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 2025

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

 

Meeting papers

• 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 (PDF, 232KB)
• Consultation timeline (PDF, 26KB)
• Output from AGM governance review workshop discussions (PDF, 100KB)
• Pre-consultation feedback survey

 

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.