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The manager is just a manager. In most businesses, there will be somebody sitting above any manager directing matters according to whatever plan has been laid. I don’t really see how that should be any different at a football club so the manager should be performing/behaving in a way that is...

What is so impressive about the current governance arrangements? Whilst it was admirable that (some years ago) the Trust got the club board (notably Tagg) to appreciate the Trust held the trump card, the outcome is messy. The club CEO is no longer on the board, the President is (but doesn’t have...

A decent Chairman would allow anybody attending the board, and with expertise in a particular area, to express their opinion but if it goes to a vote only the view of the voting directors will count. That said, in my experience, votes at board level are quite scarce and normally there has been...

This is straightforward if they are following their own Governance Manual. Section 2.1 of that manual details the Role of the Board and includes the following: Appointing and evaluating senior managers, incluing executive directors and the football manager.

That may be the case. It is out-of-date. Companies House shows his resignation from the board was effective 1/9/2023. I am sure he attends the board meetings but he is not a director so has no vote.

Not quite. Tipper left the board in September.

Sorry to bore everyone but he was a director until his appointment as CEO in September!

Chudley is there as a Trust-appointed Director and has a vote along with Harrison and Beer. Hart, Bawden and Rothwell are the other directors who have a vote.

The over-arching role of a non-exec director is to challenge the executive. This is a little tricky in ECFC's case because the only executive who actually sits on the board is Tagg (as non-voting President) although I am sure the CEO and some of the senior managers attend from time-to-time...

I agree it is bizarre. It is also staggeringly stupid and unworkable. The role of Club President is specifically mentioned in the Governance Manual and is regarded as an Executive Director which makes sense given he is full-time. It is made clear that no executive director on the board has a...

This is not true and it is unfortunate that it is being presented as fact. I have taken a look through the Articles, and the Governance Manual and Club/Trust Agreement which are annexed into the Articles. A worrying picture emerges. It is hard to believe but the President of the Club (Taggy)...

If I was clever enough, I could probably find a post from around 10 years ago that said much the same thing. The Trust Board should be focused on Trust-issues, notably fan engagement and fund raising. It should have nothing directly to do with running the club. Instead, there should be a...

The latest accounts are for the period to 30 June 2022. At that point, the club was holding over £3.3m in cash. Debtors (future receipts) and creditors (future payments) almost completely balanced out so there was no expectation that the cash was all going to be consumed paying for things like...

As Al has suggested, the risk may be more around the financial robustness of the preferred contractor so care should be taken to ensure the contracts contain appropriate performance bonds. For sure, the contractor’s balance sheet is remarkably skinny and the year-end debtors (at £1000k)...

That may be so but there does now appear to be more club appointed directors (who don't have voting rights) than permitted by the Governance Manual. And I might argue there is plenty of ambiguity as the articles don't mention non-voting directors at all and suggest that decisions are reached...

I know it is important to reassure our members that these appointments do not compromise Trust voting parity on the Club Board, and I’m happy to do so. They are unchanged. If only people would read the information that's provided... That may be so but can only be the case if they have ignored...

This will be boring, sorry. An extract from the Club’s Corporate Governance Manual, filed alongside the Articles of Association at Companies House, provides some relevant background. Clause 2.4.1 states: The Board consists of the Chair of the Board (non-voting), Finance Director (FD), two...

Really? Wouldn't there be a case for 'reserved matters' in any shareholders' agreement? You have to be careful with reserved matters to ensure you are not compromising the ability of the directors to run the company but they are common-place and routinely require shareholder sign-off before...

I took a peek too. Address is for a firm of accountants who presumably incorporated the business.

Well done for choosing to stand again for election. My question is: Is it time for the club to repay the £830,000 loan from the Trust? Thanks.