Wanderers are making a final appeal for investors to their bond scheme, having already raised a massive £4.5million.

The club will not be accepting new applications beyond Thursday, June 15 at 6pm, as each will have to observe a 24-hour cooling-off period.

Around 780 people have put money into the scheme since it was launched in May, with the initial target of £3.5m surpassed in just eight days.

Since then, the total has slowly climbed past the £4.5m mark, with the club promising that all funds raised will be invested in capital projects and squad improvement, with an aim to securing Championship football as quickly as possible.

Resurfacing and drainage work has already been carried out at the Lostock training ground and a new playing surface is currently being laid at the stadium, alongside a new I.T infrastructure which will improve wi-fi in the area and enable the installation of new advertising boards and a new big screen.

The Wanderers Bond will pay a fixed rate of 8.5 per cent interest per annum, payable in cash on the anniversary of the bond along with a 10 per cent bonus payable on the club competing in the Championship from the 2024/25 season.

The Bond is ISA eligible for tax-free returns through an Innovative Finance ISA and requires a minimum investment of £500, and multiples thereof.

Potential investors are warned that there are risks attached to the investment and that they should not put money in unless they are prepared to lose it.

Other privileges have also been supplied by the club- depending on the size of the investment made, from £1,000 to £250,000, including exclusive lapel badges, scarves, VIP tickets and an invitation to an annual bondholders’ event with the manager, chairman and directors.

Speaking about the bond, Sharon Brittan believes the scheme has been a success because the board has shown themselves to be stable and trustworthy since taking the club on in 2019.

"When you do initiatives like the Wanderers Bond - in order to maintain our financial position and be competitive - it will only work if you've got trust around you,” she said.

"To have raised so much in such a short space of time just completely humbles me, and every single penny of that will go back into this football club, every single penny.

"My original four investors in 2019 - and our wonderful Swiss consortium who joined us in early 2022 - thought I was having a midlife crisis. However, thankfully, they bought into the idea that we were going to do things differently in football, alongside creating a platform to do good.

"Suddenly, we've got people coming to us with money, because they believe in what we're doing and they want to be part of this movement and this journey. We're fully funded for the season ahead, and it's extraordinary from where we were.”