Recording & Summary - AGM 2026
- Oldham Athletic Supporters Foundation
- 2 days ago
- 2 min read
Tonight, we held our 2026 Annual General Meeting. We have summarised the meeting below and included a recording for our members who couldn't make it.
Update on our Work
Our chair, Maurice, talked about some of our key activities over the past year, including:
Creating our 'Road to Wembley' sticker albums which raised money for the 1895 Contingency Fund and the Latics Academy. Albums with a full set of stickers are available on our website shop.
Representing fans at OAFC board meetings
Monthly meetings with Darren Royle and Craig Dootson to raise fan issues
Presenting a comparative analysis of ticket pricing to the OAFC board
Facilitating focus groups on kit designs for the coming season
Merging our lottery with the Club's and Community Trust's. The single lottery, the Giant Cash Bonanza, now has a record number of players, with profits split between us, the Community Trust and the Latics Academy
Growing membership by around 10%. We're working hard to get over 500 members and go further.
Fully establishing the OASF kiosk in the fan bar
Launching our 2026/27 season ticket appeal, which has raised £4,700 in donations. We're just going through the nominations now.
Regaining control of our website after our provider went AWOL. We'll now be able to make improvements more easily.
We've achieved a lot this year, despite being volunteers. Maurice invited Latics fans to get involved - you don't have to be a board member to help.
Thank you to all our members for your support this year. Without you, we couldn't do what we do.
Overview of Accounts
We published our draft accounts for the year ending 31 January 2026 today. Paul gave an overview of the key figures around income and expenditure, including where that money came from and how it was spent. He also noted that he has sent some revisions to our accountants to correct how some income has been categorised ahead of submitting them to our regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority.
Voting
Dom talked through what we are voting on at this year's AGM:
Asking members to disapply the audit requirement for our accounts, so that an independent examination can be carried out instead - this would be cheaper and more proportionate to an organisation of our size. This requires a 75% majority to pass.
Electing new board members - two members have been nominated, Mark Albiston and Paul Whitehead. As there are three places available on the board, they both only need more 'yes' votes than 'no' votes to be elected.
All members who signed up by 1 June have been emailed with a link to vote. Two remainder emails have been sent to those who haven't voted yet.
Recording of the AGM
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