No Transparency
No budget has been provided, and residents have no right to request invoices. Company Administrative costs are less than £10,000 per year, so it is not clear what the rest of the money will be spent on. Maybe it was already spent.
General meeting is on Friday, 12 June 2026 at 6:00pm via Microsoft Teams.
I, [Your Name], leaseholder of [Your GMV Address], being a member of the Company, appoint [James Evans] as my proxy to attend, speak, and vote on my behalf at the General Meeting of the Company on 12 June 2026 and any adjournment of that meeting.
No budget has been provided, and residents have no right to request invoices. Company Administrative costs are less than £10,000 per year, so it is not clear what the rest of the money will be spent on. Maybe it was already spent.
When selling, both LPE1 and TA7 vendor forms require details of all types of payments. Without a budget, we can't answer basic questions that any solicitor or lender will ask: how it is calculated each year or what it is actually spent on.
Every year government introduces new protections for residents in relation to service charges, and the tribunal is increasingly willing to scrutinise costs and hold companies to account for unreasonable charges. Our lease protections and statutory rights are valuable, and we lose all of them with this new fee.
The communication of the new bylaw and the issuing of the payment requests have been riddled with errors, direct debits were charged incorrectly, wrong deadlines, and inconsistent information about how to pay.
Basically any expense that the company incurs could be passed on to residents through this fee, and there is no cap on future increases. This creates a risk of open-ended liability for residents, and it also creates a risk that the fee could be used to pass on costs that would not be allowed under the service charge regime.
With this new fee, company is no longer dormant, it must file accounts with HMRC, it is subject to random, expensive inspections, fines for late filing and errors, and any profit made from the fee will be taxable.
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Service charge route: dispute can be brought in the First-tier Tribunal for £114. The increase has to be reasonable and justified, and only specific types of costs can be included. The tribunal is a simplified court specialising in leasehold disputes, and the process is designed to be accessible for residents without legal representation. If residents win, the tribunal can order the company to reduce the charge and/or refund overpaid amounts, and it can also make orders about legal costs. If the residents lose they will not typically be ordered to pay the company’s legal costs. Every year new protections are added to the service charge regime, and the tribunal is increasingly willing to scrutinise costs and hold companies to account for unreasonable charges.
Member-fee route: Resident don't have automatic right to see budget and invoices, so they must claim in the county court to compel disclosure, which would cost around £500 in court fees alone. That's just to see the budget and invoices, not to dispute the fee itself. Then to dispute the fee itself in court, residents would need to bring a claim under company law, which is more complex and expensive than the leasehold tribunal route. Legal representation would almost certainly be necessary, and legal costs could easily reach several thousand pounds. There are no specific legal protections for residents in this route, and the court would not be able to order the company to reduce the fee or refund overpaid amounts in the same way as the tribunal can with service charges. If residents lose, they could be ordered to pay the company’s legal costs, which could be substantial.
| Issue | Service charge | New GMVML Member fee |
|---|---|---|
| Legal basis | Lease-based and inside the service charge regime. | Claimed to be a separate debt created through company membership and a bylaw. |
| Who pays | Usually apportioned under the lease formula. | Flat-rate member charge, payable once per registered member. |
| Challenge rights | Stronger statutory challenge rights. | Weaker challenge rights; more dependent on company law and member action. |
| Budgets and invoices | Specific statutory routes exist to inspect relevant costs. | Less transparency if treated as company money rather than service charge money. |
| Consultation | Major spend can trigger statutory consultation protections. | Those protections do not obviously carry over. |
| How funds are held | Service charge funds generally benefit from trust protections. | No equivalent automatic trust protection if treated as company funds. |
| Future increases | Constrained by the lease and service charge rules. | Potentially more open-ended unless members step in. |
| Main route to challenge | Leasehold and tribunal-based routes. | Demand disclosure, organise members, and if needed push for a general meeting. |
These source documents are available here for residents who want to read the underlying papers directly.
Formal notice confirming the General Meeting on Friday, 12 June 2026 at 6:00pm via Microsoft Teams.
Guidance for members, including how to appoint a proxy and the proxy appointment template.
