Attendees
Dan MacLennan (Chair)
Matt Spooner (1921 representative)
Tony Wightman (Secretary)
Samantha Jones (Vice Chair)
Claire Winder
Kieran Bulman
Ross Parkinson
Martin Robson
Apologies
Billy Atkinson
Riegan Thompson
Acceptance of previous Mar minutes
Accepted
Matters Arising
N/A
Action tracker
AGM working group pull forward to Sept 2026?
Club Matters by MS
In terms of the club’s accounts, the £5million loss is representative of the works that had gone on around the club
CW we were asked to vote at very short notice regarding the allocation of ‘B’ shares, it was voted on in the WhatsApp group which isn’t what should happen, it needs to be logged properly going forward.
MS clubs accounting practices need to be clearer and better.
Changes have been made, cost management and revenue growth have already started to happen
Play off planning has already started, and some questions on ticketing still to be answered.
The trust would like to pay gratitude to Nigel Clibbens and wish him well in his next chapter.
There is likely to be a fans forum on the 21st or 22nd April to be announced, this will be streamed and in person.
MR Will the trust have a role to play at the fans forum
There will be a tightening of security for the boardroom, the winners of the boardroom experience will be handed over
Holdings Board
No update
Subgroup updates
Relevance & Improvement
No update
Membership
DM it appears someone joined for briefing only to buy tickets for the bus.
Do we need to delete the briefing only from the memberships? MR would be pointless, we need to write to members and offer discount. RP Don’t offer discount and I think we should get rid of it.
MS we used to have newsletters that went out, we could offer some discount going forward. CW Give members a week to upgrade, target the individuals rather than tell all the members via socials
A vote was motioned regarding offering 1 week upgrade and a 25% discount, this vote was unanimous.
COMMS
No update this month
Governance
CW record in Teams of all the votes that happen in the group, take screenshots
Away travel
MR this is now finished for the season
There were 8 buses and a profit was made on all of them with exception of Halifax. Possible cause was that the Halifax tickets were on the day so people didn’t travel
The break down is a s follows
£1385.85 on tickets over those buses.
£254 in fees
There were 780 seats sold and 41% of those were already members of the trust
£338 on football cards and tuck shop, there was very good feedback on the socials
MS the club have had good feedback directly
SJ Are we looking at setting up a separate bank account
MR We could also do a draw for people who travel and offer them membership
DM Discuss this for next season what the offerings might be when we know what league we will play in
A big thank you from all on the board of the trust to MR, MS & DM for the way the travel has been managed.
Hospitality / Competition spins
SJ all winners have been called for United lounge and Boardroom, all the shirts have been sourced and there are 2 to collect. The players breakfast went really well. The timings for the last match are required
Membership
TW 1055
Financial/Cash in the bank
TW Bank £12022 (Ringfenced £448 DEFIBS £2100 audit fees – will also be some coach money set aside).
Members meeting
DM Fans forum will take precedence X Space could be fitted in prior to Truro and the forum, take it Comms and bring it back to the board once decided.
CUSG Update
Any email coming to the trust regarding CUSG should go through CW. The latest CUSG meeting minutes from 22nd May  https://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/news/minutes-may-cusg-meeting
AOB
DM Future numbers for the winners 10 places in United lounge 5 members win and bring a guest, or 4 members 1 for buses plus guest?
CW we can just make the draw and tell members when we know which game it will affect
MR will supply a list for the buses to SJ
RP/MS Mental health event football match with a trust team to be entered max 11 8 per side SJ to compile an email with more information on the football match
MR most of the plaques have now been moved
Next meeting – May 13th 26 19:00
