The annual general meeting of The Yorkshire County Cricket Club Limited will be held in the Howard Suite, Howard Stand, Headingley Cricket Ground, St.Michael’s Lane, Leeds, LS6 3BU on Thursday 26 June 2025 at 10.30am for the purpose of transacting the following business, of which the resolution set out at point 13 below is being proposed as a special resolution.
- To receive apologies for absence.
- To confirm the minutes of the annual general meeting held on 27 April2024. If any member has a query as to the accuracy of the minutes, it should be raised with the Club in advance.
- To receive a report from the Chair.
- To receive a report from the Chief Executive Officer.
- To receive a report on Finance.
- To receive a report on Cricket.
- To receive and approve the Accounts, together with the Independent Auditor’s Report thereon, for the year ended 31 December 2024.
- To announce the result of the election to confirm the appointment to the board of directors of the Club (“Board”) of Katherine Sciver-Brunt OBE, having been appointed to the Board since the last annual general meeting.
- To announce the result of the elections to the Club’s members’ representative group for the following nominees:
a) Pauline Beesley, for a maximum term of two years;
b) Mark Bailey, for a maximum term of three years;
c) Mark Dexter, for a maximum term of three years.
- To consider the recommendation of the Board to elect Colin Graves CBE as an Honorary Life member of the Club for conspicuous service to the Club and to cricket.
- To consider the recommendation of the Board to elect Phillip Hodson as an Honorary Life member of the Club for conspicuous service to the Club and to cricket.
- To consider the appointment of Charlotte Evers as a Vice President of the Club for services rendered to the Club.
- To consider the following special resolution to amend the rules of the Club (the “Rules”) to enable individuals to apply to become a Board appointed member of the Clubs’ members’ representative group having been nominated by two nominating members rather than ten.
THAT the Rules be amended as follows: By deleting the number “10” in Rule 21.2 and replacing it with the number “2”.
- To appoint Azets Audit Services Limited as auditor of the Club until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Club at which the accounts of the year ending 31 December 2025 are laid.
- Any other business
Yours faithfully,
Colin J Graves CBE, Chair
The Yorkshire County Cricket Club Limited
NOTES
1.1 A member may appoint another person as proxy to exercise all or any of their rights to attend, speak and vote at the meeting. A proxy must be a member of the Club entitled to attend and vote at a general meeting. The appointment of a proxy will not preclude a member from attending and voting in person at the meeting.
1.2 To be effective, any voting form and proxy form must be completed, signed (unless being submitted online) and sent:
1.2.1 online via completion and submission through https://survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90850549/The-YCCC-AGM-Online-Voting-June-2025;
1.2.2 or by post to The Yorkshire County Cricket Club Limited, Headingley Cricket Ground, Kirkstall Lane, Leeds, LS6 3PD marked for the attention of the Club Secretary;
1.2.3 or during normal business hours/between the hours of 9.00am and 5.00 pm on any weekday (Saturdays, Sundays and bank or public holidays in England excepted) by hand to The Yorkshire County Cricket Club Limited, Headingley Cricket Ground, Kirkstall Lane, Leeds, LS6 3PDmarked for the attention of the Club Secretary;
in each case so as to be received not later than 10:30 on Tuesday 24 June2025 or, if the meeting is adjourned, not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding any adjourned meeting.
1.3 Proxy forms and voting forms may be sent by electronic means only via the online voting system referred to at note 1.2.1 above. Any proxy forms or voting forms sent to any other electronic address will not be validly received by the Club.
1.4 Please note that a live stream of the annual general meeting will be available for members unable to attend in person. A link to access the live stream will be emailed ahead of the meeting to members for whom an email address is held. Members attending the meeting should note that the annual general meeting will be live streamed. The stream will be retained for a period after the conclusion of the meeting to allow members unable to watch the streaming live to view later should they wish to, and so that the Club has a definitive record of the meeting.
Annual report and accounts 2024
Board and Members’ Representative Group candidate manifestos