Directors' letter circulated with the General Meeting materials.
Memorandum and Articles of Association for GMV, including the Article 23 wording residents are referring to.
FAQ document circulated about the member fee, useful for checking the explanations given so far.
Letter issued in relation to the member fee, included here so residents can review the original wording.
The full filed Articles open in a scrollable preview window and start at page 13, where section 23 appears.
(j)
(k)
The appointment or removal of Directors under Articles 12(c) and 12(d) shall
be made in writing by the party in whom the power of appointment or removal
is vested and shall take effect on and from the date on which notice is lodged
with the Secretary, or to a meeting of the Directors.
At the General Meeting to be held in accordance with Article
8 (c) and
thereafter, the provisions in this Article 12 for the nomination and appointment
of Directors shall be operated so that the composition of the Board of Directors
shall at all times comprise:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
Qualifying Persons with the following tenure:
(A) One rental or shared ownership tenant recommended by a Registered
Provider;
(B) Eight persons who are either Long Leaseholders, shared
ownership tenants who own at least 250/0 or more of the equity in
a Unit or the holder of a commercial unit.
A director appointed by the Royal Borough of Greenwich who need
not be a Qualifying Person;
A director appointed by the Registered Provider who need not be a
Qualifying Person.
and if there are not sufficient persons who are eligible within each of these
categories and who are willing and able to take up such appointment, then the
appointment shall remain vacant until it may be filled.
BORROWING POWERS
13.
The Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money without
limit as to amount and upon such terms and in such manner as they think fit, and to
grant any mortgage, charge or standard security over its undertaking and property or any
part thereof, and to issue debentures, whether outright or as a security for any debt, liability
or obligation of the Company or of any third party.
ALTERNATE DIRECTORS
14.
(a) Prior to the conclusion of the General Meeting to be held in accordance with
Article 8(c), a Director (other than an Alternate Director) may appoint any
person from the organisation which appointed him to be an Alternate Director.
(b)
After the conclusion of the General Meeting to be held in accordance with Article
8(c), a Director may only appoint a person who is a Member or Qualifying
Person to be an Alternate Director save that a Director appointed under Articles 12(k)(ii) or
(iii) may appoint any person from the organisation which appointed him to be an Alternate Director.
A Director may remove from office an Alternate Director appointed by him.
Any appointment or removal Of an Alternate Director shall be effected by an
instrument in writing delivered to the Secretary of the Company and signed by the
appointer.
(c)
When an Alternate Director is also a Director or acts as an Alternate Director
for more than one Director, such Alternate Director shall have one vote for
every Director so represented by him (in addition to his own vote if he is himself
a Director) and when so acting shall be considered as two Directors for the purpose
of making a quorum if the quorum exceeds two.
DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS
15.
With the exception of the Directors appointed either by Royal Borough of Greenwich, by
the Registered Provider under Article 12(k)(ii) or Article
12 (iii) the office of a Director
shall be vacated if, after the General Meeting to be held in accordance with Article 8(c), the
Director ceases to be a Member of the Company or a Qualifying Person or if at any time
becomes incapable by reason of illness or injury ofmanaging and administering his property
and affairs, and Regulation 81 in Table A shall be modified accordingly.
REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS
16.
(a)
(b)
Directors shall not be entitled to any remuneration in their capacity as Directors
of the Company.
The Company may repay to any Director all such reasonable expenses as he
may properly incur in attending and returning from meetings of the Directors or of
any Committee of Directors or General Meetings of the Company or
otherwise in or about the business of the Company.
DIRECTORS' INTERESTS
17.
(a)
Directors' interests other than in relation to transactions or arrangements with
the Company:
(0
(iii)
The Board may authorise any matter proposed to it which would, if not
so authorised, involve a breach of duty by a Director under section 175
of the 2006 Act.
Any authorisation under Article will be effective only if:
(B)
any requirement as to the quorum at the meeting at which the
matter is considered is met without counting the Director in
question or any other Director interested in the matter under
consideration; and
the matter was agreed to without their voting or would have
been agreed to if their votes had not been counted.
