[15] The company holds working groups, which include specialist consultants from relevant sectors, as well as in-house technical advisors, authors and editors, to produce their publications.

[17][18] The early company developed as a stationers and as a copier and producer of legal documents, including articles of agreements, bonds and pro-forma contracts for marine insurance and carriage of goods by sea, operating in proximity to the maritime trade of the adjacent Coffeehouses.

[19] In 2017, the company was awarded a new coat of arms by the Court of the Lord Lyon which includes Scottish Blackface rams and the Birlinn, an historical West Highlands galley.

[21] In December 2020, David Balston, a former Royal Navy Vanguard-class submarine Commander, Prime Ministerial advisor and head of Policy at the UK Chamber of Shipping joined Witherbys as Deputy Chairman and non-executive director.

[42] In 2021, the sixth edition of the publication was released, offering guidance on how to protect the ship and crew via a range of security measures, while reducing the risk of drug trafficking occurring on board.

[44][45] With Maritime Industry Australia, Witherbys publish a Passage Planning Guide for the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait.

[46][47] Together with BIMCO, the company publishes an annual guidance title on contractual risks entitled Check Before Fixing.

[52][53] In June 2022, with BIMCO and the Danish Pilotage Organisation DanPilot, the company published a Passage Planning Guide on the Baltic Sea covering the region from Skagen to Bornholm.

[69] In 2019, the trust lead fundraising efforts to provide a gift of a new Steinway piano to St Mary's Music School in the West End of Edinburgh.

[73] In June 2021, the trust supported the summer camp of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO).

[76] In March 2023, the trust donated £105,000 to provide scholarships and bursaries for students from rural backgrounds to attend the University of the Highlands and Islands.

[77][78][79] In August 2023, the trust sponsored a summer music festival to support emerging artists at the Eden Court Theatre in Inverness.