The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is your opportunity to have your say on our work. Find out about voting at the meeting.
The deadline to vote on resolutions in advance, in the elections to the Council, and to register to attend this year’s AGM passed on 31 October. If you’ve registered to attend the event in person or online, you’ll be able to vote on resolutions on the day.
Voting ahead of the AGM has now closed.
If you've registered to attend the meeting in person or virtually, you can vote on the resolutions on the day via the CES Join-In platform. Information about using this platform will be available ahead of, and during the meeting for all registered attendees.
To vote in person, you'll need to bring a smartphone with you to join the secure voting platform. Handheld devices are no longer in use. Further information is available in your AGM booklet,
Members who have registered to attend the AGM will be contacted by Civica Election Services in late October to confirm if you’ve been allocated a place and/or how to join the meeting online.
There are three different types of vote you can choose from to have your say.
This is where you specify how you want your vote to be cast by your proxy (the Chair of the AGM) and they act as your representative and vote as directed by you. You can do this by selecting 'for', 'against' or 'abstain' for the individual resolutions and by selecting your preferred election candidates.
To cast your vote in support of the Board of Trustees' position on all resolutions, and/or recommended election candidates/candidate bodies, you can use the quick vote option. Quick vote is a type of specified vote.
You can cast a discretionary vote for the resolutions, but not in the elections. This means you're directing the proxy (the Chair of the AGM) to vote on the resolutions as they see fit. You can do this by selecting the 'discretionary' box.
You can find more details about voting in your AGM booklet.
Voting is now open for your Annual General Meeting (AGM) which is taking place online, and in person at 10am on Saturday 8 November 2025 at the STEAM Museum, Swindon. Cast your vote or register to attend by 11.59pm on 31 October 2025.
If you have a query about the AGM, please email agm@nationaltrust.org.uk. To put forward a question for the meeting, please include your name and membership number in your email and keep your question within 50 words. For all other enquiries, please check out help centre.
The Annual General Meeting is convened in accordance with The Charities (National Trust) Order 2005. Find out more about what this means.
Find the full details about the rules of voting in clause 40 of The Charities (National Trust) Order 2005.