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HIGH PEAK PARTNERSHIP IF(wmeth Hieh Peak meltr￿￿t arcult) Charity Regislratxjn 140. 1159245 TRU￿Es ANNUAL REPORT Forthe yeare￿Ied 31 2024 Ib)trothction The Trustees presentthelrAnnual Report for the year eth 31 Augwt 2024. The partne￿hIp was established on September 1". 2019. then the fmer three Methodist arcults- Hlgh Peak Methodist Circuii, 8uxion MdhO¢I5tC￿Ufjt and Whalry Brfjd8e Unit1￿ PartrbusNp- were combined to form the Hlgh Peak Partnershlp. It was resolved thatthls new Partr￿5￿p skK)uld take v4erthe establlshed High Peak Methodlst tcult Charbty rgknatlon Ino.1159245 AlrrL4 •nd Orpn15•th>n. The missK)n of the High Peak Partnershlp is to bless the the¥serve. Isd¢)ne through creatNe aFKI meaningfvjl wor5hrp, stu￿. pastoral care aThJ ereatl¥e t& A Partnershbp Mission Plan has been developed which bu￿d$ on these statemerts R•Ti•W olth• Y••r. 2032124 saw the Partner5hlp contlnue to bulld upon l￿W waysof TAwktY8 togetherth•t had been estJk415hed durlng the prevlous y￿r. Church •ttendance hjd been lrnpacted by COVID new and creatre wdys of worshlp kndudln8 onllne pr¢Jvlslon Jnd th? e5tab115hment of wEfietttr￿ worshlp thr￿h the Caleb project at Monyash hwe wovlded opportunltles to en8r4e thtth loal cornmunltle& One church cornm￿lty ¢￿sed to meet at the end of the ftnonclol year and plans are In F4xeto d15pose of the property. A nurnber gf churches have been supported dull￿ the year finandjlly to enable them to cary out necessary MalnteTran￿tO thelr premlses. A negatlve b￿et had agreed by the trustees so that support to churthes could be rnaintained as they rLrovered from the ofthe pandemK and continued their missi¢)n across the Partnershlw Due to the refund of a tontributlon to the Method15t tonnexlonal PeTr51on fund the partne￿hOp had a surplus of £99.973 tthkh leaves tht Partnttshlp's re5ewves at £273,423, txrt the Partnership remaknswell placed to face the ortrgolre pandemSc prO1￿eMS and to C0115ider initiative5 to further mlsslonal adlvlt Fund b4l•nces As at A￿￿5t 31 . 2024, the net£urreTrt assets of the Parthershlp V•tre £273.423. Plans frJ¥ 2024125 It is possible that there may befurther d05ures of one or more of the smaller churche5 which are findlng tt Increèslrely dIfficu￿ to contlnue meetln& Wlth one of our Presbyters rnovir￿ to a new Clrturt, the Trustees will seek to appoint a Pathership OperatKJn5 Manager to take resP￿s￿lI1￿¥ for operational and property matters as asseekingto ap￿int a Deacon fDr Septernter 2025 to enable the Partnership to

contlnue to rneethe pastoral needs of churches and contlnue to de4elop stror8 Ilnks Into the communities they seNe. The Trustees will also work toestablth a mFssion group to look to further develop mission across the Partnew5hip. B45isoI Pfeparation of the Ar￿￿￿ts The CharfV5 Annual Report and Acrountsfor the year ended 31" August 2022 h4e been prepared in accorda￿e vlth the Charrlies Art 2011 and the Charltles Statement ofRecommended Prth 2015 as èppllcable to the Finan￿1 Reportlr¥ Standard IFRSI 102. The Charl￿5 fvll narne15 The Hi8h Peak Partnershlp The Charlty Registered numberls 1159245 {the forn￿rHISh Peak MettKdst Ckcutt number) The maln communication addre55 (Partnership afficel The H¢h Peak Partnershlp Buxton Methodist Church Chapel Street Buxton 5x17 6HX Tel.. [phone] The members ofthe HIEh Peak partnershlp rneetlng the CharltyTntstees, rnembership belng made up of offlce holders, Minlsters arnl representatfr4es ar4)oknttd by the Irxal thurcI5. The or8anlsatlon structure comprkes a Partne￿ip meetln& tQ8etlw with a LeadershlpTeam. a Property Team and Flnante Team, TAthich meet as requlred and Teport to the Partnershlp meetln8. The Trustees •re as follows:. Rev Andrew Parker Ruth Hayter lapptjune 241 Rbchard Sllson Keth Sandow1SeftJuly Peter Helps Ron Slnclalr 241 Donnè Hodgson Samuel Srnlth John Anfiold Peterjohrtson Jeanette Saxby lapptjun 241 Sheila Booth Wen(tyJones TIM Saxby lappt Jun 241 PNllp Botham An￿ Mayo lan Stubbs Stephen Crook lapptjan 241 John Morten l•ppt Sep 231 Hazel Thompson Clalre Crook WeTh* Melor firnothy Phlllp Deacon Julie Mur&rf Albert Warrington Mlchael Doughty Nltol? Parry (appt (xt 231 Jemifer Wheeldon Brklny Evans san￿ Plcot (appt Mar241 Alan WoolSÈy Dlane Farnow Stephen PKot Charles Wlnterbottom Ken Gibson Glyn RovAar Rev DavKI Harrison Sam Smith, retired asTreasurer durirE theyear was replated ￿jUlie Mur￿.

