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.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE BOROUGH OF HIGH PEAK AND NEIGHBOURHOOD THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF COMMUNITY ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, BALLET, OPERA, MUSIC, SINGING, LITERATURE, SCULPTURE AND PAINTING.

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF HIGH PEAK AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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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

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02036083

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Arts Council England — “Our Supporters We’re grateful to our supporters and funders who help bring our vision to life. Special thanks to our monthly donors whos…” (source page)
• The Bingham Trust — “Our Supporters We’re grateful to our supporters and funders who help bring our vision to life. Special thanks to our monthly donors whos…” (source page)
• BBC Children in Need — “Our Supporters We’re grateful to our supporters and funders who help bring our vision to life. Special thanks to our monthly donors whos…” (source page)
• Foundation Derbyshire — “Our Supporters We’re grateful to our supporters and funders who help bring our vision to life. Special thanks to our monthly donors whos…” (source page)
• High Peak Borough Council — “Our Supporters We’re grateful to our supporters and funders who help bring our vision to life. Special thanks to our monthly donors whos…” (source page)
• High Peak Comps — “Our Supporters We’re grateful to our supporters and funders who help bring our vision to life. Special thanks to our monthly donors whos…” (source page)
• The National Foundation for Youth Music — “Our Supporters We’re grateful to our supporters and funders who help bring our vision to life. Special thanks to our monthly donors whos…” (source page)
• The National Lottery Community Fund — “Our Supporters We’re grateful to our supporters and funders who help bring our vision to life. Special thanks to our monthly donors whos…” (source page)
• Postcode Community Trust — “Our Supporters We’re grateful to our supporters and funders who help bring our vision to life. Special thanks to our monthly donors whos…” (source page)
• Swire Charitable Trust — “Our Supporters We’re grateful to our supporters and funders who help bring our vision to life. Special thanks to our monthly donors whos…” (source page)
• Swizzels Matlow — “Our Supporters We’re grateful to our supporters and funders who help bring our vision to life. Special thanks to our monthly donors whos…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• 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

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PETHERTON ARTS TRUST LIMITED.

• PETHERTON ARTS TRUST LIMITED income £153k
• PEER UK LTD income £263k
• PEOPLE'S THEATRE ARTS GROUP LIMITED income £345k
• Stockport County Community Trust income £976k
• OSBORNE HOUSE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD income £549k
• ARTVENTURE TRUST LIMITED income £129k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.