2022 ANNUAL REPORT

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB 2022 ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 64 He announced that the following was the unanimous recommen- dation of the Nominations Panel which had been accepted by the General Committee: The appointment of Ms Sue Storey as a nominated member of the General Committee to serve for a term of three years. On behalf of the club, he wished Ms Storey every success in her new role. 11.TO APPOINT A PRESIDENT FOR 2022 The Chairman said that he would like to thank the President, Basher Hassan, who had experienced a very disrupted two-year tenure, due to the global pandemic.The General Committee wished to recognise this, and to offer Mr Hassan a third year. Members approved this, noting that their vote would be an expression of interest rather than a vote per se, as the necessary rule change passed as part of item 8 at the 2022 AGM had not yet been lodged with the Financial Conduct Authority. Mr Hassan could not be present due to ill health but the Vice Chairman passed on Mr Hassan’s thanks to the General Committee and to the club’s members for their support. 12.TO APPOINT AVICE PRESIDENT The appointment of Richard Tennant as a Vice President was formally proposed by the General Committee. Mr Moore stated that Mr Tennant had served on the General Committee for 21 years, latterly as Chairman, during which his contribution to Nottingham- shire County Cricket Club had been immense. His appointment was seconded by David Beaumont and approved by the members present. 13.TO APPOINT AUDITORS FOR 2022 Mr Ellis proposed PKF Smith Cooper as the auditors for 2022.This was seconded by Peter Johnson. Mr JWEWild had the following question for Mr Ellis. He wanted to understand what controls the club had in place relating to commercial contracts between the club and its auditors, and how does it assess the potential for conflicts of interest in this respect? The Treasurer explained that the club had commercial agreements in place that made it clear what services would be provided to each valued commercial partner. This explicitly stated what would be returned against the financial investment received. With regards to the club receiving services from a commercial partner, it does monitor the cost and level of service received.This is to ensure that the club does not receive an inferior service or relatively expensive service compared to others available in the market place at any point in time.With regards to the club’s auditors, this was discussed during the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee (FARC) meeting in December, when the performance and provision of service from the auditors was reviewed.The outcome was that FARC continued to be satisfied with the value for money that the club had received and the quality of service delivered. Mr Ellis could confirm that all services provided by both the club and the auditors were engaged on an arms’ length basis, with the income received in both entities not being material to their respective businesses. He went on to explain that, from the auditor’s point of view, they also had a duty of care to ensure that they maintain independence when carrying out the audit of the club’s accounts. As part of the auditor’s internal quality procedures, the audit is reviewed by a partner who is independent of the audit.This is due to the engagement potentially being considered high profile within the local community. And the club could confirm the value of non- audit services provided by PKF Smith Cooper were negligible, and were predominantly regular compliance assignments such as preparation of the accounts and corporation tax return. The members approved the appointment of PKF Smith Cooper by a majority vote. 14. ANY OTHER BUSINESS Mr Beaumont asked why there was not more discussion of the Heritage Group at the club’s AGM – he found this disappointing.The Chairman observed that there was comprehensive coverage of the Heritage Group’s activities in the written report, albeit the observation had been duly noted. The Chairman thanked members of the team for all they had done to facilitate the hybrid AGM being held by video-conference and in person and thanked members for their attendance. He closed the meeting at 9.30pm.