HIGH PEAK COMMUNITY ARTS LIMITED
Registered charity 517887 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Creates opportunities for the people of the High Peak and neighbourhood to participate in creative arts and so enhance their quality of life through self-expression, focusing on people who do not have access to the arts.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a healthy surplus in unrestricted funds, strengthening its financial resilience. The trustees report that increased core funding and controlled expenditure contributed to this positive position, allowing for strategic planning and innovation. The charity maintains a reserves policy targeting three to six months of core operational costs to manage risk and ensure sustainability.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months of core operational costs plus liabilities (held: £94k)
“The charity aims to hold reserves equal to three to six months of core operational costs plus liabilities, currently £61,821 - £86,624.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — High Peak Community Arts (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- MATHEWS-HISKETT, James — director, appointed 21/01/2026on trustee list
- SLINN, Melody Sarah — director, appointed 24/04/2025on trustee list
- BELLIS, Catherine — director, appointed 29/01/2025on trustee list
- RICHARDSON, Victoria Emma — director, appointed 29/01/2025on trustee list
- NATHAN, Susan Jane — director, appointed 05/06/2024on trustee list
- YOUNG, Lorna Ann — director, appointed 09/11/2023on trustee list
- WALMSLEY, Barbara Jean — director, appointed 25/11/2021on trustee list
- STORR, Caroline — director, appointed 13/11/2019on trustee list
- PRESTON, Katherine Maia — director, appointed 21/11/2016on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin
- Barbara Walmsleychair
- Caroline Storr
- Catherine Bellis
- James Mathews-Hiskett
- Katherine Maia Preston
- Lorna Ann Young
- Melody Slinn
- Susan Jane Nathan
- Victoria Emma Richardson
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Derbyshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HIGH PEAK COMMUNITY ARTS LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a healthy surplus in unrestricted funds, strengthening its financial resilience. The trustees report that increased core funding and controlled expenditure contributed to this positive position, allowing for strategic planning and innovation. The charity maintains a reserves policy targeting three to six months of core operational costs to manage risk and ensure sustainability. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
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