Branch also form part of the archives of the Coal Meters' Committee. The Benefit Society records consist chiefly of minutes, resolutions touching amendments to the constitution, statements of account and correspondence relating to the Coal Meters' Benefit Society and Widows' Aid Fund. The Provident Club records contain a copy of rules, nomination form counterfoil book and account book. The Protection Branch records consist of annual reports, ledger accounts and cash books.

Records of the Commercial Union Assurance Company Limited, including minutes, ledgers, journals, letters, and insurance registers. Also records of subsidiary and predecessor companies, including:

Accident Insurance Company;
British and European Insurance Company;
British General Insurance Company;
Edinburgh Assurance Company;
Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation;
Fine Art and General Insurance Company;
General Accident and Guarantee Company;
Guardian Plate Glass Insurance Company;
Hand-in-Hand Fire and Life Insurance Company;
Imperial Live Stock and General Insurance Company;
Indemnity Marine Insurance Company;
Liverpool Victoria Insurance Corporation;
London Amicable Assurance Society;
London and Scottish Assurance Corporation;
Mercantile Fire Insurance Company;
New India Assurance Company;
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company;
Northern Assurance Company;
Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation;
Ocean and General Guarantee Company;
Ocean Marine Insurance Company;
Palatine Insurance Company;
Planet Assurance Corporation;
Provident Clerks and General Guarantee and Accident Company;
Railway Passengers Assurance Company;
Scottish Metropolitan Life Assurance Company;
Union Assurance Society;
United Kingdom Life Assurance Company;
Westminster and Kensington Freeholds Limited;
World Auxiliary Insurance Corporation;
World Marine and General Insurance Company.

Board minute books of the Accident Insurance Company Limited.

Records of the British and European Insurance Company Limited, comprising board and general meetings minutes.

Records of the British General Insurance Company Limited comprising Board minutes, Marine Department loss advice book and Marine Department register of losses.

Records from the Marine Department of the Edinburgh Assurance Company Limited, comprising registers of vessels, casualty books, loss report books, and salvage books.

Records of the Fine Art and General Insurance Company Limited comprising Board minute books, Committee minute books and general meeting minute books.

They are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.

Board minutes of the General Accident and Guarantee Company Limited.

The minutes are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.

Board minutes of the Guardian Plate Glass Insurance Company Limited.

Records of the Hand-in-Hand Fire and Life Insurance Society, including cash books, journals, ledgers, minute books, letter books, fire insurance policy registers and indexes, mortality tables, statistics, and deed of settlement.

Records of the Imperial Live Stock and General Insurance Company Limited, comprising Board and general meeting minutes. The records are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.

Records of the Indemnity Marine Insurance Company Limited, including consitutional documents, minutes, financial material, letterbooks and some details of ships and cargoes.

Minute book of general meetings of the Liverpool Victoria Insurance Corporation. This item is held off-site and requires 24 hours notice for access.

Board meeting minutes of the London Amicable Assurance Society Limited.

Board minute books of the London and Scottish Assurance Corporation. The volumes are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.

Records of the Mercantile Fire Insurance Company, comprising articles of association and minute books only. They are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.

Records of the New India Assurance Company Limited, comprising a salvage book giving details of insurance claims on shipping.

Records of the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company Limited, comprising Board minute books and general meeting minute books.

The records are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.

Records of the Northern Assurance Company Limited, comprising general minute books, directors' minute books, and Fire Offices' Committee (Foreign) minute books.

Records held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.

Records of the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation Limited, comprising Board minutes, Accident Department minutes, Guarantee Department minutes, and annual general meeting minutes.

Records of the Ocean and General Guarantee Company Limited, comprising Board minute books.

They are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.

Records of the Ocean Marine Insurance Company Limited, comprising minutes and agendas only. These records are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.

Records of the Palatine Insurance Company Limited, comprising Board, annual general meeting and Committee minute books only. They are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.

Records of the Planet Assurance Corporation Limited, comprising scrapbooks of printed material and Directors' minutes only. They are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.

Minutes of the Provident Clerks and General Guarantee and Accident Company Limited.

Records of the Railway Passengers Assurance Company, including Board minutes, deeds of settlement, Committee minutes and general meeting minutes.

They are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.

Minute book of the Scottish Metropolitan Life Assurance Company.