The Board may give any authorisation under Article 17(a)(i) upon such
terms as it thinks fit. The Board may vary or terminate any such
authorisation at any time.
(iv)
(v)
Without prejudice to the remainder of these Articles or the 2006 Act,
the Company may authorise (specifically or generally) any matter
proposed to it which would, if not so authorised, involve a breach of
175 ofthe 2006 Act.
Such
duty by a Director under section
authorisation shall be effected:
(A) with the consent in writing of the members consisting of 50%
or more of the voting rights; or
(B) by an ordinary resolution
and shall constitute "authorisation by the members" for the purposes
of this Article 17.
For the purposes of this Article 17, a conflict of interest includes a
conflict of interest and duty and a conflict of duties, and interest
includes both direct and indirect interests.
(b)
Confidential information and attendance at meetings of Directors
A Director shall be under no duty to the Company with respect to any
information which he obtains or has obtained otherwise than as a
Director and in respect of which he owes a duty Of confidentiality to
another person. In particular the Director shall not be in breach Of the
general duties he owes to the Company by virtue of sections 171 to 177
of the 2006 Act if he:
(A)
(B)
fails to disclose any such information to the Board or to any
Director or other officer or employee of, or consultant to, the
Company; or
does not use or apply any such information in performing his
duties as a Director.
However, to the extent that his relationship with that other person gives
rise to a conflict of interest or possible conflict of interest, this Article
applies only if the existence of that relationship has been
authorised by the Board pursuant to Article or authorised by the
Members (subject, in any such case, to the terms upon which such
authorisation was given).
Where the existence of a Director's relationship with another person
has been authorised by the Board pursuant to Article
17 (a)(i) or
authorised by the Members, and his relationship with that person gives
rise to a conflict of interest or possible conflict of interest, the Director
shall not be in breach of the general duties he owes to the Company by
virtue of sections 171 to 177 of the 2006 Act if, at his discretion or at the
request or direction of the Board or any committee of the Board, he:
absents himself from a meeting of Directors (or a committee
(A)
thereof) at which any matter relating to the conflict of interest or
possible conflict of interest will or may be discussed, or from
the discussion of any such matter at a meeting of Directors
(or a committee thereof) or otherwise; or
(B)
makes arrangements not to receive documents and
information relating to any matter which gives rise to the
conflict of interest or possible conflict of interest sent or
supplied by or on behalf of the Company or for such
documents and information to be received and read by a
professional adviser on his behalf,
(iii)
for so long as he reasonably believes such conflict of interest
(or
possible conflict of interest) subsists.
The provisions of Articles and are without prejudice to
any equitable principle or rule of law which may excuse the Director from;
(B)
disclosing information, in circumstances where disclosure
would otherwise be required under these Articles; or
attending meetings or discussions or receiving documents
in
and information as referred to in Article
circumstances where such attendance or receipt would
otherwise be required under these Articles.
(c)
Declaration of interests in proposed or existing transactions or arrangements
with the Company
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
A Director who is in any way, directly or indirectly, interested in a
proposed transaction or arrangement with the Company shall declare the
nature and extent of his interest to the other Directors before the
Company enters into the transaction or arrangement.
A Director who is in any way, directly or indirectly, interested in a
transaction or arrangement that has been entered into by the
Company shall declare the nature and extent of his interest to the other
Directors as soon as is reasonably practicable, unless the interest has
already been declared under Article 17(c)(i).
Any declaration required by Article 17(c)(i) may (but need not) be
made at a meeting of the Directors or by notice in writing in
accordance with section 184 of the 2006 Act or by general notice in
accordance with section 185 of the 2006 Act. Any declaration
required by Article 1 7(c)(i) must be made at a meeting Of the Directors
or by notice in writing in accordance with section 1 84 of the 2006 Act
or by general notice in accordance with section 185 of the 2006 Act.
If a declaration made under Article 17(c)(i) or 17(c)(ii) proves to be, or
becomes, inaccurate or incomplete, a further declaration must be made
under Article or as appropriate.
