The Trust has played a role in the ongoing takeover bids for the club by rivals Stan Kroenke and Alisher Usmanov.
As of September 2007, Lady Bracewell-Smith owned a 15.9% stake in the club and was the third largest shareholder in the club following Danny Fiszman, with 24.11%, and Red and White Holdings, which is co-owned by Farhad Moshiri and Alisher Usmanov, which owns 24.0% of the equity.