Annual Address and AGM 2025
Our 2025 Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held live at the School and Academies Show. Visit our events page to find out more and book your place.
This page includes the AGM notice and all the information you need to vote and submit questions in advance.
AGM notice
THE NATIONAL GOVERNANCE ASSOCIATION
(a company limited by guarantee)
Registered No: 3549029
THE COMPANIES ACT 2006
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN under the Act mentioned above of the Annual Address and Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held at 12:45pm on Thursday 20th November 2025 at the ICC Birmingham.
We urge all members to make use of proxies to exercise their voting rights and submit any questions prior to the meeting in accordance with the timeline specified below:
- Deadline for submission of questions: Monday 20th October 2025 5.00pm
- Publication of trustee responses on the website: Friday 24th October 2025 9.00am
- Commencement of proxy voting: Monday 27th October 2025 9.00am
- Deadline for proxy voting: 17th November 2025 5.00pm
Voting is via this link:***AVAILABLE FROM 21 NOVEMBER 2025***
Questions should be submitted to the board's governance professional (clerk): lara.angell@nga.org.uk
All members are invited to observe the AGM but should be aware that there will be no facility to vote at the meeting or after the deadline for proxy votes.
The meeting will be for the following purposes:
To consider and if thought fit, pass resolutions as to the ordinary business of the Company,
- Election of Tellers and Scrutineers
- Approval of minutes of Annual General Meeting 15 November 2024
- Notification of the Directors elected by ballot
- The receipt and adoption of the report of the Directors and the audited accounts of the Association for the year ended 31 March 2025
- Auditors - It is proposed that Feltons Chartered Accountants be appointed as auditors and to authorise the Company’s board of directors to negotiate and determine their fees
- Any other ordinary business.
Special Business
To consider and if thought fit, pass the following special resolutions:
That the articles of association of the company be modified as per the attached document 'Draft changes to articles'
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD
Lara Angell
Company Secretary
Date: 13 October 2025
Additional information for members
A copy of the accounts and every document required by law to be annexed to them which are to be laid before the meeting will be published on the NGA website and dispatched in hard copy form to any member who requests such a copy.
The statutory registers and list of members are available for inspection by appointment during normal business hours (9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.) without charge at The National Governance Association, 102 Colmore Row, Birmingham B3 3AG
Association Members, Governing Body Members, Multi Academy Trust Members and Corporate Members entitled to attend and vote in advance of the electronic meeting are each entitled by Article 28 to one vote. That vote is to be cast by the Representative of such member, being the person appointed as such pursuant to Article 9, or if so appointed by the Chair as a proxy for that Member pursuant to Article 31 and in accordance with Article 32.
An Individual Member entitled to attend and vote in advance of the electronic meeting personally or may appoint any other Individual Member or the Chair as his/her proxy pursuant to Article 34 and in accordance with Article 35.
Members are reminded that
(i) by Article 38(a) all monies payable by the Member (including subscriptions) must have been paid to entitle a Member to vote
(ii) a Representative is asked to have available appropriate evidence of his/her appointment which may be produced to the Chair, or as the Chair directs, on request, should his/her qualification be challenged. Ideally, that evidence should comply with the provisions of Article 9(c).