We understand that recent events surrounding the Dons Trust board elections, including resignations and candidate withdrawals, have caused concern, disappointment and confusion among some members.

The Dons Trust board share those feelings. This has been a challenging period for everyone involved.

We are committed to rebuilding trust, improving transparency and strengthening our democratic processes.

This update aims to set out what has happened, why certain decisions were made, and what steps we are taking..

The Dons Trust board is pleased to announce some changes to the constitutional review process that have been agreed to drive the process forward in the next few weeks.

New board member James Ledward will now be leading this on behalf of the DTB. We have asked Dave Boyle to work with James to get a draft constitution ready for consideration in October.

James brings professional governance experience from his time at Deloitte working in the Governance, Risk and Compliance..

The Dons Trust and Club boards wanted to share a crucial summary of a comprehensive financial analysis we’ve recently undertaken, focusing on League One and League Two clubs. 

The Finances of Football and AFC Wimbledon June 2025

This report, which reviews accounts from the 2023/24 season and five-year trends, is vital for us all to understand the financial world in which AFC Wimbledon operates, helping us make significant decisions together.

The findings highlight a challenging landscape. The average loss for..

January redemptions 

On the 31st January, the first of the 2020 Plough Lane Bonds (essential in the funding of our stadium) became due to be repaid.

As ever our members and bondholders have shown phenomenal generosity. The Dons Trust contacted all the relevant bondholders and gave people a range of options for their bonds. £585,000 of bonds were due to be repaid, and the options taken broke down like this:

£14,250 was donated directly to the..

The Dons Trust board is excited to announce the development of a new, modern members platform hosted on Discord. This move aims to create a vibrant and engaging environment for members to interact, collaborate, and stay connected with the Trust. Here’s everything you need to know about the transition:

Why Are We Leaving ProBoards?

ProBoards has served as the Trust’s online forum since December 2019. Initially set up as a temporary solution, its outdated..

Dons Trust members who come along in person will be able to hear from director of football Craig Cope on Monday night.

The AGM is at Plough Lane on the 16th December at 7pm – you can find all the details here.

Craig will give members a quick update on the season so far, a look ahead to the January window and the rest of the season.

Members who’d like to ask Craig a question can do so in advance..

Outcome of Dons Trust Restricted Actions votes

The Dons Trust board would like to thank every single member who took part in these votes.

Whether you voted for, against or abstained, you have made this the single biggest exercise in Dons Trust democracy.

The number of members who responded is more than double the number who voted in our previous record vote to sell Kingsmeadow and return to Plough Lane.

Over 3800 of you responded. That’s a victory for our..

We’re in an incredibly busy period of activity for everyone at the Dons Trust, and we’re aware that a head spinning amount of information has been flying out to our members. 

It’s really important to us as a board that our 6,300 members – a record now we include membership with season tickets – remain engaged and involved at important moments like these. 

Here’s a summary of what’s been going on, and what our members should be aware of:

Restricted..