Annual General Meeting 2025

 

The 53rd Annual General Meeting of Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) plc will be held on Saturday 21st June 2025 at 1:45pm, St George's Hall, Bewdley. The following business will be conducted:

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Ordinary Business:

1. To approve the Minutes of the 2024 Annual General Meeting and to consider any matters arising therefrom.

2. To re-elect Directors retiring by rotation.

2.1. Chris Thomas

2.2. Peter Pearson

2.3. Andrew Barr

3. To elect Directors, who are currently co-opted making reference to CVs for candidates standing for election to the Board:

3.1. Louise Whitehouse

4. To receive and adopt the Company's Financial Statements and the Report of the Directors and Auditors for the year ended 5 January 2025 referring to the Full Annual Report.

5. To re-appoint Crowe UK LLP as Auditors of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of the meeting until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which the accounts are laid down before the Company and to authorize the Directors to fix their remuneration.

6. To authorise the Directors to retain the authorised share capital at £14,000,000.

 

Special Business:

7. To put the below special resolution to the AGM for adoption:

 

THAT:

1.  Under section 115 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, the Company, with the registered number 01046274 and registered office address Number One, Comberton Place, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England, DY10 1QR be and is converted into a community benefit society (with the same registered office but with a new name "Severn Valley Railway Limited") with charitable purposes and registered under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 ("Society") (the "Conversion"); and

2. The Rules of the proposed Charitable Community Benefit Society in the format presented to the meeting and for the purposes of identification initialed by the Chair (the Rules) be adopted as the rules of the Society.

3. To Facilitate the Conversion:

a. the following, being members of the Company, shall be the "Appointed Members" as defined in the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 and shall be appointed to sign the Rules of the new Society in addition to the company secretary

i. Jonathan Dunster;

ii. Diane Malyon; and

iii. Charles Wright

b. the Appointed Members are hereby authorised to accept any alterations to the Rules recommended or required by the FCA without further consulting the Company or the Society (as applicable).

4. The Appointed Members, the company secretary of the Company and the directors of the Company each be authorised to complete and execute on behalf of the Company all such documents and things as they may consider necessary or desirable for carrying such Conversion into effect (including, but not limited to, providing these special resolutions and any necessary forms to the FCA and Companies House).

 

To vote on any or all of the above either vote online by using the facility at the right or complete a hard copy proxy form (downloadable from the downloadable documents at the right).

 

To ensure your vote is recorded your online proxy vote or hard copy proxy form (sent to the Company Secretary) must be received no later than 2:30pm on 11th June 2025.

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If you have any problems accessing the documents please let us know at: shareholders@svrlive.com.

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Full accounts for previous years and other shareholder information can be downloaded, without a password, from Companies House.

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