Records of the Issuing Houses Association including executive committee minutes (Ms 29328), reports and accounts (Mss 29329-331), membership files (Mss 29332-3), copies of the Association's rules (Ms 29336) and a useful booklet about Issuing Houses and the Issuing Houses Association (Ms 29337).

Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from the London Investment Banking Association (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff). The Association retains its more recent records. No other records are known to exist.

Records of J and A Scrimgeour, stockbrokers, including articles of partnership and ledgers.

Records of J Carter and Company (Lime Street) Limited, office furnishers and fitters, including sales ledgers, day books, journals, rough books and cash books.

Records of J T Hart and Sons Limited, butchers, including financial accounts; purchase books; and illustrated brochures.

Records of J Tylor and Sons Limited, brass founders and manufacturers of sanitary appliances, including registers of patents granted to the company; specifications for water meters and sanitary appliances; patent certificates; certificates of registration of design, with designs attached; sales catalogues; and company histories.

Records of JW Doane and Company, coffee brokers, comprising a complete series of account books and contract registers, together with some copy out-letter books and miscellaneous items (including printed cable codes which date from 1884 and 1890).

Records of H H and S Budgett and Company, wholesale grocers, and successors James Budgett and Son Limited, wholesale grocers. The archives include some pre-1875 items of H H and S Budgett and Company. These records were taken over by James Budgett and Son in 1875 and some were directly continued by the later company, without any perceptible break. The records also include minutes, financial and administrative material, and records of customers and staff.

Records of James Capel and Company, stockbrokers; and other stockbroking companies with which it has merged: Holland and Balfour, Nathan and Rosselli, Gordon L. Jacobs and Company, Clayton, Byng and Paget, and Cruikshank and Company. The records mainly comprise financial material such as client ledgers and share certificates, and other office papers such as agreements, registers, correspondence and reports.

They are all held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access. Some records are subject to a 75 year closure period.

Records of Clayton, Byng and Paget, stockbrokers, including client ledgers, bank ledgers, and trustee ledger.

They are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access. Some records are subject to a 75 year closure period.

Private ledger of Cruikshank and Company, stockbrokers.

Records of Gordon L Jacobs and Company, stockbrokers, including partner and private client ledgers, share certificates and other financial material, correspondence, reports and agreements.

The records are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access. Some records are subject to a 75 year closure period.

Records of Holland, Balfour and Hamilton, stockbrokers, comprising partnership agreements, ledgers and other financial material, correspondence and registers. The records are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access. Some records are subject to a 75 year closure period.

Records of Nathan and Rosselli, stockbrokers, comprising mainly financial material and staff and client papers.

The records are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access. Some records are also subject to a 75 year closure period.

Records of James Vickers and Company, wine and spirit merchants, comprising financial records 1867-87 (Mss 24588-91); records drawn up on the transfer of the business to Edward Vickers including trade ledger balances, stock records and lists of fixtures and fittings 1877-87 (Mss 24592-5); deed dissolving the partnership of E and J Vickers with other papers 1863 and 1877 (Ms 24596); family and business papers and correspondence 1869-1912 (Mss 24597-602); and plans, leases and sales particulars relating to various properties 1867-91 (Mss 24603-5).

Records of Janson, Cobb, Pearson and Company, solicitors. The records fall into 3 broad categories: the general business archives of the firm (Mss 18743-61); the records of partners, relating both to business and family concerns (Mss 18762-75; 18797); and documents deposited with or retained by the firm in the course of its business on behalf of clients (Mss 18776-96). 24 hours notice is required for access to these records.

Records of Joseph Barber and Company Limited, wharfingers and warehouse keepers, comprising constitutional documents, financial material, a list of rates and title deeds. This material requires 24 hours notice for access.

The records of Joseph Preston and Sons, watch, clock and chronometer movement makers, comprise two volumes containing descriptions of parts c 1890-5 and 1892-1914 (Mss 14558, 14560), a cash book 1893-1904 (Ms 14545) and a bank pass book 1907-12 (Ms 14559).

Architectural sketch and notebooks of Richard Kelsey, architect, containing annotated designs for, and sketches of, houses, theatres, prisons, bridges and sewers; plans and elevations of existing buildings by other architects, ancient and modern; drawings of medieval funeral effigies; extracts from writers on architecture and history; accounts for work done for customers; estimates; accounts for materials and workmen employed; and miscellaneous unrelated memoranda.

