The Celtic Trust has been active in trying to hold the current regime at Celtic Park to account over their failings and perceived paralysis in the face of adversity.

The Celtic group have been at the forefront of things, organising a peaceful protest outside Celtic Park at the back end of last year which culminated in the fans in attendance cheering the players into the stadium.

The group’s aim is to hold enough shares to have a real voice for the Celtic fans and perhaps one day have someone on the board who looks out for the supporters best interests.

Their shareholding is modest but it’s growing, especially while the club themselves are silent and Celtic fans are looking for a way to affect change in any way they can. Supporters don’t feel their voices are being heard and it would be difficult to argue to the contrary.

We have also joined the Celtic Trust in recent months, keeping up to date with all their goings-on and what their plans are for the immediate future and beyond.

One notable memorandum which came with the latest Trust newsletter is the motion tabled and passed to implore the outgoing CEO to hand over his 356,000 shares to a fan organisation capable of holding shares.

Read the full motion below:

Trust members have passed a motion calling on Peter Lawwell to pass his shares to a supporters organisation.

The meeting heard that the CEO currently holds about 356,000 shares constituting 0.38% of the value of Celtic Football Club.

Mr Lawwell’s remuneration package includes both a salary and a shares bonus.

“Celtic Football Club’s foundation is its support,” members heard.  “Thus, the Trust calls on Peter Lawwell to pass his shares to a fan organisation capable of holding shares to enhance the influence of Celtic supporters within Celtic PLC’s corporate structure.”

The resolution was resoundingly passed.


We at CeltsAreHere emphatically back this motion and believe Peter Lawwell could do something incredible by giving back to the Celtic fans on his way out the door.

Members also passed resolutions calling for:

  • A root and branch review of all of our operations – football and non-football – to be carried out specifically with regard to the performance of the CEO and the football manager
  • Radical changes in our football department. These are urgently required and should be motivated by the results of a comprehensive study of how different models operate in Europe.
  • A review of the performance and contribution of the chairman should be carried out and changes made to the composition of non-executive directors.

All these resolutions are fair and very necessary for the club to move forward. We don’t believe the group is asking for too much considering the season we’ve had.

The Celtic Trust will meet with the club net week to discuss all these issues. The group will report back in due course, we will continue to keep our vast readership up to date with how they are progressing.


If you would like to get involved with the Celtic Trust, as we have. You can register with the group here.

In terms of subscription levels The Trust set the minimum at £5 per month so as not to exclude anyone on grounds of affordability, but those who want to, and are able, are invited to subscribe at a higher level in order to buy more shares more quickly.

1 COMMENT

  1. Dear all, thanks for this piece but can I correct something? There are not varying levels of membership – all members are equal and have one vote. In terms of subscription levels we set the minimum at £5 per month so as not to exclude anyone on grounds of affordability but those who want to, and are able, are invited to subscribe at a higher level in order to buy more shares more quickly. Thanks again. Jeanette, CT

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