In 2017 the London Museum and the Goldsmiths’ Company Charity announced that the Charity had become a Founding Partner of the new museum, in Smithfield. The landmark donation of £10million will goes towards the Museum’s plans to create a spectacular new home for the history of London and its people in the beautiful but disused market buildings at West Smithfield.

In November 2018, the Goldsmiths’ Company Charity announced that it would support three new PhD studentships at the University of Cambridge in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy to help further the UK's position as a leader in precious metals research. Now entering the second year of their studentships, Owain Houghton at Queen’s College and Ayush Prasad at Robinson College, provide some insight into their research so far.

The Goldsmiths’ Company Charity has awarded a grant of £436,000 to fund pioneering new research into precious metals, used for jewellery and silverware through the Goldsmiths’ Company programme at the University of Cambridge’s Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy. The funding includes three new PhD studentships at Cambridge that will help develop expertise in the field.

A grant from the Goldsmiths’ Company Charity to support three new PhD studentships at Cambridge will advance research in precious metals and help develop new technical expertise. The Goldsmiths’ Company programme in precious metals research - which will be based at Cambridge’s Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy - will build on the University’s strengths in the study of materials. The Department is one of the world’s leading centres in the study of materials and metals.