Annual General Meeting

Notice of our 2026 AGM

Notice of the 63^rd Annual General Meeting of Gwent Wildlife Trust

On: Saturday, 17^th October, 2026 at 2pm - 5pm (Doors open 1.45pm)
At: Usk Memorial Hall, Maryport Street, Usk, Monmouthshire NP15 1AD

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Agenda:

Chair’s official welcome, notices and thanks

Apologies
Minutes of the 2025 AGM and matters arising.
To receive the Trustees Annual Report of the charity for the year ended 31st March 2026.
To receive the Annual Accounts of the charity for the year ended 31^st March 2026.
To re-appoint Menzies LP as auditors of the charity to hold office until the conclusion of the next General Meeting at which the accounts are laid before the charity.
To elect new trustees to the Gwent Wildlife Trust board.
To introduce observer Trustees and the elected officers of the Board of Trustees as well as Patron, President/Vice Presidents.

Members will be asked to vote to accept items 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 above.

By order of the Board, September 2026, Zoe Porter, Company Secretary.

A wildflower meadow beneath a cloudy sky, with a row of trees in the distance. The meadow is filled with colourful flowers and green grasses. In the foreground are two tall, pink towers of common spotted orchid flowers. A black and white marbled white butterfly rests on one

After the formal AGM agenda, we will share presentations of our work for local wildlife in 2026.

Find out why ‘17 a day’ is the new ‘5 a day’ for our health, what strange ‘dragons’ have been visiting our nature reserves and meet the otter family that is influencing our pond creation plans!

Notes: Papers for the AGM are linked below and can be requested from the GWT office by calling 01600 740600 or emailing info@gwentwildlife.org.

If you are unable to attend and would like to send apologies please email these to Zoe Porter at zporter@gwentwildlife.org

Proxy voting: If you are unable to attend and would like to send in a proxy vote for any of the items, which the Chair will take into account, please email zporter@gwentwildlife.org

Questions and comments:

Please put any questions or comments to the Chair of Trustees, Marc Leppard, by emailing mleppard@gwentwildlife.org by Wednesday, 14^th October, 2026, so that he can answer you directly in advance of the AGM. There may be limited opportunity to respond at the AGM, particularly if we have a lot of questions.

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