After a testing week, including staff and board member resignations, the board wishes to reassure fans of the plans to address the immediate challenges and explain a way forward initially in this short-term period. It is useful to heed the words of Dave McNabb and his appeal for calm ahead
November 11, 2024With a new artificial surface in place and in use every day of the week, and new LED floodlights ready to be installed, we are now moving into the next phase of preparing Gigg Lane for the decades ahead of us. We are exploring ways to make the stadium more
November 03, 2024September was a difficult month with no Saturday home league fixtures. We have commented before on the negative financial impact of Cup games, and moving league fixtures to a Tuesday night. So it was pleasing to make a £15k operating profit for the month. Home games require us to split
November 03, 2024The 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Football Supporters’ Society of Bury (FSSB) will take place on 18th December 2024 via Zoom (or similar online conferencing software). All members will receive full formal notification of the meeting and associated documents before the AGM. Memberships will remain open for now but
October 22, 2024We posted a £23k operating profit for August 2024, as football returned to Gigg Lane. This has almost cancelled out the £27k loss in July, when we bore the costs of playing with no revenue as the stadium did not open until early August. We also met a number of
September 30, 2024Our management accounts show an operating profit of just under £80, 000 for the financial year ended 2024. This is £55k once depreciation has been applied to the stadium at the rate agreed in last year’s audit. We made a small loss of £4860 in June as expected given
August 27, 2024As we head into the lean summer months, where we expect to make losses through a lack of matchday revenue, it was pleasing to make a small profit in May. Our financial year end is 30th June. Our profit for the year to date has increased to £83k as we
July 02, 2024Whilst the end of the season did not work out as hoped, the work on the stadium, wider club and the new pitch is progressing well. We made no secret of our ambitions for promotion and a thorough review of why we fell short commenced soon after the end of
June 05, 2024To assist all former members of Bury FC Supporters' Society who previous paid £60 annually via card transition to the new society we have created a portal where you can: * log in and view payment information * check last payment date to check if your membership is still valid (it expires
May 14, 2024Attention at this time of year inevitably focuses on footballing results. We’ve never hidden our desire for promotion and the possible financial rewards of the play offs are a long way from our thoughts. The sharing of gate receipts between home and away teams, with a percentage also paid
April 22, 2024