AGM

What is the AGM?

The Annual General Meeting (also called the Annual Parochial Church Meeting or simply the Annual Meeting) is a general meeting of church members held annually. It must be held each year in the period which begins with 1 January and ends with 31 May.

The purpose of the meeting is to hear reports about aspects of the life of our church and to elect church officers. The meeting usually lasts around 90 minutes.

You are entitled to take part in this meeting if your name is on the Electoral Roll.

Reports

At the AGM, the following reports are presented:
•     the current state of the electoral roll – this will have been on display on the noticeboard in the hall for between 15 and 28 days prior to the meeting.
•     the audited accounts – these will have been approved by the church council and displayed on the noticeboard in the hall for at least seven days prior to the meeting.
•     the chaplain’s report.

Additional reports are published in an annual booklet.

The reports may be discussed. If you are on the Electoral Roll, you may ask questions at the meeting. You may also initiate a discussion about any matter of local or general church interest.

Elections

Each year, at the AGM, the two churchwardens and six lay council representatives are elected. Every third year, representatives to the Archdeaconry Synod are elected – the last election of these was in 2023.

If you would like to vote in these elections, you must be on the Electoral Roll and you must attend the meeting (we do not have a scheme for postal voting). The nomination sheet for the elections is usually available in the church hall approximately three weeks before the AGM.

If you would like to nominate someone for election you must be on the Electoral Roll. Only people who have been on the Electoral Roll for six months or more can be nominated. These people are marked on the Electoral Roll list displayed in the hall.

You can find more information about the Electoral Roll here.

2025-01-11 / TC