30/07/2026
Introducing the YCST Governance Report
Today we're launching something new for Trust members.
In May the Club adopted new Articles of Association, and in June a new All Shareholders Agreement was signed. Between them, those documents set out what the Trust is entitled to, what the Club has committed to, and what every shareholder has agreed to do.
Our shareholding has changed as well – we now hold 5% of York City Football Club. But our protections don't depend on the size of our holding. They attach to our A Ordinary Shares and to the Trust by name in the Articles, and they came through those changes intact. We still appoint directors to the Club board. A board meeting still isn't quorate without them. The name, the badge, the home shirt colours and the stadium still can't be changed without our written consent.
Rights on paper are only worth what they're worth in practice, though. So rather than ask you to take our word for it, we're going to show you.
The Governance Report covers 18 areas across seven sections, each tied to a specific clause of the Articles or the Agreement. Every area gets a traffic light – green, amber or red. Where it's amber or red, we explain why and what we've asked for. It's updated every month, and previous months stay available so you can see how things move.
We report on ourselves on the same basis. The Trust's own governance is one of the seven sections.
It's a members' report, because as a shareholder we see confidential information about the Club and reporting frankly to the people we represent is a different thing from broadcasting to the world.
If you want to know what's really going on at your football club – assessed against the actual documents rather than through rumour – this is the best reason we can give you to be a member.
Read the full announcement: https://www.ycst.org.uk/governance-report-announcement/
Not a member? Join from £10 a year at https://www.ycst.org.uk/join/
