November 2025 Member update and Notice of AGM

This update covers the following issues:

• Notice of Annual General Meeting
• Ministry of Transport investigations
• Harbour sale
• Harbour offices still not paid for
• BHT funds

Notice of Annual General Meeting

BEMBRIDGE HARBOUR TRUST

(A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025

Notice is hereby given that the nineteenth Annual General Meeting of the Bembridge Harbour Trust will be held at Holy Trinity Cloisters, High Street, Bembridge at 5pm on 18th December 2025 to consider the following:

1. Apologies.

2. To receive, consider and approve the Minutes of the eighteenth Annual General meeting held on 20th December 2024.

3. To receive the Trustees’ Report, Accounts and the Independent Accountant’s Report for the year

ending 30th June 2025.

4. To re-elect Jonathan Bacon and Philip Jordan who retire by rotation as Directors.

5. To re-appoint Moore (South) LLP as Independent Examiners/Accountants.

6. Any other business.

William Bland

Secretary to the Trust

23.11.2025

All members are welcome. The accounts will be circulated shortly.

Ministry of Transport investigations

After a constructive meeting with a senior civil servant and follow-up correspondence, a rather slow process is in train. However, after an intervention by Joe Roberson MP, Keir Mather, Minister for Aviation, Maritime and Decarbonisation, wrote on 9th October “The department recognises that it has taken some time and that it must be frustrating for the parties involved. I have asked my officials to see if anything can be done to speed up the ongoing work.” Officers subsequently advised that they had received further information. As such the DfT investigation appears to be actively progressing.

Harbour sale update

The directors first announced the harbour was for sale nearly two years ago in September 2023. As per our last update a web search for ‘Bembridge Harbour for sale’ still shows very public marketing. We assume that efforts to sell have been unsuccessful. 

Harbour offices still not paid for 

As of the 21^st November we believe the contractors are still awaiting the outstanding amounts.

BHT Funds

The work of the Trust remains as important as ever, as we finally make progress on financial redress. We thank you for your support to date, and ask for your continued financial support to keep going at this crucial time, in particular with professional advice to engage with the Department of Transport as required.

The trustees , Bembridge Harbour Trust