The club was founded in 2002 by supporters of the former Wimbledon F.C. If the Bond raises £5m, then this will be a huge help in raising the remaining £6m. So, if you choose 5 years, the Dons Trust plans to pay your money back at the end of that period. The bond has really caught the imagination of our own fans, football fans more broadly, the Wimbledon community, and the press. They won the FA Cup in 1988; then came back from the dead in 2002. His shareholding will come from allocating some more of the shares that were approved but not used in the Seedrs issue. The seven sets of AFC Wimbledon PLC accounts published since we got back into the Football League in 2011 show that in the seven seasons from 2011/12 to 2017/18 we made total losses of … But their terms would bring an end to a principle that has guided us through the past 18 years, which is that the Dons Trust (and therefore the fans) must have majority control.Prior to the launch, research revealed substantial interest in the Plough Lane Bond, since it offers the opportunity to potentially achieve a good return on savings for investors. Now that time has come, and that the amounts are known, we need to find the best way to raise it.External investors have offered to fund some, but not all, of the £11m required. ".Dons Trust Chair and Stadium Committee Chair Mark Davis said: “Signing the construction contract is a major step forward that puts the stadium and indeed our wonderful club on a much firmer footing. Many people from the Trust and our legal advisers have also been involved in getting the Bond launched and now it’s time for us all to work together to make it a success. This means the stadium construction is on track and the DT remain the majority shareholder (over 75 per cent) as currently.Our Chief Executive Joe Palmer confirmed: "This really is a historic moment for our club. The Bond will now remain open and continue to take investments beyond this point. The Seedrs crowdfunding and Plough Lane Bond were the game changers – but we still needed an extra push to complete the job," added Joe. The club has already raised over £1m from the bond. The aim of the Plough Land Bond is to raise enough money when combined with improved commercial lending to allow the Dons Trust to maintain majority control of AFC Wimbledon whilst keeping the stadium construction on schedule.The Bonds are offered in Pounds Sterling and adminstered in the UK. The bond was established by the Dons Trust, the mutual supporters trust which set up AFC Wimbledon in 2002 after the former Wimbledon FC, having … Whilst AFC Wimbledon have enjoyed considerable success since formation and there should be new revenue streams from a new larger ground, there is a risk that the Dons Trust will not be able to pay the interest or repay the bond. The greater the amount raised from the Bond the less the amount required from commercial lenders and the higher the likelihood that the remaining balance will be sourced successfully. Obviously the lower the interest rate chosen, the better it is for the Club.Only with the specific written permission of the Dons Trust which would only be granted at its discretion and then only by changing ownership of the Bond to a specific named individual. On the buy bonds page, please click on "This Bond is for" and select "someone else as a gift". The club has already raised over £1m from the bond. Just 17 years ago, all seemed lost. Wimbledon’s football club, which had represented its community since 1889, was moved lock, stock, barrel and league place to Milton Keynes. Whilst on the server, all bank details are encrypted using industry standard multi-key cryptography libraries employing unique keys for every set of details.