KIDDERMINSTER Harriers have secured their long-term future after director Colin Gordon took over the club.

Following lengthy talks, major shareholders Neil Savery, Jane Murrant and Barry Norgrove have given the former football agent their shares for a nominal fee.

The trio had collectively owned 2,455,784 shares which is just over the 50 per cent of the 4,787,865 total.

Mr Gordon, who joined the club as football development director in May, has also made a significant cash investment into Kidderminster and is committed to injecting the money needed to keep Harriers afloat until the end of the season.

After talks with the FA, he has also ceased to work as a football agent.

Harriers have stressed there would be no change in the board of directors, with Rod Brown remaining chairman.

“Myself and Rod have a very clear vision of what we see as the future for this football club – essentially it needs to once and for all become self-sufficient, and a servant to its local community,” Mr Gordon said.

“Over a large period of time, it is clear that our supporters have been asked, time and time again, to give their money and time in support of the club’s ambition to chase the dream on the field – while the club has not been in a position to sustain any such thing.

“We believe that, on and off the field, this club is one that needs to regain its identity and regain the support of its fan base.

“Quite simply we have to become a football club that is no longer dependant on the results on a Saturday afternoon or the receipts through the gate, because this club hasn’t been able to survive purely on those things for many years now.”

Kidderminster Harriers Indepedent Supporters Trust (KHIST) have endorsed Mr Gordon’s takeover of the club.

There are a number of issues for the board of directors to tackle; with money tight the club is embroiled in a battle to avoid relegation from the Vanarama National League.

The club is operating under limited finances and also has number of footballing debts as it continues to pay off former manager Gary Whild, assistant Mark Creighton and player Craig Reid.

Mr Gordon added: "People do not realise that the contracts negotiated here are poorly structured and researched.

"The salaries we were paying were completely over the top for the league.

"The previous manager and the coach were on 12 months rolling contracts, which is only something I see in the Championship or above.

"Any player that goes out of the club, we are only getting contributions to their salaries because they are far overpaid for the level they are at.

"We are carrying all that burden this season and if we didn't have that we'd be okay."

Harriers are also confident that once those debts are paid off they will have a clean slate for the 2015-16 season.

The club has ambitious plans to generate extra revenue through the youth academy and futsal programmes. They are currently in negotiations with partners Birmingham Metropolitan College over a new deal.

Chairman Brown added: "We have very clear ideas on revenue streams we can develop."