IWA Annual General Meeting 2025

Our 2025 AGM will be held in person on Thursday, 25 September 2025 from 1.30pm – 3.30pm.

We are pleased to invite you, as a valued member of the IWA, to join us at our AGM as we look back on the year and ahead to 2026. We are delighted to welcome Mick Antoniw MS as our keynote speaker to share his thoughts on Wales’ constitutional future.

The event will also be a fantastic opportunity for members to meet, celebrate and hear what we have been up to in 2025, and what we can expect ahead of a politically momentous 2026 in Wales.

Bring a plus one

If you are a member and would like to bring a plus one, we would be delighted to welcome you both. If they sign up for membership (a minimum of 1 year), you will both receive two extra months for free.

Not a member yet?

Although you will not be able to vote in the formal part of the AGM, we would be delighted to welcome you, too. You can either purchase a ticket for a small fee (this will help us cover our costs) or become a member and support our team.

AGM

If you are unable to attend, and would like to appoint a proxy to attend on your behalf, please complete and return the proxy form by 4pm on Tuesday 23 September 2025.

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Notice of Annual General Meeting

Institute of Welsh Affairs

Registered Number: 2151006

Registered Charity No: 1078435

Companies Act 2006

NOTICE is hereby given under the Act mentioned above of the Annual General Meeting of the Institute of Welsh Affairs to be held in person on Thursday 25 September 2025 from 1.30pm for the following purposes:

ORDINARY BUSINESS

1. To consider and if thought fit, pass the following Resolutions as to the ordinary business of the Company relating to the Directors, Auditors and Accounts, and in particular the following Ordinary Resolutions:

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

1. That the minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 26 November 2024 be approved.
2. That the Report of the Directors and the financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2025 now submitted to this meeting be and are hereby received.
3. That Chartered Accountants HSJ Accountants be appointed as providers of accounting services to the Company, to hold office until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting and that their remuneration be fixed by the Directors.
4. That the resignation of Auriol Miller as a trustee of the Company be noted and she is thanked for her service to the IWA.
5. That the appointments of Gwendolyn Sterk, Shayoni Lynn and Lauren McEvatt as trustees of the Company be noted, and all are welcome to the IWA.

OTHER BUSINESS

Keynote speech from Mick Antoniw MS, former Counsel General for Wales

IWA update – IWA Co-Directors

Any Other Business

DATED this 21 August 2025

By Order of the Board

Ben Joakim

Chair, IWA

NOTES:

1. Any member of the Company entitled to attend, speak and vote at the above mentioned meeting may appoint a proxy to attend, speak and, on a poll, vote instead of that member. A proxy may demand, or join in demanding, a poll. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.
2. If you are unable to attend, and would like to appoint a proxy to attend on your behalf, please complete and return the proxy form by 4pm on Tuesday, 23 September 2025.
3. The Report of the Directors and the financial statements for the financial year to 31 March 2025 that will be submitted to the meeting will be available to read here shortly.
4. The minutes of the 2024 AGM held on 26 November 2024 are available to read here.

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AGENDA

13:30 – 14:00 Arrival, refreshments and networking

14:00 – 14:05 Welcome by Ben Joakim, IWA Chair

14:05 – 14:50 A keynote from Mick Antoniw, Member of the Senedd for Pontypridd and former Counsel General for Wales, followed by a Q&A

14:50 – 15:20 Ordinary resolutions and an IWA update from our Co-Directors

15:20 – 15:25 Any other business

15:25 – 15:30 Thank you and close