Our Annual General Meeting - Have your say

The Board is required to present to the meeting the audited Annual Report and Consolidated Financial Statements and the directors’ and auditor’s reports for the financial year ended 31 December 2025. Your Board believes that the accounts give a true and fair view and indicate continued prudent and successful management of your Society. Our 2025 Report and Consolidated Financial Statements can be found here or on request by email or post.

To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report (advisory vote). You are asked to approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2025 by way of an advisory vote. This is not a legal requirement, but your Board considers it is best practice to enable members to express a view on remuneration. The Directors’ Remuneration Report is contained in the 2025 Annual Report and Consolidated Financial Statements, which can be found here or on request by email or post.

Details of the Directors standing for re-election can be found here.

Following a review of each Director’s skills and experience, the Board considers that each Director has the expertise needed to fully meet their responsibilities and that each of the Independent Non-Executive Directors continue to be independent of the Society.

There is a requirement to appoint an auditor at every AGM at which accounts are presented to members. The Board of Directors recommends the re-appointment of Deloitte as auditor of the Society. Deloitte LLP has advised its willingness to stand for re-appointment as auditor of the Society. Having been appointed as auditor to the Group in 2022 their maximum tenure before the audit is subject to retender is 10 years.