A Director need not declare an interest under this Article 17(c):
if it cannot reasonably be regarded as likely to give rise to a
(A)
conflict of interest;
Company Number: 3959700
(as adopted on 25 September 2013 and amended on 2 November 2017)
(Amended by Special Resolution passed on 6 July 2023) and
(Amended by Special Resolutions passed on 2 July 2024)
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COMPANIES HOUSE
#107
The Regulations contained in Table A in the Schedule to the Companies (Tables A to F) Regulations 1985 as amended by the Companies (Amendment) Regulations 1985 as amended by Statutory Instrument 1985/1052, Statutory Instrument 2000/3373, Statutory Instrument 2007/2826 and Statutory Instrument 2007/2541, shall apply to the Company save in so far as they are excluded or varied hereby.
"Qualifying Person"
"Registered Provider"
"Unit"
means
in respect of any Units (save for those Units described
in sub-clause (ii) below), any person or persons, a firm,
partnership, company, Registered Provider or other
legal entity to whom a lease or underlease Of a Unit has
been granted for a term of 99 years or more or to whom
such a lease has been assigned or has devolved or a
person having a freehold interest (other than solely a
freehold reversionary interest where there is a
leasehold interest originally granted for at least 99
years) ("Long Leaseholder"); or
in respect of any Units which a Registered Provider
owns the relevant interest in the Unit, as is described in
sub-clause (i) above, whether in possession or
reversion, any person;
(ii)
(iii)
(a)
(b)
(c)
who is, for the time being, in actual occupation of
the Unit; and
who is, for the time being, notified by the said
Registered Provider to the Company as an
approved person; and
whom the Directors shall from time to time
approve (such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed but which may be withdrawn
by the Directors acting reasonably at any time)
(whether original or substitute for any previous
approval) by resolution or through a committee Of
Directors in respect of that Unit
and (if or at such times as) no such persons shall
qualify by these conditions then the Registered
Provider shall itself be the Qualifying Person in
respect of that Unit; or
in respect of the commercial units, any person or
persons, a firm, partnership, company or other legal
entity to whom a lease or underlease has been granted
in respect of that commercial unit.
means a registered provider registered with the Tenant
Services Authority (or successor body) under the Housing
and Regeneration Act 2008.
means any residential unit in the buildings comprised or to be
comprised in the Estate.
MEMBERS
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
The subscribers to the Memorandum of Association shall be Members of the Company.
A subscriber may nominate any person to succeed him as a Member of the Company. A
person so nominated by the subscriber and a person who by nomination succeeds the
person nominated by the subscriber shall have the same power to nominate a person
to succeed him as if he had been a subscriber. Save as aforesaid, no person shall be
admitted as a Member of the Company other than a Qualifying Person. The Company
must accept as a Member every person who is or who shall have become entitled to be
admitted as a Member and shall have complied with either of the signature provisions set out
in Article 5(a).
Each subscriber to the Memorandum of Association and any person nominated to be a
Member under Article 3 shall, if not himself a Qualifying Person, cease to be a Member at
the conclusion of the General Meeting convened pursuant to Article 8(c).
(a)
(b)
(c)
The provisions of Section 113 of the 2006 Act shall be observed by the
Company and every Qualifying Person shall either sign a letter of
application to become a Member or sign the register of members on becoming a
Member. If two or more persons are together a Qualifying Person each shall so
comply. They shall together constitute one Member and, subject to Articles 5 (b)
and (c), the person whose name first appears on the register of members shall
exercise the voting powers vested in such Member. If the first-named person
fails to so exercise such voting powers then the person whose name next appears
in the Register of Members and who wishes to exercise such voting powers shall
be entitled to exercise such voting powers in person. In respect of any Qualifying
Person acting in relation to any Unit or commercial unit, the Company shall be
entitled to treat the execution of a lease or its counterpart by the grantee of a
relevant interest or the execution of an assignment by the assignee Of a
relevant interest or the execution Of a conveyance or •transfer by the purchaser
of a relevant interest as an application for membership.
If any Unit is held between a Registered Provider and a person or persons on a
shared ownership basis and such person or persons together own any equity in
the Unit, regardless of its percentage, then the voting powers vested in the Member
for that Unit shall be exercised by the said person or one of the persons as the
case may be (in accordance with Article 5 (a)).
