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Our Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting (AGM), gives members the opportunity to have a say in how we’re run.

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, it's important to have your say in what we do. The AGM is the perfect place to do this.

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 to join Nationwide’s Board.

AGM 2023

Our AGM took place on Wednesday 19 July 2023.

This year, we raised £50,000 for Shelter with thanks to your votes.

Our AGM 2023 results can be viewed below.

View our AGM results

Highlights from our last AGM

Business update from Kevin Parry OBE

Watch our Chairman Kevin Parry’s business update speech from the AGM 2023.

Watch Kevin Parry’s update

Business update from Debbie Crosbie

Watch our CEO Debbie Crosbie’s business update speech from the AGM 2023.

Watch Debbie Crosbie’s update

Your vote really does make a difference

Together with Shelter, we believe everyone deserves a safe place that’s fit to call home. For the past 20 years, we’ve worked together to ensure that those facing a housing emergency are supported and their voices heard.

For every vote cast in our AGM, we’ll donate 10p to Shelter, up to a maximum of £50,000. For 2023, we raised our maximum of £50,000 with thanks to your votes.

Find out more about Shelter and how we work together

How to vote

If you qualify to vote, you'll receive your voting codes by email or in a voting pack by post in June. This has all the information you’ll need to vote either before our AGM or during the event.

Receiving AGM documents by email

If you’ve registered for it, we'll send the information from one of these addresses:

Please add them to your address book to ensure you receive future AGM emails.

Requesting information in alternative formats

We can provide AGM packs in formats such as large print or braille.

Voting conditions

Voting in our AGM 2023 has closed.

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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