AGM Feedback

[eljaggo]

I believe that it customary, if not obligatory, for shareholders to receive, or have free access to, an audited copy of the accounts before the AGM.  That allows an AGM to take place and the Board questioned by well informed owners. 

This season may offer our last promotion push before financial woes cut our budget severely.  The Board's projected cash flow looks from a distance to be pie in the sky.  Another season in the Championship will have a big impact on the Club.

Edited February 14 by eljaggo
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[Fawlty Towers]

If I am right this is the final year of the O'Neills deal and it is has been a few years for the stadium sponsorship deal with the current company so as it has been stated over the last couple of years that we need to get much better returns on the these it will be interesting to see what happens on that front.

Personally I think O'Neills have been excellent and would be happy to keep going with them.

[jaggy]

The Facebook rumours mention Macron and another supplier whose name escapes me but I’d never heard of them. 

[Fawlty Towers]

1 hour ago, eljaggo said:

I believe that it customary, if not obligatory, for shareholders to receive, or have free access to, an audited copy of the accounts before the AGM.  That allows an AGM to take place and the Board questioned by well informed owners. 

This season may offer our last promotion push before financial woes cut our budget severely.  The Board's projected cash flow looks from a distance to be pie in the sky.  Another season in the Championship will have a big impact on the Club.

If we recall this from August then we will be starting looking at next season's budget fairly soon.

 

Looking ahead, we are committed to publishing future budgets on a much timelier basis and in a way that is more accessible for those involved in budget proposals and scrutiny. The board and trustees have agreed that from next season, the annual budgeting process should begin formally no later than early March and aim to conclude no later than mid-April. This will provide the business with greater certainty and enable our team leaders at Firhill to properly plan ahead. We are also in the process of recruiting a dedicated Finance Director to ensure that the club has the right professional capacity to meet its obligations under fan ownership.

[jagfox]

48 minutes ago, jaggy said:

The Facebook rumours mention Macron and another supplier whose name escapes me but I’d never heard of them. 

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[Lambies Lost Doo]

I love O'Neills stuff and hope it gets renewed.

I think we need a Chartered Accountant on the board.

We also had a millionaire board member who seemed to be ousted in the summer after loaning the club some cash.  Maybe we need to ask him back nicely?

[Lenziejag]

On 2/13/2026 at 5:33 PM, Jordanhill Jag said:

I think your going back more than 50 Years to get Crowds of 6500 - someone suggested as far back as the 1940s 

as for £6.5 MN turnover ? 

James Cairney suggested that that £6.5M turnover was non football turnover. What is that ? Sponsorship and Advertising? He also had two figures for crowds 4,500 if in Championship which I think is achievable. We had average league attendances of over 4,000 last season. Unfortunately the diabolical football on show seems to have impacted this season.

[Norgethistle]

2 hours ago, Lenziejag said:

James Cairney suggested that that £6.5M turnover was non football turnover. What is that ? Sponsorship and Advertising? He also had two figures for crowds 4,500 if in Championship which I think is achievable. We had average league attendances of over 4,000 last season. Unfortunately the diabolical football on show seems to have impacted this season.

Non footballing income? Have they found oil under the bing?

Our current non footballing income (ie not sponsorship, tickets, hospitality, prize money, telly money) I’d imagine is a 5 figure sum.

If club believe grow even £100k non footballing income to £6.5million in 5 years isn’t just bonkers it’s alarming as it’s impossible. Even 100% growth year on year wouldn’t give half of that. 
 

There must be some misunderstanding by James in that figure being non-footballing income 

[ChiThistle]

Have these accounts been made public yet?  Filed with Companies House?

[partickthedog]

2 hours ago, ChiThistle said:

Have these accounts been made public yet?  Filed with Companies House?

Just checked Companies House records. The last accounts filed were for the year to 31 May 2024 which appeared on 24 February 2025. If similar time lag applies this year the accounts to 31 May 2026 should appear soon!

PS Have not checked, but I do have a vague thought that accounts should be lodged within 9 months of financial year end, so the club is taking just about all of the time available to it.

Edited February 14 by partickthedog
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[Norgethistle]

39 minutes ago, partickthedog said:

Just checked Companies House records. The last accounts filed were for the year to 31 May 2024 which appeared on 24 February 2025. If similar time lag applies this year the accounts to 31 May 2026 should appear soon!

PS Have not checked, but I do have a vague thought that accounts should be lodged within 9 months of financial year end, so the club is taking just about all of the time available to it.

Due by the 28th of February. It should be just a matter of electronically submitting them now the AGM has formally approved them. 

[Lenziejag]

10 hours ago, ChiThistle said:

Have these accounts been made public yet?  Filed with Companies House?

They can’t be filed until after they have been approved at the AGM. Hopefully somebody knows they need to do it.

[eljaggo]

Presumably the AGM approved the 2024-2025 Accounts and no other process is required to allow publication.  

