Most boards can't fill the secretary role — it's one of the hardest seats in the sector to recruit. Secretary Support does the job instead: quietly, reliably, by email, for less than the cost of a round of teas per meeting.
A steady monthly rhythm that keeps your board running like clockwork.
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.
Send us the recording; board-ready draft minutes come back within 24 hours, decisions numbered, actions logged and assigned.
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.
Yes — it's month to month, cancel by email, effective at the end of the paid month. No notice period, no exit interview, no hard feelings. Boards that stay, stay because it's useful.
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.
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 honestly and point you to the right place.
Completely — same promise as everything we do: encrypted storage, recordings deleted 30 days after each set of minutes is approved, nothing ever used to train AI, one-page plain-English terms.
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. Fair on money, remember.
Leave your email and we'll reply the same day with everything you need — usually the same evening, because we know when committees meet.