As communicated at this evening's online Special General Meeting (SGM), Andrew Madaras the independent scrutineer and Chair of the Election Committee has confirmed the following three nominees have been elected to the FSSB board (in alphabetical order): 1. Gareth Castick 2. John Raftery 3. Jon Wiggans Six nominations had been
March 03, 2025This is to remind all members that the 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Football Supporters’ Society of Bury (FSSB) will take place on 18th December 2024 at 7pm via Zoom (or similar online conferencing software). All members will receive associated documents approximately two weeks before the AGM. Joining instructions
November 28, 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, 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
Our current policy is to rotate kits every two years, to reward supporters for buying replica kits and keep them up-to-date for longer. As we started the season with two new kits, home and away, we need to break this rule just once so that home and away kits are
February 25, 2024