Dear Member Applications are invited to serve on the 2026 Southampton Property Association Committee.  Committee members assist one another in organising events throughout the year and a committee meeting is held in Southampton on the first Wednesday of each month at 12.30pm, usually lasting for about one hour.  Committee members are not paid for their time, but there is an annual committee lunch by way of thanks. In the event of more applications being received for the committee places than are available, a secret ballot will be held of those SPA members present at the Annual General Meeting, which is to be held on the evening of Monday, 19th January 2026 at The Southampton University Officer’s Training Corps, 32 Carlton Place, Southampton SO15 2DX, full details of which will follow. The window for applications to the join the committee will remain open until 5.00pm on Wednesday, 31st  December 2025. Please email applications to me, chrisclark@elgsurveyors.co.uk Yours sincerely Chris Clark SPA Honorary Secretary

Your 2025 committee recently held their first meeting to plan events for members in the coming months ahead. Please keep an eye on the events diary on the website as a number have already been planned and the site is updated regularly on www.southamptonpropertyassociation.co.uk Any members that would like to see a particular event added to the calendar should contact a member of the committee. We continue to look for sponsors for events, in particular our regular Friday Frolics, as one sponsor mentioned recently the sponsorship paid for itself as we gained an instruction which more than covered our costs. Please contact a member of the committee should you wish to offer sponsorship for any event of any kind.

Missing Members: Belinda Bracegirdle, Deborah Jackson, Lucy Richmond, Tim Clarke and George Long. The SPA have recently held their first committee meeting of 2024 and continue to meet monthly to plan events for the coming year. A number have already been planned and published on the events diary which is updated regularly. Further events will be added when dates are confirmed, so please keep a regular check on our website www.southamptonpropertyassociation.co.uk Any members that would like to see a particular event added to the calendar should contact a member of the committee.

The 77th Annual General Meeting of the Southampton Property Association took place on Monday 22nd January 2024 at the University Officers’ Training Corp in Carlton Place, Southampton in front of a large audience followed by the installation of the 2024 Chair. As is customary, Hon. Secretary Chris Clark of Ely Langley Greig Chartered Surveyors conducted the business of the evening. Treasurer Chris Orr reported to the members that the Association was in good financial health. Current Chair Emma Bartlett began her report by welcoming everyone to the AGM and her last one as Chair. During Emma’s tenure as Chair she has endured covid lockdown holding the monthly committee meetings by zoom during 2021. By 2022 we were starting to get back to some form of normality an tentatively began to plan in-person events with membership bouncing back both in numbers and enthusiasm for events. Over her time as Chair Emma is particularly proud of the support the SPA has been able to provide to the nominated charities, namely Solent Mind, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance and Scratch. Emma commented “ Personally it has been very humbling to learn about the incredible things these charities do over the last 3 years and we as an association have raised a combined total £30,000 through our events and donations.” “In lots of ways the Chair is just a figurehead of the SPA and relies heavily on the dedication and hard work put in by the committee and I would like to say a huge thank you to them over the last few years. Finally I would like to wish Rupi Basi, our new SPA Chair, all the very best for her tenure.” Rupi vowed to continue the good work that Emma had started and announced the nominated charity for 2024 would be Parkinsons UK. She continued “There is a number of events already planned for 2024 including the ever popular Friday Frolics but if any member would like to see any ideas for events added to the calendar then contact any member of the committee to put forward at their monthly meeting.” The Association was founded in 1948 and continues to grow, currently having around 400 members, drawn from the Property Professions in Southampton and District. Check out the events for 2024 and how to become a member on www.southamptonpropertyassociation.co.uk Your New Committee for 2024: Chair Rupi Basi – RB Personal Finance Vice Chair & Junior members’ – Annabel Huffer Eddisons Secretary Chris Clark – Ely Langley Greig Treasurer Chris Orr – The Design Chapel Past Chair Emma Bartlett – TMT Legal Membership Secretary Sarah Ward – Savills CPD Secretary Allan Hilder Benevolent Fund Graham Clarke PR/Website Roy Partridge Committee Belinda Bracegirdle – Primmer Olds BAS Denise Bull – Dutton Gregory Tim Clarke – Harrison Clarke Richard Huffer – Eddisons Debbie Jackson – DJ Conveyancing Natalie Kyle – Goadsby George Long – Charters James Macmillan – Womble Bond Dickinson Paul Moore – Waterman Infrastructure James Realff – Lester Aldridge Lucy Richmond Kevin Stratford – Stratford & Stratford

The SPA have recently held their first committee meeting of 2023 and continue to meet monthly to plan events for the coming year. A number have already been planned and published on the events diary which is updated regularly. Further events will be added when dates are confirmed, so please keep a regular check on our website www.southamptonpropertyassociation.co.uk If there are any events you as members would like organised then please get in touch with any committee member or email info@southamptonpropertyassociation.co.uk

Over 50 members turned out on Monday evening for the 76th Annual General Meeting of Southampton Property Association, held within the delightful Grade 2 listed officer’s mess rooms in Carlton Place Southampton. As is customary, Hon. Secretary Chris Clark of Ely Langley Greig Chartered Surveyors conducted the business of the evening, Chair Emma Bartlett of TMT Legal delivered her report for 2022 which with some 21 events over the year, which culminated with the Autumn Charity Ball, She was happy to report that from the various events held during the year £10,000 was raised for our chosen charity, the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance. A new year brings a new charity and the association has chosen, SCRATCH, who provide services which relieve the effects of hardship, disadvantage and poverty for individuals and families living in Southampton and the surrounding area. Treasurer Chris Orr (Design Chapel/Fruitful Studio) reported to the members that the Association was in good financial health. Attendees were then introduced to Annabel Huffer from Eddisons as the new Junior Liaison Officer, to encourage the next generation of property professionals to be part of the association through various events. Emma was re-installed as the 2023 Chair and Rupi Basi of RB Personal Finance took on the post of 2023 Vice Chair. The evening concluded with a very interesting and informed presentation by Helen Carr, Professor of Property Law and Social Justice at the University of Southampton. The Association was founded in 1948 and continues to grow, currently having around 400 members, drawn from the Property Professions in Southampton and District.