Exciting News!

The management committee are pleased to announce that at 4:30pm on Monday 21st October 2024, we completed the purchase of The Centurion Pub.

After 8 years of being community run, the pub is now under full community ownership and this has helped to secure its future as a community asset for Vicars Cross.

 We are so pleased that we have achieved this, after a massive number of hours and work have been put into making this happen, as well as encountering various hurdles at different stages of the legal process.

You may have been aware that when we were awarded the grant from the Community Ownership Fund in September 2023, we had 12 months to complete the purchase.  However, given delays we were faced with the legal tasks for the sale, COF did agree a short extension, given these were beyond our control.

 We want to thank every single person who has invested in this process and stuck with us along the way.  This includes people who bought shares, made donations, organised syndicates, donated via GoFundMe, delivered leaflets to raise awareness and shared information on social media

As a community, you should all be very proud of what you have achieved.

We will now be busy for the next couple of weeks preparing share certificates ready to be issued, and we will make further contact with everyone who has bought shares to advised of when the share certificates will be ready.

We will also be making arrangements for a massive celebration event!

The Management Committee