[Lenziejag]

4 hours ago, eljaggo said:

Presumably the AGM approved the 2024-2025 Accounts and no other process is required to allow publication.  

Just someone at Firhill to put their hand up and say I will do it.

[Jag]

On 2/13/2026 at 5:33 PM, Jordanhill Jag said:

I think your going back more than 50 Years to get Crowds of 6500 - someone suggested as far back as the 1940s 

as for £6.5 MN turnover ? 

In the 1940s and early 50s, we actually had a pretty good average attendance.

Where have all those lapsed fans gone?

[Norgethistle]

7 minutes ago, Jag said:

In the 1940s and early 50s, we actually had a pretty good average attendance.

Where have all those lapsed fans gone?

They knocked down the tenements in Maryhill, and moved the residents to far flung places like Cumbernauld, Easterhouse, East Kilbride and new Drumchapel. The local population and support was scattered out to the new satellite towns 

[thornwoodjag]

57 minutes ago, Jag said:

In the 1940s and early 50s, we actually had a pretty good average attendance.

Where have all those lapsed fans gone?

Dead, probably 

[jaggy]

1 hour ago, Norgethistle said:

They knocked down the tenements in Maryhill, and moved the residents to far flung places like Cumbernauld, Easterhouse, East Kilbride and new Drumchapel. The local population and support was scattered out to the new satellite towns 

True to some degree but when I started going in the late 60’s and early 70’s the tenements were still there and we were down to around 5000 per game, probably less in Div 2

[ChiThistle]

Hoping TJF will have some kind of official statement out this week.  If the meeting was as shambolic as Jim presented it, I imagine any delays we are seeing are due to finding the right tone.  As individuals, we can say it was a complete cluster and leave it at that.  As a board, TJF have to strike a balance between conveying the same  “this isn’t acceptable” feeling and some level of positivity/direction forward.

I think the core problem is finding the right board members.  No point in a 5-year plan if you’ll only be on the  board for half a year, at which point someone else will come in with their own plan.  I’d also want to know if McClymont intends to be in this for the long haul.  I think the guy could use another 1 or 2 people on the board with his level of business experience, but not sure how we are working to find those people.  It’s scary to think how some kind of personal circumstance (or just something with Indie Semiconductor that requires his attention) could easily leave a massive vacuum.

i just……I just have so many questions, and it always comes back to board stability.

[Bobbyhouston]

On 2/14/2026 at 1:42 PM, jaggy said:

The Facebook rumours mention Macron and another supplier whose name escapes me but I’d never heard of them. 

It better not be be that shit Joma 

[Bobbyhouston]

2 hours ago, ChiThistle said:

Hoping TJF will have some kind of official statement out this week.  If the meeting was as shambolic as Jim presented it, I imagine any delays we are seeing are due to finding the right tone.  As individuals, we can say it was a complete cluster and leave it at that.  As a board, TJF have to strike a balance between conveying the same  “this isn’t acceptable” feeling and some level of positivity/direction forward.

I think the core problem is finding the right board members.  No point in a 5-year plan if you’ll only be on the  board for half a year, at which point someone else will come in with their own plan.  I’d also want to know if McClymont intends to be in this for the long haul.  I think the guy could use another 1 or 2 people on the board with his level of business experience, but not sure how we are working to find those people.  It’s scary to think how some kind of personal circumstance (or just something with Indie Semiconductor that requires his attention) could easily leave a massive vacuum.

i just……I just have so many questions, and it always comes back to board stability.

putting up 5 year plans allows them to make an arse of the first 4 year then come out saying we said it would take 5 year 

[ChiThistle]

48 minutes ago, Bobbyhouston said:

putting up 5 year plans allows them to make an arse of the first 4 year then come out saying we said it would take 5 year 

At this point, we’re lucky if they put together a five MONTH plan and still have the same board by the end.

[AlgarveJag]

I’d settle for 5 passes completed

[New Jersey Jag]

On 2/15/2026 at 9:18 AM, Norgethistle said:

They knocked down the tenements in Maryhill, and moved the residents to far flung places like Cumbernauld, Easterhouse, East Kilbride and new Drumchapel. The local population and support was scattered out to the new satellite towns 

To some degree you could make that argument about the old firm as well.  Parkhead and Ibrox have been similarly affected by tenement clearances.  There are only two clubs on that list who's attendances now are higher.  The league structure and payments have been run for their benefit to the detriment, and in some cases extinction, of every other scottish club.  We had almost 10,000 at home to Hearts on a Tuesday night in 1974.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=122119881729109327&set=a.122099679531109327

 

 

[Jaggernaut]

6 hours ago, New Jersey Jag said:

 We had almost 10,000 at home to Hearts on a Tuesday night in 1974.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=122119881729109327&set=a.122099679531109327

 

 

Isn't that the game that took place on the Tuesday afternoon? If so, I dogged school to be there, experiencing an early Cup disappointment at the hands of the tarts. Little did I know that several more would follow over the years.