SD Annual General Meeting

15th July 2011

Report from the Acting Chief Executive

• The first 11 years - many success stories • Recognised expertise & a credible voice• Strong grass roots support at trust & club level • Strong political support • Public and political pressure for change in the

football industry• We need to be clear about the role of SD

Where are we?

“To promote sustainable spectator sports clubs based on supporters’

involvement and community ownership”

Mission Statement

• Working with supporters’ trusts that have an opportunity to increase their influence;

• Develop capacity of supporters’ trusts to achieve the objective of increased influence;

• Develop new methods of enabling this, such as Community Shares;

• Promote improved regulation, which allows community-owned clubs to compete on level terms.

Current focus

Some facts about SD

Set up in 2000

Advising groups of supporters and clubs in over 20 countries

There are 174 supporters' trusts in the UK

Currently, these have a membership of over 260,000

Trusts have raised over £30 million since 2000

Liaise with UEFA, who have funded our work in Europe, the European Commission and other pan-European bodies, Leagues

and National Football Associations

Growth of SD Trusts’ membership and Trust numbers in England,Wales & Scotland since 2004

The growth of SD in Europe since 2007

Supporters Direct Funding and Fundraising for England & Wales (£k)

Year(April-March)

2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14

Actual Actual Actual Actual Projection Projection Projection

FSIF 574 591 610Premier League

610

FSIF/FansFund App.

562 512 382

Fundraising 37 128* 21 15 50 139 276

Total 611 711 631 625 612 651 658% SDFundraising

6% 18% 3% 2.5% 8% 21% 42%

*includes Virgin Media sponsorship allocated to reserves and used for Football and Rugby League

Funding in England & Wales

Supporters Direct Funding in England and Wales (£k)

Supporters Direct Fundraising in England & Wales (£k)

Supporters Direct Funding and Fundraising for Scotland (£k)

Year(April-March)

2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14

Actual Actual Actual Actual Target Target Target

Sport Scotland

95 90 65 45

SD Fundraising

3 10 3 1 164 167 170

Total 98 100 68# 46#

% SD Fundraising

3% 10% 4% 2% 100% 100% 100%

# additional expenditure was funded from SD Scotland reserves

Funding in England & Wales

Supporters Direct Funding & Fundraising in Scotland (£k)

Supporters Direct Funding for Europe (£k)

Year(July-June)

2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14

Actual Actual Actual Actual Projection Projection Projection

UEFA 65 65 65 168 168 168

SD Fundraising

0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 65 65 65 168 168 168

% SD Fundraising

0 0 0 0 0 0

Funding in England & Wales

Supporters Direct Funding in Europe (£k)

Supporters Direct Funding for Rugby League(£k)

Year(July-June)

2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14

Actual Actual Actual Actual Projection Projection Projection

RFL 15 15 15

Coop 12.5 12.5 12.5

SD Fundraising (from sponsorship reserves

17 17 18

Total (rounded)

45 45 45

% from SD Fundraising

38% 38% 38%

Funding in England & Wales

Supporters Direct Funding in Rugby League (£k)

• Submit new applications for grants in Scotland and Europe

• Complete the negotiations for current grant applications in England

• Review SD strategy going forward

• Identify potential partners and sources of funding

Developing our Strategy

England/Wales

Europe

Scotland

Trust & ClubDevelopment

Policy Development

External:Influence, ownership and

sharing good practice

Internal:‘Ensuring members are fit for purpose’ and member

services

External:Improving the conditions for supporter influence

and ownership

Internal:Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the

trust and club development work

SD Activities

FootballRugby LeagueOther sports

What do our members think?