If any Unit is held by a Registered Provider and is occupied by a person or
persons on a rental basis, the voting powers vested in the Member for that Unit
shall be exercised by the Registered Provider unless and for the period during
which the Registered Provider may notify the Directors otherwise.
A Qualifying Person shall cease to be a Member on the registration as a Member of the
succeeding Qualifying Person for his Unit and shall not resign as a Member while
holding, whether alone or jointly with others, a legal estate in any Unit. Any purported
resignation as a Member in contravention of this Article shall not be accepted by the
Company.
If a Member shall die or be adjudged bankrupt his legal representative or representatives
or the trustee in his bankruptcy shall be entitled to be registered as a Member provided that
he or they shall for the time being be a Qualifying Person.
NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS
8.
8.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
General meetings shall be called by at least fourteen clear days' notice but a
general meeting may be called by shorter notice if so agreed by a majority in
number of the members having a right to attend and vote being a majority
together holding not less than ninety per cent of the total voting rights at the
meeting of all members.
The notice shall specify the time and place of the meeting and the general
nature Of the business to be transacted.
The Directors of the Company may at any time following the completion of the
sale, or the grant of a lease of the last Unit on the Estate to a Qualifying Person (as
determined by the Directors) convene a general meeting, to be held at such time
and place as the Directors may determine.
The directors shall determine whether a general meeting is to be held as a physical general meeting
or an electronic general meeting or a combination ("hybrid" meeting). The directors may call a
general meeting whenever and at such times and places (including electronic platforms) as they
shall determine.
PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS
9.
10.
(a)
(b)
Regulation 40 in Table A shall be read and construed as if the words "at the
time when the Meeting proceeds to business" were added at the end of the first
sentence.
A Director shall notwithstanding that he is not a Member, be entitled to attend
and speak at any General Meeting of the Company.
Regulation 46 in Table A shall be read and construed as if:
(a)
(b)
"ten" be substituted for "two" in paragraph (b); and as if
paragraph (d) was omitted therefrom.
VOTES OF MEMBERS
11.
Every Member present in person or by proxy at a General Meeting shall have one vote
PROVIDED that until the conclusion of the General Meeting to be convened pursuant to
Article 8(c), those Members who are subscribers to the Memorandum Of Association or
who became Members under the subscriber provisions Of Article 3 or if there is only one
such Member nominated under Article 3, that Member, shall, either jointly if there is
more than one such Member, or alone if there is only one such Member, have three votes
in respect Of each and every member (either individually or jointly) who, at the time the
vote is cast, is entered on the register of members in addition to their own vote or votes as
Members.
APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS
12.
(a)
The maximum number and minimum number respectively of the Directors may
be determined from time to time by Ordinary Resolution in General Meeting of the
Company. Prior to the General Meeting to be convened pursuant to Article 8 (c),
there shall be no maximum number of Directors and the minimum number of
Directors shall be five. Following the conclusion of the General Meeting to be
convened pursuant to Article 8(c), the provisions of Article 12 (k) shall apply.
(b)
(ba)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
The Directors shall not be required to retire by rotation save that, following the
General Meeting to be held in accordance with Article 8(c), the Directors in the
Category referred to in Article 12(k)(i) shall hold office for a maximum period Of four
years.
A Director in the category referred to in Article who has held office for four years
may be reappointed immediately in accordance with Articles 12 (g) or (h).
GNIVL shall be entitled to appoint up to six Directors, and Greater London
Authority shall be entitled to appoint one Director, in each gase to hold office
until the conclusion of the General Meeting to be convened pursuant to Article
8(c). The persons so appointed by GMVL or Greater London Authority need not
be Members.
Royal Borough of Greenwich shall be entitled to appoint one director. The
person appointed by the Royal Borough of Greenwich need not be a Member.
A person who is not a Member of the Company shall not in any circumstances
be eligible to hold office as a Director save for:
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
the persons who are deemed to have been appointed as the first
Directors of the Company on incorporation; or
a person appointed as a Director prior to the General Meeting to be
held in accordance with Article 8 (c);
a person appointed in accordance with Articles 12(c) or 12(d);
a person appointed in accordance with Articles 12(k)(ii) or (iii).
