Annual General Meeting 2025
The 2025 Annual General Meeting of the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust will be held on Wednesday, 25 June 2025 at 7:30pm in
The Royal Oak, A449 Ross Road, Much Marcle, Ledbury HR8 2ND.
Documentation relevant to the AGM is available for download elsewhere on this website or via the links below;
H&G CT Annual Report and Accounts 2024
Agenda
- Welcome
- Apologies for absence
- Approval of minutes from 2024 AGM
- Chairman’s remarks
- To receive the Trustees Report and financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2024.
- To approve the appointment of an Independent Examiner of all the Trust’s accounts.
- To re-elect Trustees standing down by rotation and nominations of new Trustees
- Formal acceptance of the Strategy
- Questions from the Audience.
- Close of formal business.
After a break of 15 minutes to enable you to get a drink before two presentations.
Our guest speaker from Canal and River Trust.
Jane Hennell, Area Planner with the Canal & River Trust for 18 years, before that a Principal Planning Officer at a Local Authority in Gloucestershire (Stroud). Jane used to live at Nutshell Cottage in Stonehouse on the Stroudwater, so canals are important to her.
Jane covers Wales and South-west region, so a mix of slightly more urban locations such as Bath, Gloucester and Worcester as well as rural areas such as Somerset and Wiltshire.
She will be talking about their role at the Trust as a Planner, how the Trust considers and responds to planning applications and planning policy and how this may change as the Government are reviewing the role of statutory consultees.
This links very well with our strategy direction of ensuring the route is protected and of continuing to restore the canal corridor.
The Chair will then run a presentation of the work over the last year, well may drift into this year as well.
Notes for AGM
The formal notice of the 2025 AGM was published on our website as required under the Articles 28 days prior to the above date. The Agenda, the Annual Report, Accounts and Finance Statements can be found on the website. In accordance with the H&G CT’s Articles and Memorandum of Association, those members of the Board of Trustees who are retiring on rotation but offering themselves for re-election do not require to be formally nominated to serve an additional term.
New Nominations
New nominations to serve on board of Trustees are welcome. Requests for a nomination form should be made by the person making the nomination by email to agm@h-g-canal.org.uk. Nominations should be submitted seven days prior to the AGM.
A nomination for Dr Joe Davey to act as a Trustee has been received.
A few words from Joe…
I have been working in education for all my career. This has included primary and secondary classroom teaching, mainly in history, and in school leadership in the UK and overseas. In recent years, I have moved into lecturing and research at higher education level at northern universities but now at the University of Portsmouth. My specialism is in working class and maritime history, with two or three research projects on the go. I now work part-time and so have time to give to some voluntary work, hence my approach to the Trust. For example, I have indicated that I would be happy to be involved in creating a physical archive of the Trust’s historical documentation and artefacts.
Further to this, teaching and running schools involve a myriad of skills, knowledge and attributes. The ability to organise, meet deadlines, work with others, communicate efficiently, manage budgets, think strategically and be trustworthy come readily to mind. These skills are transferable to voluntary work and the role of a Trustee. This experience, coupled with a life-long interest in transport history, research and archival work, hopefully will commend me to you as worthy new Trustee. Living just outside of Hereford, I am local to the canal, fit and mobile and therefore able to fulfil my commitments to attend meetings at Trust events and get physically involved in restoration work.
Proxy voting
Every member who is entitled to vote at an AGM may appoint a proxy to vote in his/her stead. A proxy must be someone entitled to vote at the AGM. Proxy forms are also available on request and should be completed, signed and returned to arrive at least 48 hours before the start of the AGM.
The AGM will be paperless, so we will not be supplying copies of the Accounts, Minutes or Agenda at the door of the meeting, and the meeting will be shared via Zoom for those who are unable to attend in person.
Questions and Remote Access
Please submit questions for answering at the AGM or requests for access by Zoom in advance by email to agm@h-g-canal.org.uk and further details will be supplied. The Trustees Report produced for our members and supporters, Companies House, the Charity Commission and stakeholders can be seen using the links above.