MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
Manchester 17 Motorcycle Club Limited is a company limited by guarantee. This means that it does not have shares or shareholders, but instead it has members. Its day-to-day management is carried out by the Committee and the directors: by becoming a member you will be entitled to do the following things:
- to attend and vote at general meetings; normally there will be one meeting per year, called the Annual General Meeting or AGM, and you will be given at least two weeks' notice of the place and time of the meeting.
- to receive the annual accounts of the company;
- to elect the Committee by voting at the meeting; and
- to vote on any fundamental changes to the nature of the company, its name, its purposes, or what happens to its profits.
We may also need to call other general meetings in exceptional circumstances.
You will not be entitled to receive any dividend or other income from the company.
If the company makes a profit this will be retained to help pay for the company's activities in the following years. If the company is wound up you will not receive any money from the company because its constitution requires that it should be paid to another similar organisation.
The constitution is made up of the Memorandum and the Articles of Association. The Memorandum sets out what the company can do and why it exists; the Articles deal with the holding of meetings, the admission of members, the election of the Committee and the directors and other rules relating to the running of the company. These are legal documents that are registered on the public records for the company held at Companies House. Digital versions are available on the club website
You will not be liable for any debts of the company by becoming a member. You will not be liable if someone brings a legal case against the company. This is because like most other companies it is a limited company, which means your liability as a member is limited. If the company is wound up (which may happen, for example, if it cannot pay its debts) then you will have to pay no more than 25p to the company. This is the amount that you `guarantee' or promise to pay to the company by becoming a member, as set out in clause 3 of the memorandum. In addition, if you have paid a subscription to the company there may not be enough funds left to return to you any of that subscription, even if the winding up happens part way through a membership year.
When you become a member of or renew your membership with Manchester 17 MCC Ltd. you will automatically be registered as an affiliated Member of the ACU. We will provide the ACU with your personal data which they will use to enable access to an online portal for you. If you have any questions about the continuing privacy of your personal data when it is shared with the ACU, please see the ACU’s privacy notice on the ACU website (
If you would like to become a member please complete this form and return it to the Membership Secretary – address overleaf. Don’t forget to include your £5 membership fee!
Rick Stewart
Membership Secretary, The Manchester 17 MCC Ltd.
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I wish to become a member of The Manchester 17 Motorcycle Club Limited, subject to the provisions of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company. I agree to pay to the company an amount of up to 25p if the company is wound up while I am a member or for up to 12 months after I have left the Company.
I agree to pay an annual membership fee of £5. (Cheques should be made payable to Manchester 17 MCC Ltd. please.)
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Please return with your £5 membership fee to:
Rick Stewart
Membership Secretary, Manchester 17 MCC Ltd.,
261 Coppice Road, Poynton STOCKPORT, SK12 1SP.
Founded 1935 and affiliated to:
Cheshire & North Wales Centre, Auto Cycle Union
Directors: J. Mellor G. Ruffley Registered in England No. 05983737 Registered Office: The Manchester 17 MCC Ltd Macclesfield SK10 4RR