Regulation 83 in Table A shall be read and construed as if the words "of any
class of shares or" were omitted therefrom.
No Member shall be appointed a Director at any General Meeting unless either:
(ii)
he is recommended by the Directors; or
not more than thirty-five days and not less than seven days before the
date appointed for the General Meeting, notice executed by five
Members qualifying to vote at the General Meeting has been given to the
Company of the intention to propose that Member for appointment, together
with notice executed by that Member of his willingness to be appointed.
The Directors may appoint:
prior to the General Meeting to be held in accordance with Article 8(c),
any person; and
(ii) thereafter, only a person in accordance with Article 12(k);
who is willing to act as a Director, either to fill a vacancy or as an additional
Director, provided that the appointment does not cause the number of Directors to
exceed any number determined in accordance with paragraph (a) above.
(i)The Directors may recommend as officers of the Company such Members as
they think fit at the General Meeting convened pursuant to Article 8(c).
(B)
(C)
(D)
if, or to the extent that, the other Directors are already aware
of it (and for this purpose the other Directors are treated as
aware of anything Of which they ought reasonably to be
aware);
if, or to the extent that, it concerns terms of his service
contract that have been or are to be considered by a meeting Of
the Directors or by a committee of the Directors appointed for the
purpose under these Articles; or
if the Director is not aware of his interest or is not aware of
the transaction or arrangement in question (and for this
purpose a director is treated as being aware of matters of which
he ought reasonably to be aware).
(d)
Ability to enter into transactions and arrangements with the Company
notwithstanding interest
Subject to the provisions of the Act and 2006 Act and provided that he has
declared the nature and extent of any direct or indirect interest of his in
accordance with Article 17(c), a Director notwithstanding his office:
(iii)
may be a party to, or otherwise be interested in, any transaction or
arrangement with the Company or in which the Company is directly or
indirectly interested;
may act by himself or through his firm in a professional capacity for the
Company (otherwise than as Auditors), and in any such case on such
terms as to remuneration and otherwise as the Board may decide; or
may be a director or other officer of, or employed or engaged by, or a
party to any transaction or arrangement with, or otherwise be
interested in, any body corporate in which the Company is directly or
indirectly interested.
PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS
18.
(a)
(b)
(c)
Until the conclusion of the General Meeting convened pursuant to Article 8(c),
the quorum for the transaction of the business of the Directors shall be any two
Directors appointed by GMVL. At any meeting of the Directors at which less than
six Directors appointed by GMVL are present those Directors nominated by
GMVL who are personally present or represented by Alternate Directors shall
be entitled to cast the same aggregate number of votes as could be cast if all of the
GMVL Directors were present (that is six votes).
Following the conclusion of the General Meeting convened pursuant to Article
8(c), the quorum for the transaction of the business of the Directors shall be
a simple majority of the number of all Directors at that time or with a minimum of 5
directors.
Subject to Article 18 (a), each Director or Alternate Director appointed in
accordance with Article 14 shall have one vote.
(d)
(e)
MINUTES
Until the conclusion of the General Meeting convened pursuant to Article 8(c),
the Chairman of the Board shall be appointed from those Directors nominated by
GMVL. Following the conclusion of the General Meeting convened pursuant to
Article 8(c), the Chairman of the Board shall be appointed from those
directors appointed in Article 12(k)(i). The Chairman will not have a casting vote
and Regulation 88 of Table A shall be construed accordingly.
All or any of the Directors (including an Alternate Director) or other persons
may participate in a meeting of the Directors or a committee of which he is a
member by means Of a conference telephone or any communication
equipment whereby all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other
and provided the relevant quorum of Directors is participating
(notwithstanding that the quorum is not present in one place) such meeting shall
be quorate and subject to the provisions of the Articles the meeting shall constitute
a meeting of Directors. A person so participating shall be deemed to be present
in person at the meeting and shall be entitled to vote and be counted in a
quorum accordingly. Such a meeting shall be deemed to take place where the
largest group of those participating is assembled, or, if there is no such group,
where the Chairman of the meeting then is.
