The AGM is an opportunity for our Members to help shape our future by voting on key matters that affect the Vernon.
The Society’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on the 30th April 2025 at the Society’s Head Office in Stockport where our Members voted overwhelmingly in favour of all the resolutions. Details of the full results for each resolution are set out below.
| Votes cast | |||||
| Resolution | For | Against | Withheld | % in Favour | |
| 1 | To receive the Directors' Report, Annual Accounts & Annual Business Statement | 996 | 14 | 5 | 98.13% |
| 2 | To appoint Mazars LLP as Auditors | 984 | 22 | 9 | 96.95% |
| 3 | To approve the Directors Remuneration Report | 942 | 63 | 10 | 92.81% |
| 4 | To elect Darren Ditchburn | 970 | 33 | 12 | 95.57% |
| To re-elect Judith Aspin | 970 | 35 | 10 | 95.57% | |
| To re-elect Michael Joyce | 963 | 41 | 11 | 94.88% | |
| To re-elect Jennifer Quirke | 976 | 30 | 9 | 96.16% | |
| To re-elect Paula Dillon | 970 | 37 | 8 | 95.71% | |
| To re-elect Ken Burke | 968 | 36 | 11 | 95.37% | |
| To elect Steve Wilson | 964 | 37 | 14 | 94.98% | |
* Please note, a ‘withheld' vote is when a Member returned a voting slip but did not wish to vote either for or against the resolution.
Victoria Thackstone
Chief Risk Officer and Secretary