Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 5

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 16

HIGH PEAK CVS

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.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity only provides its support via other charities

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 21 years

www.highpeakcvs.org.uk

hello@highpeakcvs.org.uk

01663735350

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£358	£394	£-36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/22	£402	£436	£-34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/03/21	£334	£263	£72	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
31/03/20	£196	£124	£71	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/19	£103	£102	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/18	£102	£118	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£99	£160	£-60	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£101	£168	£-67	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£176	£189	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£160	£183	£-24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£259	£200	£59	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£210	£185	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£345	£377	£-32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£434	£414	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£365	£394	£-29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£448	£466	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£421	£522	£-102	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£537	£368	£170	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£356	£266	£91	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£168	£189	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

Show more rows -->

Show financials table -->

Download accounts

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Derbyshire,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
7 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - High Peak CVS Bereavement Service
£377,155	17/02/2023	The funding will be used to support the continuation and development of a Bereavement Support Service in High Peak. The project aims to give people coping with bereavement a safe space to express ....more The funding will be used to support the continuation and development of a Bereavement Support Service in High Peak. The project aims to give people coping with bereavement a safe space to express their loss gain insight into their grief and find peer support.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bereavement and Loss Covid 19 Legacy
£51,706	18/03/2021 20	In light of increases in COVID related bereavement and trauma experiences the group will use its funding to increase existing project worker hours and recruit an additional support worker with trauma ....more In light of increases in COVID related bereavement and trauma experiences the group will use its funding to increase existing project worker hours and recruit an additional support worker with trauma based experience and qualifications.
National Lottery Community Fund - IT upgrade
£9,640	18/12/2020 4	The funding will be used to upgrade the IT and communications capacity of High Peak CVS. The project aims to increase the organisation's capacity to provide services that develop members and groups ....more The funding will be used to upgrade the IT and communications capacity of High Peak CVS. The project aims to increase the organisation's capacity to provide services that develop members and groups in the local community.
The Fore - Grant to High Peak CVS
£13,961	01/12/2020 36	High Peak CVS enable the voluntary and community sector in High Peak to find new ways to deliver their services and become more accessible to isolated and vulnerable people. They have over 300 member ....more High Peak CVS enable the voluntary and community sector in High Peak to find new ways to deliver their services and become more accessible to isolated and vulnerable people. They have over 300 member organisations who they support to address gaps in the provision of local services. A key aspect of the organisation's work is supporting members to take on social prescribing work, in partnership with local GPs, primary care and social care professionals. High Peak CVS is using funding from The Fore to expand this service to new organisations, helping additional groups reach new beneficiaries.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bereavement and Loss Support Group
£123,933	17/10/2019 36	This funding will help the group to continue their bereavement support group in Glossop, and expand to develop a further two support groups in Buxton and Chapel. They will also offer evening and ....more This funding will help the group to continue their bereavement support group in Glossop, and expand to develop a further two support groups in Buxton and Chapel. They will also offer evening and weekend groups, so that more people can attend. This provides a safe space where people can share their emotions and support each other, helping them to cope with social situations.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-84

EMILY MARIE WILLIAMS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Development Director

NICHOLAS JAMES MILLS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Research Officer

ROSS MICHAEL BURNAGE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Training Co-Ordinator

STEPHEN GEORGE ECCLESTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: None

MS CAROL EVANS, Occupation: Retired

SUSAN HOWARD Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Manager

SANDRA HIGGINS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: WOODLAND WAYS BUSHCRAFT FOUNDATION,

KAREN RITA RIGG (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: None, Other trusteeship: THE TRAMWAY MUSEUM SOCIETY,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/03/2003, number: 1096462
Registered at Companies House on 26/11/2002, number: 04600635

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

High Peak C V S
DUNBAR HOUSE
105 Buxton Road
Whaley Bridge
HIGH PEAK

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOTEXCLUSIVELY, IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF THE HIGH PEAK IN DERBYSHIRE AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH, SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF CULTURE, SCIENCE, ARTS AND HERITAGE AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE COMMUNITY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF HIGH PEAK IN DERBYSHIRE AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD

Data Sources