Partneyshlp mln1stt￿ and Ofkn Partnership Mini5ters- Rev Kelth Sandow and Re¥Andrew Parker PartnershipTrea5urer- Samuel Srnith (to Mar 241 and j￿Ie Murdy lfrom Apr241 Partnershlp Adrnlnistrator5- Claire L05eland Githerlne Slms Partnership Stewards- Michael Doughty. Diane Farrow. Peter Johnscffi. John Morten Richard Sllson and HazelThompsos

Ainx and Oynis•tio The Chariivs obiectNe isto act as a resource provlder thin the Hrgh Peak area around Buxton. Chapel- eTrl&FrtEh and Whaley Bridge for the Methodist Church. Thè purpos￿ of the Mdhothstchurth art, and shall be deemed to have been since the Date of un￿￿. the alfvancement ofr. al The Chrktlan falth In ￿e0￿laft￿ wSth thè dtttrtnal standards d15clpitrJe of the Methodlst Church. bl Any chrltable pw>ose fDr the tffne be￿1 of any COnne￿nal. Dlstrlct, Ctrcult, local or other organi5Otion of the Methodist Chwch. cl Any charltable purpose for the tkne belng of Jny socldy or knsiltution oranclllary to the Meth¢Mllst Church. dl Any Pufpose forthe time of any charlty beir¥ a chwlty ￿lary or anclllary to the Methodlst Church. The organlsation and r•s¢￿r¢￿ of re8ular publk acts of wcff5hlp Op￿ to mtmbers of the chU￿h and non-members alike. The teach1￿ of Chrtthnity through Sern￿ns, cour5esaNI gnall groups The resourckn8 rfpastofal Includ* vfi51tlry skk arnl bereaved. Takln8 reltglous assemblkn In lotal sthools Promotlon of Chrfstlanlty through the staghw of evènts and sew¥kes Provlskjn of Chaplalncy Serv1￿ to approwlatr lotal In4ltuJon& Publk B•n•fit Itls confirmed thatthe Trustees h•4e had regard to the tharlty C(¥nmlsaon's guldDnce ￿ publk benefft. The govmiry document for the Partnershlp ts the Deed of Unlon119321 and the Methodlst Church Att 119761. Detsiied governan￿ wTrn8ements a￿ outlhled wlthln the Constltutlonal Prxtice and Dlscopllne ICPDI of the Methodist Church by order of the annual confErentt. Oayto day man￿erne￿t ofthe Partnership Is urnlertaken by the Partnership Leade￿hIp Team along with the Local Preacher< meeti￿ ihe Partnership FiTra￿e aThl Pmperty Comnwttees. and Partnership Polky Commlttee. Trurtè• Tiakning A range of8uidance prothxed by the Metlb)dist Connexion to swport the eff￿tIVe runnire of the partr￿rShiP, 5pecificalty the leallet The Role oftheTrustee in the Meth￿￿ Church" i5ENen to all new Partnership member5 as their introduction to the role of Trustee8 as wel as attendarKe on a Ic¢ally d￿clOped traini￿ course deli¥eFed ifFhou5e.

