Agenda item

To consider and receive the City of York Trading Ltd Performance Update June 2025 provided as confidential Annex A and the Work with York Limited Performance Update June 2025 provided as confidential Annex B.

The Managing Director of City of York Trading Ltd (CYT) and Work with York Limited provided the committee with an update on the performance of the two companies. It was noted that:

·       Approval was sought from the committee for certain appointments to the Boards of the two companies; approval for these appointments would also be needed from the Staffing Matters and Urgency Committee which was due to meet next on 14 July 2025.

·       Since the last meeting of the committee, a major undertaking had been the creation of, and transfer of staff to, Work with York Limited. This company now provided temporary, interim and some permanent staff services to the Council, while CYT handled commercial and non-Council work; the split had been required to ensure continuing Teckal compliance.

·       While acknowledging that there had been a period of change and that in certain areas commercial confidentiality needed to be preserved, it was suggested that in future reports as much information as possible should be included in the public papers.

[Between 5.12 pm and 6.05 pm the press and public were excluded from the meeting during consideration of Annexes A and B to the report].

Resolved:

                i.                    To note the confidential Performance Update from City of York Trading Ltd attached at Annex A to this report.

Reason:     To ensure the Council is updated on the performance of and plans for City of York Trading Ltd.

              ii.                    To note the confidential Performance Update from Work with York Limited attached at Annex B to this report.

Reason:     To ensure the Council is updated on the performance of and plans for Work with York Limited.

             iii.                    Subject to the approval of the Staffing Matters and Urgency Committee, to approve the appointment to the board of Work with York Limited as Non-Executive Director, Councillor Claire Douglas and delegate authority to the managing director of Work with York Limited to make all necessary filings with the Registrar of Companies and all necessary updates to the statutory registers, letterhead, website, etc. of the Company in relation to said appointment.

Reason:     To ensure Work with York Limited has an appropriate number of Non-Executive Directors on its Board as required by the Work with York Limited Shareholders Agreement.

            iv.                    Subject to the approval of the Staffing Matters and Urgency Committee, to nominate Councillor Claire Douglas as Chair of the Board of Directors of City of York Trading Ltd, the previous Chair Cllr Ian Cuthbertson having on 6 June indicated to the CYT Board his intention to step down as chair, though to continue as Non-Executive Director.

Reason:     To confirm chairing arrangements for the Board of Directors of City of York Trading Ltd.

              v.                    Subject to the approval of the Staffing Matters and Urgency Committee, to nominate Councillor Claire Douglas, once appointed as a Non-Executive Director in line with the resolution above, as Chair of the Board of Directors of Work with York Limited, the previous Chair Cllr Ian Cuthbertson having on 6 June indicated to the Work with York Limited Board his intention to step down as chair, though to continue as Non-Executive Director.

Reason:     To confirm chairing arrangements for the Board of Directors of Work with York Limited.