Notice of Annual General Meeting of the Members

The AGM will take place online at 7.00pm on Wednesday 29th October 2025. The agenda will be:

1. Welcome and apologies
2. Minutes from the last AGM (30th October 2024) and matters arising
3. Trustees annual report and examined financial statements for 2024/25
4. Appointment/re-appointment of trustees
5. Appointment of honorary president
6. Consultation on membership fees for 2026/27

Details on how to obtain a link for the meeting will be circulated to members via the club’s Attendli system. All members are welcome to attend, however only those members aged 16 or over on the day of the meeting will be entitled to vote.

Item 2 – The minutes from last year’s meeting are here:

Bury-Athletic-Club-AGM-30th-October-2024

Item 3 – The Trustee’s annual report and financial statements with the independent examiner’s report is here:

Bury AC Trustee Annual Report 2024-25 with examiner’s report

Item 4 – John Conroy has stepped down from his role as a Trustee at the club. The Board wishes to place on record our thanks to John for the fantastic service he has given to the club during his tenure as a Trustee. His contribution has been exceptional. Trustees recommend the appointment of Ian Warrington as a new Trustee for a term of 4 years. Trustees also recommend the re-appointment of Roger Morley for a further 4 years.

Item 5 – Trustees recommend the appointment of Jean Simpson MBE as Honorary President for 2025/26.

Item 6 – The club has been notified by England Athletics that the annual registration fee for 2026/27 will be £23 per competitive athlete. We expect that the affiliation fee we pay to Northern Athletics for each competitive athlete will remain at £2. The club does need to raise income to fund improvements to the facility and these include a new clubhouse and new floodlights. However, we are mindful of the increase in EA fees and we are keen to support our competitive members. Therefore Trustees are recommending that a £5 increase in core fees will only be applied to non-competitive members. Therefore the proposed membership subscriptions for 2026/27 will be:

• Under 12s – £25 (up from £20 currently)
• Juniors/Students – £45 (including EA/NA fees) (up from £42 currently)
• Seniors (competitive) – £60 (up from £57 currently)
• Seniors (social/second claim) – £40 (up from £35 currently)

There are no proposals to increase the training fees for the coming year.