Related Parties The Partner5Np Is part of the Mandster and St¥W Dlstslrt and Is also countable to the Meth¢>dlst ConfErerKe. The fdlowing Methodist Churches are linked tothe Partnershtp:" Buxton Harpur Hill ChapekeTrltrFrith Hayfteld- SL John's Dlsley Holllfistl0￿h Dove Holes Low Leltton Ead Sterndale Monyash Femllee Whaley Unltln8 ChU￿h￿ Flagg 'Whaley Bridge Unltlrq Chwchls a Local EcUrner￿al partne￿hIp indudlng thp B•ptls. unIt￿ and Methodist churche Risk m•n•pme The malor r55ks have ben 4dèntffied and ltconled by the Partnership FIMnce and Property commlttees, wlth professlonal a(fvlce taken as requlred. There Is a regular revlew process undertaken and recorded. Income and Expend￿￿ Is monftortd monthly and Is bel￿ compared wlth the approved annual budget on a rtgular basis. to detect trends as part of the rtsk M￿ement pr(￿￿ to 4vold unforesèen calls on resewves. S•lwrdl 'Every person has a value and dl8nlty vthkh comes d1lttt￿ frorn the creatjon of male and fernale In God's own Image and likeness. Chrlstians see thi5 Potentlal as fulfilled by God's rtrtreatlon of us In ChrbsL Arnong other thingsthts Implles a duty to Wah￿ am people as bearlrq the Ima8e of God and therefore to protect thèm from hami.. Methodlst Connexlonal outllnes commltment tothe followlry prlnclples: The CO￿ and nurture of. and ￿1 pastornl MI￿$try wlth. all chIld￿Tr. your4 people and adults The 5afeguJrdlng and [￿tect￿n of 411 ChIldre￿ young peoFle and adults when are vulnerable. The establishlng of 5afE, caring cornmunIt￿ which prDvll￿ a lovkng en¥ironm•nt W￿re there Is Infomied vvditance as to the datvaers of abuse. We wtll carefully select and train all those with any reSpwtSts￿ty kthin the Church, in line with Safer Recruitment principles. ￿l￿dI￿ the use of Cmiinal RecordE D￿closUreS3nd registration wlth the relevant Vetting arbj BarrlrÉ schEme5. We wlll wespond wlthout deLiy to every tomplalnt made. wthich suggests thatan adult. chlld or voung pewn may have been harnd ctropEiatoy *Nth the Police and L(tal AuthoritiÈs In any 1rhvestiEat￿n.

We w41 seek to with anyone who has Arffered abuse. d￿ebp￿nE with them an appyoprlate mln15try of Informed pastordl care. We WAI seekto challe￿e 4ny abuse of power, especially by anyone in a position of trust. We will seek to offer pastoral care and supportfncludlng supervIsl￿ and referral to the proper authorities to any member of our thurch communlty known to have offended againsta child, young person or adult. In all these prfjnciples we vaH fDllow legislation, guldar￿ and retognt5ed good practte. The HPP cornmrts itself to ensuflT¥ the implementation of conneX￿n41 Safeguarding Policy, G¢)vernment leg1￿atkln. guldance and safe pr￿t￿t In the partne￿Ip and Churthe& HPP commlts Itself to the provlslon of SUPFX)rt advke afKI trainlng for lay and ordalned peoplethat wlll ensure people are clear and confident about thelr roles and respDnslbllltles In Safeguardi￿ and promoting the safegLwrdin8 of chlldren. youn8 people adults who may bt vuknerable. R•5eryu Pollcy In nornial clrcumstarKe, thè Reserves Polky lor the Partnershlp WOLdd be to hold a mlnlmum of 6 months average expendlture. Th15 shotAd be sufficlènt to meet any unforeseen Items of major Èxpendlture on manses and / or to be able to contlnue In the short-tern? fundlng planned arthltles firt the e4ent ot anv Inablllty to ralse fvll a$5essment from Churthe However, s￿en the knpact