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Our Annual General Meeting

Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) gives members the opportunity to hear from our directors and ask them questions as well as vote on the people standing for election to Nationwide’s Board.

Why is the AGM important?

We’re a building society, not a bank, so we can do things differently. Our aim is to provide our members with the best value in banking. If you're a member, you may want to hear how we are doing from those people entrusted with running your Society.

You can ask members of the Board questions about any area, including:

  • The type of products we sell

  • Where we might open new branches

  • Community projects that we are involved in

  • The charities we support

You can also vote on the people standing for election or re-election to Nationwide’s Board.

AGM 2024

This year our AGM took place on Wednesday 17 July 2024.

Highlights from our 2024 AGM

Vote to help support your community

To celebrate the launch of our new social impact programme, Nationwide Fairer Futures,  we promised to donate £1 per vote up to £500,000 to our 3 new charity partners. We're pleased to say due to the number of AGM votes received we will be donating the full amount as directed by our members. 

The money will be shared with Centrepoint to tackle youth homelessness, Action for Children to support families living in poverty, and Dementia UK to help people living with dementia.

Nationwide Fairer Futures supports people who have been dealt an unfair hand, making a difference to some of the most vulnerable in our communities.

Voting conditions

To vote in the next AGM, you must be aged 18 or over on the day of the AGM and have a Nationwide savings, bank or mortgage account.

If it’s a joint account, only the first named person can vote.

If you have a Nationwide savings or bank account, you'll need to have:

  • saved or banked at least £100 in a membership account on 4 April

and you must be either:

  • saving or banking with us in a membership account on the date voting in advance closes if you appoint a representative, or

  • saving or banking with us in a membership account on the date of the AGM if you vote at the meeting

If you have a residential mortgage with us, you'll need to have:

  • owed us at least £100 on your mortgage loan on 4 April

and you must still either:

  • owe us at least £100 on that mortgage loan on the date voting in advance closes if you appoint a representative, or

  • owe us at least £100 on that mortgage loan on the date of the AGM if you vote at the meeting

Our Memorandum and Rules

Standing for election

A member wishing to be considered as a candidate to stand for election to the Board at the AGM must have the support of 250 qualified two-year members. They must provide evidence of this on or before the end of the business year, which is 4 April each year.

You can find the full details in our Memorandum and Rules.

Putting forward a resolution

To put forward a resolution for a members’ vote at the AGM, a member must have the support of 500 qualified two-year members. The resolution must be received on or before the end of the business year, which is on 4 April each year.

You can find the full details in our Memorandum and Rules.

AGM rules

All the details on how our AGM is run, including voting, are in our Memorandum and Rules.

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