Our Annual General Meeting was held at the Black Country Living Museum, based in the heart of Dudley on the Thursday 16th July 2026. We were excited to meet our member as every year and get to speak to them about what's been going on through the year.
The results of the voting at Dudley Building Society’s Annual General Meeting (AGM).
Ordinary resolutions
1. To receive the Directors' Report, Annual Accounts and Annual Business Statement for the year ended 31 March 2026
2. To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors to hold office until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2026
Election and re-election of Directors
4. To elect Michelle Ann Andrews
5. To re-elect Michael Kumar Bhopal
6. To re-elect Peter John Hubbard
7. To re-elect Michael Edward Hudson
8. To re-elect Tariq Khatri
9. To re-elect James Ian Alexander Paterson
Accordingly, all of the Directors standing for election or re-election were duly elected or re-elected.
If you have lost or damaged your voting form, you can contact our independent scrutineers, CES, and a member of their Support Team will provide you with a unique number to enable you to vote online. The contact details for CES are [email protected] and 020 8365 8909.
We want to ensure our valued members remain engaged in the process, therefore we encourage you to submit any questions you may have for the Board of Directors in advance of the AGM. You can get in touch with the Board in multiple ways:
Under the Society’s Rules, a member entitled to vote may appoint one proxy to vote on their behalf. You may appoint the Chair of the meeting or anyone else as your proxy, and your proxy does not have to be a member of the Society.
If members are voting via post or online, all votes must be received by Monday 13th July 2026 at midnight. If a member has registered to attend our face-to-face AGM on the 16th July, they can vote on the day.
A copy of the Society’s Report and Accounts is available on the Society’s website or upon request.
CES are our independent scrutineers for the AGM and we have worked with them for a number of years. CES were previously known as Electoral Reform Services (ERS). All voting forms need to be returned to CES
Voting forms should be returned in the enclosed envelope marked, The Independent Scrutineer, Civica Election Services, The Election Centre, 33 Clarendon Road, London, N8 0NW and be received by no later than Monday 13th July 2026.
Where the shares are held jointly by two or more persons, only the first named in the records of the Society in respect of those shares can have any voting rights.
It is in our rules and is the same across all other building societies across the country. Rules are available on the Society website. Please refer to the Society Secretary if you would like further clarification.
How do I qualify as a ‘voting’ member?
To qualify as a shareholding member, you must:
i. If you are an individual, be at least 18 years old on 16 July 2026; and
ii. Have held shares to the value of not less than £100 in the Society on 31 March 2026; and
iii. Not have ceased to hold a share or shares in the Society at any time between 31 March 2026 and the voting date; and
iv. Hold a share or shares in the Society on the voting date.
To qualify as a borrowing member, you must:
i. Be at least 18 years old on 16 July 2026; and
ii. Have owed the Society not less than £100 in respect of a mortgage debt on 31 March 2026; and
iii. Owe the Society not less than £100 in respect of a mortgage debt on the voting date.
Dudley Building Society has provided a safe home for local savers’ deposits for 165 years. Our philosophy stays the same – to provide safe and sensible accounts. Savers have the added security of being protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme which covers individuals to up to £120,000 and joint account holders up to £240,000.
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