19.
Regulation 100 in Table A shall be read and construed as if the words "of the holders of
any class of shares in the Company" were omitted therefrom.
NOTICES
20.
21.
(a)
(b)
A notice calling a meeting of the Directors need not be in writing.
The Company may give any notice to a Member either personally or by
sending it by post in a prepaid envelope addressed to the Member at his
registered address or by leaving it at that address. Wherever applicable notice
may be served on Members by fax, email, to a internet website or any other form
of electronic transmission. In the case of joint Members, all notices shall be given
to the joint holder whose name stands first in the register of members in respect
of the joint holders. A Member whose registered address is not within the
United Kingdom and who gives to the Company an address within the United
Kingdom at which notices may be given to him shall be entitled to have notices
given to him at that address, but otherwise no such Member shall be entitled to
receive any notice from the Company.
Regulation 113 in Table A shall be read and construed as if the words "or of the holders
of any class of shares in the Company" were omitted therefrom.
INDEMNITY, DEFENCE COST AND INSURANCE
22.
(a)
To the extent permitted by the Act and 2006 Act and without prejudice to any
indemnity to which he may otherwise be entitled, every person who is or was a
Director or other officer of the Company (other than any person (whether or not an
officer of the Company) engaged by the Company as Auditors) shall be and shall
be kept indemnified out of the assets of the Company against all costs, charges,
losses and liabilities incurred by him (whether in connection with any negligence,
default, breach of duty or breach of trust by him or otherwise) in relation to the
Company or its affairs provided that such indemnity shall not apply in respect of
any liability incurred by him:
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
to the Company or to an associated company of the Company;
to pay a fine imposed in criminal proceedings;
to pay a sum payable to a regulatory authority by way Of a penalty in
respect Of non-compliance with any requirement of a regulatory nature
(howsoever arising);
in defending any criminal proceedings in which he is convicted;
in defending any civil proceedings brought by the Company, or an
associated company, in which judgement is given against him; or
in connection with any application under section 1157 of the 2006 Act
(general power to grant relief in case of honest and reasonable
conduct) where the court refuses to grant relief.
(b)
(c)
In Article 22(a)(iv) to (iv) the reference to a conviction, judgement or refusal Of
relief is a reference to one that has become final. A conviction, judgement or
refusal of relief becomes final:
(iiD
if not appealed against, at the end of the period for bringing an appeal;
or
If appealed against, at the time when the appeal (or any further
appeal) is disposed of.
For the purposes of this Article 22(b), an appeal is disposed of:
(iii)
(iv)
if it is determined and the period for bringing any further appeal has
ended; or
if it is abandoned or otherwise ceases to have effect.
Without prejudice to Article 22 (a) or to any indemnity to which a Director may
otherwise be entitled, and to the extent permitted by the Act and 2006 Act and
otherwise upon such terms and subject to such conditions as the Directors may
in their absolute discretion think fit, the Directors shall have power to make
arrangements to provide a Director with funds to meet expenditure incurred or
to be incurred by him in defending any criminal or civil proceedings or in
connection with an application under section 1157 Of the 2006 Act (general
power to grant relief in case of honest and reasonable conduct) or in defending
himself in an investigation by a regulatory authority or against any action
proposed to be taken by a regulatory authority or to enable a Director to avoid
incurring any such expenditure.
TO the extent permitted by the Act and 2006 Act, the Board may exercise all
the powers of the Company to purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit
of a person who is or was a director, alternate director or secretary of the
Company or of a company which is or was a subsidiary undertaking of the
Company or in which the Company has or had an interest (whether direct or
indirect), indemnifying him and keeping him indemnified against liability for
negligence, default, breach of duty or breach Of trust or other liability which
may lawfully be insured against by the Company. A meeting of the Directors
where such insurance is under consideration a Director may form part Of the
quorum and vote notwithstanding any interest he may have in such insurance.
RULES OR BYELAWS
23.