Records of Kleinwort Benson Group and its predecessors including Kleinwort, Sons and Company relating to the merchant bank and its clients across the world.

The collection consists of a comprehensive series of business records with archives of constituent predecessors, acquired companies and interests. They include partners' and staff papers, operational materials, accounting and financial records, client records and staff and property papers. The records relate to company origins, partners and staff, clients and business concerns across the globe since the 19th century.

Highlights include Kleinwort, Sons and Company's 'subject files' (series reference CLC/B/140/KS04/03) which contain reports and correspondence concerning business ventures, proposals and clients. They document global business concerns and provide a valuable insight to the working practices of the company. Files document issues faced by the firm and its clients in the early to mid-20th century clients including declined international business proposals, fraudulent and enemy debts arising during times of war.

Other highlights are partners' letter books which record their outgoing correspondence discussing both business and family matters. An example is a letter by Herman Anton Andreae in 1915 on his views in support of the decision to establish conscription (enforced enlistment) in the recruitment of soldiers in the First World War (CLC/B/140/KS02/03/002).

The earliest business records are those of Sharps Pixley Limited and its predecessors Sharps Wilkins and Pixley and Abell (CLC/B/140/SP01 to 06). These include monthly ledgers from 1796 (CLC/B/140/SP03/03) and other bullion dealing series (CLC/B/140/SP04/01).

Business archives of Victor Kullberg, watch and chronometer maker, comprising: operational and financial records, 1857-1947 (Ms 14537-42, 14546-54), and correspondence 1871-1930 (Ms 14543-4).

The business archives of Lambert Brothers Limited, coal and shipping merchants, consist mainly of material from 1902. The records comprise corporate records, records concerning shares, accounting and financial records, administration and legal records, personal staff records, and photographic records. There is a 30 year closure rule on the records of Lambert Brothers Limited: ask a member of staff for further information.

Records of attorneys John Lane, Thomas Lane and John Lane, comprising: account books 1768-1821 (Ms 11453-11453A, 11454-7) , out-letter book 1778-1781 (Ms 11453B) and miscellaneous correspondence and legal papers 1783-1847 (Ms 11457A-B).

Records of Legal and General Assurance Society Limited, subsidiaries, and companies which it acquired. The records include minutes, annual reports, registers, financial accounts, specimens of policies and forms, and staff registers. The papers relate to life, accident and fire insurance; investments and pensions.

Papers of Legal and General (Pensions Management) Limited, including memorandum and articles of association; annual reports; minutes; investment reports; and annual review.

Records of Legal and General (Unit Assurance) Limited, comprising memorandum and articles of association, annual reports and accounts.

Records of Legal and General (Unit Pensions) Limited, comprising minutes of annual general meetings and annual reports and accounts.

Records of Legal and General International Limited, comprising annual reports and accounts.

Records of Legal and General Investment Trust Limited, including memorandum and articles of association; annual reports and accounts; register of directors and secretaries; register of directors' holdings; and financial records.

Records of the British Commonwealth Insurance Company, including memorandum and articles of association; papers relating to the acquisition by Legal and General; minutes; annual reports and accounts; financial records; register of investments and specimen policy forms.

Records of Glanfield Securities Limited, including memorandum and articles of association; minutes; annual reports and accounts; registers; and financial records.

Records of the Gresham Fire and Accident Insurance Society, including memorandum and articles of association; minutes and agendas; annual reports and accounts; registers; financial records; papers regarding foreign and overseas business; specimens of forms and policies; and staff registers.

Records of the Gresham Life Assurance Society, including registers, notices, minutes, annual reports, financial accounts, valuation summaries, samples of policy forms, and papers relating to branches in Austria, Hungary, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, South Africa, and Spain.

Also papers of the Gresham Continental Life Assurance Society, including memorandum and articles of association, minute books and letter books.

Records of Settle, Speakman and Company, coal merchants, comprising Board minutes and register of Directors' holdings.

Records of the Victory Insurance Company, comprising annual reports and accounts, a prospectus, and a register of members.

Records of the Levant Company, comprising English translation of the Company charter of 1661.

Records of Lintott, Spink and Company, Africa merchants, comprising invoices 1857-1858 and letters to agents 1873-1877 (Ms 10624); in and out letter books, including correspondence between William Goddard and Company and their agents, and letters to the River Gambia Trading Company Limited, 1875-84 (Mss 10625-6); and shop and factory accounts and correspondence of the River Gambia Trading Company Limited 1857-1907 (Ms 10626A).

