Realising the Dream

While fans responded in large numbers to this and subsequent share issues, sales to the City and investment groups far outweighed the shares bought by the individual fans. 
Individual Celtic fans still hold a large number of shares in the club but two shareholders, Dermot Desmond and Lindsell Train between them currently hold over fifty percent of the shares. 
The Celtic Trust exists to try to prevent any one person or group ever being able to take control of the club. 
Our ultimate aim is for Celtic Football Club to be owned and run by its own supporters in the best interests of the team on the pitch and in line with the values and activities of its charitable history. To that end the Celtic Trust also buys shares in the club collectively in the name of the Trust.  See our shareholding page for details of our current shareholding. 
We can also act as a proxy for individual shareholders who can pass their voting rights to the Trust for Celtic PLC AGMs. As a democratic fan organisation, the Celtic Trust has up till now had regular face-to-face meeting with Celtic PLC where it campaigns on behalf of supporters and shareholders.  We are also a founding member of the Celtic Fans Collective and play an active role along with other fans to try to achieve better fan engagement, better fan experience for match-going fans and a better-run Celtic PLC Board. Taken together, we believe this will give us a more successful Celtic both on and off the pitch. 
There is a minimum of four members meetings each year and an Annual General Meeting takes place in April/early May. Subscription to the Celtic Trust is a minimum of £5 per month.  Many supporters choose to give more.  Our shareholding has increased  and this makes us stronger and better able to make sure your voice is heard. Please join us by becoming a member or even just joining with us when it comes to voting – see DRIVE FOR FIVE page
Doing this helps to make our voting bloc big enough to prevent a malevolent takeover and ensuring that Celtic is run in the interests of all of us.  It’s our club in every sense of the word – let’s own it!