ofthec￿1d 19 wdemlc, theTrustees have agreed to hold at least 12 months avera8e expenditure untll circurnstsn￿s retum to normal. This will be rÈgularly reviewed. The reseThes at the end of the flnanclal ytar s￿0d at £273,423 due to the snlficant refund of the penslon contrtbutlon. HO¥￿er. thls figure wlll rethxe over the next years as the Partnership seeksto resowtè Itself wrth appropriate staff members to SUPPOrt the mlssw)n of the Partne￿hfjp In the communitse5 served. Slgned on bhalf of the Charws Trustees Signature Dated 2115{L Full Name Rev Andrew Parker Posltlon Superlntendent Mlnister

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A.ALLEN & SON CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORTTO THE TRUSTEES OF HICH PEAK PARTNERSHIP I teporton the aL'Ltsurtts for the yearended 31st August 2024 Respettive rÈ5PtsnSibilities of truStÈÈs atsd exmioer ThL LhArity'% Iru%lLCS are reSNllSiblc for ihe prLpardii&n ofthe accounts. The charitys trusiets eonsider thqt art audit is not Tequiied fortkns yearlllttderseeiion 14412lof the Chatities Aet2011 (the 2011 Actll andthat an independertt ex8inination is required. Having Mlisfied myself Ihai Ihe ¢harily is rK)I subje¢i to Audit under ¢ompany law arKI is ¢ligibl¢ fot ind¢p¢rtdertt exAmittation. li is my rtspoLsibility lu". - Lamin¢th¢a¢¢ovnts undwS¢¢iion 145 of lh¢ 2011 A¢1 - 10 folltsw tht pro¢Lxiures laid down in tht Gertetal Dire¢tTOnS given by thL' Ch&tity Conth)ission lurtder Seetiott 1451SNbl ol lh¢ 2011 A¢ii. ar - to 5talc wh¢ihcrparticUlarmatte￿ havc ¢OTncto tny attclllion. asi5 the indepcnd¢nt ¢Agrniner's repurl My exainiDalioTr wa5 carried out in ￿COrdan¢C with the GeDeral Dir¢rlions given by IhE Charity Comrnjssiop. ATh exaininaiiort in¢llldes a TCVi¢W of th¢ a¢¢ouriirtg rtroTds kLWI by Ihi ¢harily and a ¢vmparis()D ¢)r th¢ o¢¢ourtts pr¢s¢Di¢d wilh those ree(Jftl% It alsE) irtelud&s onsideration ol'JDy UDUSU?l ilcm5 ordi￿105UrcS in th¢ accoun15. and 5ccking ¢Yplanalion5 from you as Iru51c¢s VQnLLYrtinB yny such iThytt￿. Tlie prO¢￿ureS undertaken do llol ptDvide 7411 the evidence that woiild be required in an audil. wlls¢quenily no opiniort is given a¥ to whcihcrthc ar¢ounls prLxni a'lru¢ and fair vicw. ihc ￿port Is li1￿lled to Ihosc Tnalt¢T5 5cioui in Ih¢' 5tr1iinrnLs bclt)w. Indepcndcnt eAamincr'5 Statcmcnt In conneclioD Iviih my e¥atniThitioD, tK) matter ha5 coine lo attention". Illwhichgives Tne rvdsonablecause lo believe Ilkai, in any male]ial res￿1, the requiietnenis - io keep 1l¢¢ounling records in accordance wilh S￿XIon 130 ofihe 2011 A¢1: - io prewarc accounts whicli accord with die accounting record5 and io coinply with the accounting requireTneNls of the 2011 Act have noi been Jnel. or 121 lo wliicl4 in iny0pl￿0n, attention should be dizwn ill0rder￿ enable a proper understatkding of the accounts lo be reached. Danen CooperB 45 Union Road New Mills Higli Peak Si(22 3EL IHonsl F.C.A. C.T.A. 9 May 21r25 T..01663 744845 E". mall@aallerlancl￿n.C9.uk . 45 Union Road, New Mill5. F..01663 7477 W.. wwN.a8llenandsonLo.uk High Peal SK22 3EL A Allen & Son Limiied Director.. D C Cooper BA (Honsl BFP FCA cfA Company No."07120823 Registered in England and Wales Re91Stered 10 carry on Audii work in Ihe UK and Ireland by the Insiitute of Charterecl Accountant5 in England and WBles. Oetai15 about our audit registiation can be viewed ai auditie9lsternrg.uk under reference numtr)er C002470470