Annual General Meeting

Thank you to our members who voted in our Annual General Meeting, which took place on Monday 17 July. This year over 9,000 members voted, with all resolutions duly passed and the election and re-election of all directors approved. You can see the voting results below.

The votes cast for and against the resolutions were as follows:

No. Resolution Votes For Votes Against Votes Withheld % For
1 To receive the Annual Report and Accounts 9,091 21 25 99.77%
2 To approve the Report on Directors’ Remuneration 8,830 235 72 97.41%
3 To approve the re-appointment of Deloitte LLP as Auditors of the Society 8,997 89 51 99.02%
4a. To re-elect Jacqueline Arnold 8,986 104 46 98.86%
4b. To re-elect Victoria Jane Bruce 8,995 94 49 98.97%
4c. To re-elect Richard Bryan Ellison 8,988 91 59 99%
4d. To elect Kelli McKechnie Fairbrother 8,974 113 51 98.76%
4e. To re-elect Eric Richard Gunn 8,995 88 55 99.03%
4f. To re-elect John Elliott Hooper 8,962 115 61 98.73%
4g. To re-elect Patrick Desmond Moore 8,982 103 54 98.87%
4h. To re-elect Mark John Stanger 8,972 102 64 98.88%
5 To elect Anna Barsby 8,956 113 68 98.75%

All resolutions were duly passed: Ordinary Resolutions 1-5, receiving over 50% of the votes cast in favour. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes for and against the resolution.

Donation to charity

TThe Society committed to donate £2 for every vote cast to FareShare. The total number of eligible votes cast was 9,139. The Society will, therefore, donate the sum of £18,278 to FareShare.

You can watch the 2023 Annual General Meeting below.