The Lions Trust announces a new chair and board of directors
The board of The Lions Trust are pleased to announce that Phil Reynolds has been appointed unopposed as the new chair of the Millwall Supporters Trust.
Additionally, the role of Trust secretary will taken by Richard Smith and that of Trust treasurer by Stephen Haines, with Nick Colbourne and Steve Jones sitting as board members.
The appointments were made after reviewing applications from interested parties, after which the need for an election was considered unnecessary.
Both Nick Hart and Phil Clarke, who have acted as temporary chair and secretary since the Trust’s relaunch, will step away. However both have offered any help or support to the new board as they may request from time to time.
Full minutes of the most recent Lions Trust board meeting will be placed on the website at the earliest opportunity.
Speaking after the meeting, new chair Phil Reynolds said, “With the implementation of the government’s Football Regulatory legislation, the role of supporters trusts has never been more important. May I take this chance to thank the outgoing temporary board of Nick Hart, Phil Clarke and Steve Jones for their efforts in reviving The Lions Trust and placing it on a formal basis with the Financial Conduct Authority and Football Supporters Association. I am looking forward to further developing and enhancing its role at our club.”
The outgoing chair Nick Hart said, “I am very happy to be offer my full support to Phil Reynolds and the new board of The Lions Trust which is of a very high quality. This brings to an end the relaunch process ahead of the new 2025-26 season and I would like to thank both Phil Clarke and Steve Jones for their invaluable help and assistance to bring us to this point.”
New board background details:
Chair – Phil Reynolds – Phil is an Accountant and specialises in providing Restructuring and Turnaround support. He is a Millwall fan and season ticket holder.
Secretary – Richard Smith – a Chief Operating Officer and Company Director – a season ticket holder and Millwall fan of 60 years standing.
Treasurer – Stephen Haines – an accountant and board director for 30 year and a Millwall fan and season ticket holder of 55 years standing.
Board members – Nick Colbourne – Nick has an extensive history of committees from County Council level to the voluntary sector, including a UK wide charity- he is a Millwall fan of many years standing.
Board members – Steve Jones – A retired Managing Director and Independent Financial Advisor – one of the founding members of The Lions Trust from 2001. A Millwall fan and season ticket holder of 65 years standing.
Leading The Lions Trust
The relaunched Lions Trust is now fast approaching the 200 member point.
This is a fantastic achievement in a very short time – and we would like to thank each and every one of our new members for their support. The time is now right to start to look for new volunteers for each of our main positions, namely Chair, Secretary and Treasurer.
As a fully democratic group, candidates for these leading roles must be elected by the Trust membership.
On that basis, we are looking for volunteers, preferably with the appropriate level of experience, to stand for the following positions:
Chair – this is the ‘lead’ role, the main responsibility of the Chair being to publicly represent The Lions Trust when and where needed, as well as ensure that it functions in accordance with its constitution.
The Trust holds approximately 1.7% of the overall club shareholding and is registered with both the Football Supporters Association (FSA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Additionally, if the proposed recommendations of the Crouch report are implemented by the government, then it will also acquire powers to protect the identity of Millwall – including any move of stadium location.
Ideally candidates will be comfortable in a board room environment, as well as in dealings wih both the FSA, the FCA as well as the Trust membership.
Click here for more details about this role.
Secretary – this role is focussed on the administration of the Trust as it grows in membership size.
The secretary’s role is also concerned with the arrangement of the Trust’s annual general meetings, any questions or queries from members and keeping the FCA and FSA ‘paperwork’ up to speed.
Again candidates will ideally have experience or background in these kinds of areas, organizational skills, as well as experience of dealing with the public in general.
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Treasurer – as the name implies, this role deals with the finances of the Trust, including maintenance,upkeep and reporting of the bank accounts, as well preparation of the AGM account reports. Candidates will ideally be experienced in the financial world and in basic presentations for members of the Trust’s financial status.
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Are you interested in volunteering to take on any of these positions?
If so, please do email us with a few words as to which role interests you, in particular why are you are suited for the role, what is your background professionally and what is your ‘Millwall’ connection, for example how many years have you followed the Lions? Are you a member or season ticket holder etc?
Please contact us via email at – secretary@thelionstrust.co.uk
Nick Hart – acting Chair. |. Phil Clarke – acting Secretary. |. Steve Jones – acting Treasurer
