🪑 Like having a charity secretary — without the vacancy

The whole secretary job, off the board's plate

The secretary’s chair is one of the hardest seats in the sector to fill. Secretary Support does the job instead, quietly and reliably, by email.

£49 per month · cancel anytime, no contract

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How it works

A steady monthly rhythm for your board.

Before each meeting

We prepare your agenda and assemble the board pack from the papers you send, circulated to trustees in good time, chased politely if papers are late.

After each meeting

Send us the recording; board-ready draft minutes come back within two working days, decisions numbered, actions logged and assigned.

Between meetings

We chase the action list, keep your compliance calendar ticking (annual return, policy reviews, term limits) and answer the board's questions as they come up.

What's included

Board meetings minuted: up to 12 a year plus your AGM, each up to two hours. Sub-committees and extra meetings are £19 each
Agendas & board packs prepared: circulated ahead of each meeting, in your house style
Compliance deadlines tracked and chased: annual return, accounts, policy review cycles, trustee terms
Unlimited quick governance questions: by email, answered in plain English, usually within one working day
Action log kept and chased: so decisions happen between meetings
Policy MOT & Governance Health Check included: one of each a year, from your fourth month

The boundary: we're your governance administration, not a trustee and not your lawyer. We don't attend meetings or vote, and when something needs a solicitor, we'll say so plainly.

Fair questions, straight answers

Can we really cancel anytime?

Yes. It's month to month, cancel by email, effective at the end of the paid month, with no notice period.

Do you attend our meetings?

No, and that's what keeps the price at £49. You record the meeting (a phone on the table is fine); everything else happens by email. It also means evening meetings are no problem.

What counts as a “quick question”?

Anything a good secretary would know or find out: quorum rules, conflict handling, filing dates, what a policy should cover. If a question needs hours of research or legal advice, we'll tell you and point you to the right place.

Is our information confidential?

Yes. Same promise as everything we do: encrypted storage, recordings deleted 30 days after delivery (sooner on request), nothing used to train AI, and we never share your information beyond the service providers we use to do the work, except where the law requires it. One-page plain-English terms.

We only meet quarterly — is £49/month still worth it?

Maybe not, and we'll say so! For quarterly boards the £19-per-meeting Minutes Service plus a £79 Policy MOT once a year is often better value.