The Ramblers is a company limited by guarantee, and General Council is the body of people who are defined as company members for Companies Act and other legal purposes.  Members of General Council are entitled to attend the annual general meeting, but remain company members at other times. 

Our annual general meeting is commonly referred to as General Council.
 

General Council AGM 2026

The 2026 General Council Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Saturday 25 April at the Birmingham NEC. The meeting will start at 10.30 am and finish by 5 pm. Council members are invited to register online by Monday 23 March at https://GCAGM2026.eventbrite.co.uk 

Dates and deadlines

• Deadline for receipt of nominations and Council member motions – 14 March
• Motions published on website – 18 March
• AGM notice and papers published – 27 March
• Deadline for receipt of motion amendments and appeals – 21 April
• Amendments and appeals published on website – 23 April

Meeting forms 

• Motion submission form and guidance
• Nomination form and guidance – Motions Review Committee   
• Nomination form and guidance - Vice President
• Trustee recruitment information

If you have any remaining questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Simon Kellas. (simon.kellas@ramblers.org.uk).

 

General Council AGM 2025

The 2025 General Council AGM took place on Saturday 5 April at the Birmingham NEC. 

• Mid-year motions report (September 2025) (PDF, 105KB)
• AGM draft minutes (PDF, 135KB)
• AGM papers (PDF, 543KB)
• Annual report and accounts (PDF, 3.96MB)
• Amendments and appeal report
• Motions Review Committee report
• AGM attendance list
• Open motions (2023-2025)

 

Governance review

• Pre-consultation paper (July 2025) (PDF, 232KB)
• Consultation paper (8 September 2025) (PDF, 210KB)
• Consultation update paper (29 September 2025)
• Email update to General Council and Areas (29 October 2025)
• Email update to General Council and Areas (14 November 2025)
• Update to General Council and Areas (28 January 2026)   

 

Minutes of the previous General Council AGMs  

• 2024 - Birmingham (PDF, 219KB)
• 2023 - Manchester EGM (PDF, 85KB)
• 2023 - Birmingham (PDF, 160KB)
• 2022 - Birmingham (PDF, 161KB)
• 2021 - Online (PDF, 185KB)
• 2020 - Online (PDF, 172KB)
• 2019 - Manchester (PDF, 194KB) 

 

Further information about General Council 

• General Council in more detail (PDF, 65.1KB) 

 

If you require any further information or have any questions about General Council please contact Simon Kellas.