The Directors may from time to time make such Rules or Byelaws as they may deem
necessary or expedient or convenient for the proper conduct and management of the
Company and for the purposes Of prescribing the classes of the conditions of
membership, and in particular but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing they
shall by such Rules and Byelaws regulate:
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
the admission and classification of Nlembers of the Company, and the rights
and privileges of such Members, and the conditions of membership and the
terms on which Members may resign or have their membership terminated and the
entrance fees, subscriptions and other fees, charges contributions or payments
to be made by Members;
the conduct of Wlembers of the Company in relation to one another and to the
Company and to the Company's servants or agents;
the setting aside of the whole or any part or parts of the Estate at any particular
time or times or for a particular purpose or purposes;
the procedure at General Meetings and Meetings of the Directors and
committees of the Directors of the Company insofar as such procedure is not
regulated by these Articles,
and, generally, all such matters as are commonly the subject matter Of
Company Rules or rules or regulations appropriate to property Of a similar
nature and type as the Estate.
The Company in General Meeting shall have power to alter or repeal the Rules or
Byelaws and to make additions thereto and the Directors shall adopt such means as they
deem sufficient to bring to the notice of Members of the Company all such Rules or
Byelaws which so long as they shall be in force, shall be binding on all Members of the
Company provided, nevertheless, that no Rule or Byelaw shall be inconsistent with, or shall
affect or repeal anything contained in, the Memorandum or Articles of Association Of the
Company.
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Ringley Limited
Ringley House
1 Castle Road
London NW1 8PR
Greenwich Millennium Village
London
SE10 0BP
Subject: IMPORTANT: RE-ISSUED NOTICE - GMVML Member Contribution 2026/27
Dear Member,
Following the "Request for Payment" issued on 30 March 2026, the Board of Directors has identified several administrative errors in the documentation issued. To ensure full transparency and legal compliance with our Articles of Association, we are formally re-issuing the demand today.
Pursuant to Article 23 of the Articles of Association, the Board has adopted the following Rule, which is now binding on all Members:
"Pursuant to Article 23 of the Articles of Association, the Board of Directors hereby adopts the following Rule: The Company shall collect an annual Member Contribution from each unique Member, as recorded in the Register of Members, to meet corporate administrative and statutory costs not recoverable via the service charge. The Board of Directors shall determine the rate of the Member Contribution annually based on the Company's requirements, and for the first financial year commencing 1 April 2026, the Board has determined the Member Contribution to be £100.00 per unique Member. This contribution is a contractual debt due thirty days from the date of the formal demand. To ensure the timely collection of funds for Company objectives, any contribution remaining unpaid after thirty days shall incur a fixed administrative late fee of £20.00 and interest at a rate of 4% above the Barclays Bank base rate until the debt is paid in full. The Board of Directors reserves the absolute discretion to waive or vary these late fees and interest. Furthermore, in the event that the Company is required to take formal action to recover an unpaid Member Contribution, the defaulting Member shall be liable for all professional and legal costs, on an indemnity basis, incurred by the Company in the pursuit and recovery of the debt."
Rule 2026-01 was adopted by the Board of Directors on 19 March 2026.
We have listened to the feedback from the membership and agree that the previous paperwork was confusing; thereby Ringley have rescinded this demand.
This fee is a single, annual contribution of £100.00 for the 2026/27 financial year. It covers essential company-related costs, including D&O insurance, audit, legal and secretarial fees, that have been moved out of the service charge to ensure transparency and fairness across the estate.
To ensure these funds are ring-fenced for Company use, please use our new Barclays Bank account administered by Ringley:
Sort Code: 20-32-37
Account No: 43666697
Account Name: GMV Management Limited
If you have already paid: Thank you. No further action is required. Your payment will be allocated to the re-issued demand and transferred to the new account.
If you have not yet paid: Please disregard the previous demand and use the attached updated invoice, ensuring payment is made to the Barclays account details above within 30 days.
Where you were in credit on your Service Charge, these monies were originally allocated to the Members Contribution demand. These funds have been reimbursed and are back showing on your Service Charge account and will not be allocated to this demand.
Yours faithfully,
The Board of Directors
GMV Management Limited
Yours sincerely,
Kate Robinson
Kate Robinson
Ringley Limited (Chartered Surveyors)
02045068246
For and on behalf of GMV Management Limited