Records of the Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society, including minute books; annual accounts; annual reports; correspondence; reports; press cuttings; legal case papers and papers relating to court proceedings; financial records; advertising leaflets; and papers relating to staff pensions and employment matters.

Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from Liverpool Victoria (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Papers of the Reconstruction and Planning Committee of the London Brewer's Council, comprising files of correspondence and reports relating to the distribution and redevelopment of public houses in the Greater London area, 1944-86, with a box contents list and card index.

Records of the London Chamber of Commerce including records of constitution, membership, administration, finances and so on; records of sections and committees relating to places, arranged alphabetically by place; records of sections and committees relating to subjects, arranged alphabetically by subject of substance. Included in this category are 'General' and 'Special' minute books which contain minutes of sections and committees relating to both places and subjects. Ask a member of staff for an index of the sections and committees whose minutes are contained in the 'General' and 'Special' minute books.

Records of Billingsgate Cold Stores Limited, comprising financial accounts.

London Fish Trade Association records comprise minutes, rules of the Association, accounts, material relating to frozen fish distribution and import schemes, and lists of members (incomplete date coverage).

London Wholesale Fish Trade (Billingsgate) Limited records comprise: memorandum and articles of association, 1946 (Ms 19830); minutes of directors' and general meetings, 1946-76 (Ms 19831); register of directors, 1946-7 (Ms 19832); annual accounts and balance sheets, 1947-76 (Ms 19833); and financial and operational records, 1947-76 (Ms 19834-45).

London Wholesale Fish Trade Limited records comprise: memorandum and articles of association, 1940 (Ms 19815); minutes 1940-5 (Ms 19816); and accounts 1940-1 (Ms 19817).

National Federation of Inland Wholesale Fish Merchants records comprise rules (Ms 19848), consitution and rules (Ms 19849), minutes (Ms 19850) and annual accounts and balance sheets (Ms 19851).

The archive comprises records of London Life Association Limited, 1806-1953; Clergy Mutual Assurance Society, 1829-1935; and Metropolitan Life Assurance Society, 1834-1933.

London Life Association Limited records comprise minutes and accounts 1806-1944 (Ms 19634-41), policy registers 1873-1953 (Ms 19642-4) and scrapbook of printed forms 1891-1923 (Ms 19645).

Clergy Mutual Assurance records comprise minutes and accounts 1829-1924 (Ms 19646-50); policy and claims registers 1830-1935 (Ms 19651-3); and miscellaneous items 1891-1914 (Ms 19654-6).

Metropolitan Life Assurance Society records comprise minutes, accounts and regulations 1834-1933 (Ms 19657-67), policy registers 1835-ca. 1928 (Ms 19661, 19668-72).

Access to records which are closed for 80 years should be sought from London Life Association (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Minutes of board meetings of the London Produce Clearing House Limited.

Records of the Longton and Fenton Permanent Benefit Building Society including ledger; journal; summaries of investors; summaries of borrowers; and financial accounts.

Records of Manaos Tramways and Light Company Limited, comprising: memorandum and articles of association, 1909-23; agreements, trust deeds and related items, 1908-39; share transfer schedules, 1965-1972; register of directors, 1909-1971; minutes of directors' meetings and shareholders' meetings, 1909-1975; annual reports and statements of accounts, 1910-73; papers relating to debenture holders and shareholders' meetings, 1923; correspondence, 1961-1966, 1970; register of documents sealed, 1923-73; register of mortgages, 1909-1971 and blank share and debenture certificates, 1923-71. Also correspondence of the Para Electric Railways and Lighting Company Limited.

Records of Matthew Clark and Sons, wine and spirit brokers, comprising partnership agreements, 1887-1923; annual reports and accounts, 1948-98; correspondence and other administrative papers, 1804-1992; memoranda books, 1861-c 1930; accounts, 1810-1945; sale catalogues and price lists, 1821-1995; papers concerning operations, 1849-1995; accounts of the directors of the firm, 1888-1970; photographs; staff list; leases and histories of the company, 1847-2005.

Papers of John Michie, director of the East India Company, and Jonathan Michie, wine merchant, comprising personal and East India Company papers, including correspondence, accounts, receipts and memoranda.