HIGH PEAK CVS

Registered charity 1096462 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HIGH PEAK COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Development Support Agency for Voluntary and Community Sector in the High Peak, providing advice on funding, policies and constitutions, training, and sustainability of groups. Equipment hire available.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £136,893, which is below the stated policy target of maintaining a general reserve to cover a minimum of six months of core running costs. The charity reports significant financial pressure due to the withdrawal of statutory funding and reliance on short-term agreements, noting that future planning is difficult and contributes to uncertainty.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — High Peak Cvs (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• KAREN RITA RIGGchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicholas James Mills
• SUSAN HOWARD
• Sandra Higgins · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen George Eccleston

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).