AGM 2026 Proxy Voting Form
If you are unable to attend the Annual General meeting of the trust, then you can appoint the chairman of the meeting as a proxy to vote on your behalf for the resolutions being presented for member approval at the meeting.
You will need to submit this form by 18:00 on Wednesday 25th February 2026.
Notes:
RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE ACCOUNTS
The accounts are published on the AGM 2026 details page. They need to be approved by the members before they can be submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority, HMRC and the Football Supporters’ Association.
RESOLUTION TO DISAPPLY THE APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS
Auditing of accounts is typically required for large organisations whose finances are such that they can absorb the costs of having the accounts audited.
Under the Society Rule 85.3, in any year of account the Society shall not be required to appoint auditors if it is exempt under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 and has disapplied the obligation to do so in accordance with the Act. The membership voted at the 2025 AGM to disapply the need for an auditor for the 2025 accounts and instead has gone down the route of having an independent examination of the accounts conducted as defined by section 83 and 84 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014.
A registered society may by resolution disapply section 83 (duty to appoint auditors) in respect of a year of account if:
(a) the total value of its assets at the end of the preceding year of account did not exceed £5,100,000
and
(b) its turnover for that preceding year did not exceed £10,200,000
We have commissioned an independent examination in order to meet the criteria for accounts set by the Football Supporters’ Association. However, this needs ratifying by the members for each subsequent year’s accounts and the resolution before you is that we continue to disapply section 83 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (the duty to appoint auditors) and appoint an independent examiner to examine the accounts for the year ending August 2026, to be shared with the membership at the subsequent AGM.
RESOLUTION TO APPOINT STEVE HALE AS INDEPENDENT EXAMINER
Should the resolution to Disapply the Appointment of Auditors be approved then we need to appoint an Independent Examiner to examine and report on next year’s Annual Accounts.
RESOLUTION TO ELECT THREE NEW BOARD MEMBERS TO TRUST BOARD:
Under Rule 62. At the Annual General Meetings half of the members of the Society Board elected by the members who have served the longest at the date of the Annual General Meeting each year will resign. A retiring Society Board member shall be eligible for re-election.
In accordance with the AGM timetable, the nomination period for full members wishing to stand for election to the WHUST Board closed on 4th February 2026.
Five places were available, and three nominations were received.
Therefore, the three candidates will be elected to the WHUST Board, providing this is approved by the membership.
A simple majority of 50% +1 vote will be required of those voting “For” at the meeting or by proxy to pass this Resolution.
The results will be announced at the AGM on Wednesday 25th February 2026