HIGH PEAK PARThERSHIP IFormevtr Hlgh Peak Method15t Qrcuitl Charlty Registr*ion No. 1159245 TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT For the year ended 31 A￿ust 2025 Introthcllon The Trustee5 present theirAnnual Re￿rt for the yearended 31 August 2025. The Partnership was establlshed on September 1". 2019, when the fDrmerthree Methodist Circults- Hlgh Peak Methodlst CIr¢u￿, Buxton Methodist Clrtuit and Whalry Bridge unlu￿ Partnershlp- were cornblned to fDrm the H6¥h Peak Partnershlp. It was resofved that thls new Partnershlp should tskt the estsbli5hed Hlgh Peak Methodlst tlrcuit Charity fe8lstraUon Ing.115924SI. Alms •nd Oryan15•tlon. The rnisslon of the Hl8h Peak Partnershlp 15 to bless thè ¢ommunltles they serve. Thls Is done through crèative meanFn8ful wor5hlp, stu(ty. pastor41 care awKI creatfve •rt& A Partnership Mlsslon Plan has been d￿ek>ped bulkls on these ststfftnt& R•vS•w of th• Ymr. 2024125 saw tht Partnershlp Conthue to upon the new wavs0fw￿￿￿ toBetherth•t hjd been e5tabllshed follovAnB COVID. One church Tegulathi pro¥ldes onllne provlsion each Sunday rnornlng whkh enables those who cannot trovel to loln In worshlp each **ek. Provlsknn for famllbes through Me55V Church In Htyfiehl and Monyash has continued wlth DIS￿ meth0th￿ now havlng thlldren's worship once a month. One church communlty ceased to meet atthe eThl of the financhl year 4ffld phns are In plate to dlspose of property. A number of ¢hurches have been supportd duth thtyear financlally to enJlAe thèrn to carry out necesury malntenarte orto undertake de4elopn*nt to thelr prerni5es $0 that they can continuè to $èNe ihelr local communltle& StafflrE has been augI￿nted by the appolntment of a CITtult Operations Mana8er to support the Leadership Team In settlng In place rfftw systerns and suwrtln8 property matters across the A new Deacon wlll loln the Partnershlp In September2025. Fund b•lanr• As at Au8USt 31", 2025. the net turrent assets rfthe Parlner5hlp £272,981. H•n5 lor 2025126 The appolntrnent of • new t)eacon will provlde the opwrtunlty forthe Leadership Tearn to develop misslon 5trate8Ythat wim support the Ilfe of the churches wtthin the PartnEr5hip. enabling them to bulld on ènd extend Connertlons wlthin their commurrit*s and improve confidènce In sharlng the gospel. The Partnerthlp will continue to support kxal thurthes wlth l(tsl proietts inclu(lirq eto prciects and maintenance Improvements. B•slsofprnparntlon olth• A(¢￿Trts The Charws Artn￿l Rèp)rt and Atcounts forthe yearended 31"August 2022 have béen prepared In accordance wlth the Charltles 2011 and the Ch*rOt*5 Staternent of Rec(wnmended Prxtice 2015 as appllcable to the Flnanckil Repor￿b￿ Standard IFRSI 102. The Charws full name is The Htgh Peak Partnershlp The Charlty Reglstered number b 1159245 (the fOrn￿￿16h Peak metho￿ ctrcu￿ number) The maln communlcatlon add￿$% (Partnership ofikel The Hlgh Peak P•rtn*rshlp 8￿ttsn Methodlst Church Chapel Street Buxton SK17 6HX Tel.. 07912 144022 The members ofthe Hlgh Peak p•rtnershlp rneetl￿ are the CharfjtyTTWte￿. rnembershlp belyg made up of offlce holder5, Mlnlsters and representthes •ppolnted ￿ the kxal churche5. The c￿ganIsatIOn strutture tomp￿seS a full Partner5hlp meetln& togets*r vrtth a Leadershlp Team. a Pfcyerty Team and a Flnance Tearn, whkh meet as requlred and report to the Partnershlp meet1￿. Thè TNsttts •re •$ follty*',- Rev Andrew Parker Peter Hel Ron Slnclabr John Anfield Donna Hod￿0ft S•muel Smlth Shella Booth Peter Johrdon Jeanètte Sax Phlllp Botham Wen*Jones rffn Saxby Stephen Crook knne Mayo lan Stubbs Clalfe Crook John Morten Hazel Thompson Phlllp Ih¥on Wenth Mell Aneela Tlrnothy Mlchael Dou8hty Itlll Dec 251 Julle Mu Albert WaTrliWon Brtony Evans NkolE Parry Jennlfer w￿eld0ft Dlam Farrow Sandy Plcot Alan Wool Ken Glbson Stephen Pkot Charbes Y￿ntert￿0M R*v Davld H•rrlson Gtrffl RowFarn15 Ruth Hayter Rlchard Smson PartnB W5hlp Mlnlrtets and Ofknrs Partnership Ministers- Rev Andrew pa￿eT Partnershlp Treasurer- Julle Murdy Partnerthip Adrnini5tratOfS- Chire LoseL Catherlne Slms. Laura Krautheim Partnership Stewards- Michael Doughty Itdl Dec 251. Diane Farrow. Peterjohnwn. John Morten, RKhard s11s(￿ and Hazel Thompsc￿. Atrns and The Charrtvs C￿jeCtive isto act Js a resource wovklerT*Athin the Hlgh Peak area around Buxton. Chapel- etrftrFrith and Whaley BrKl8e for the Methodlst Churth. The purposes of the Methodlst Church are, and shall be deernedto have been sI￿e the Date of Unlon. the thancement ofr. al The Chrfstlan frdlth In accorthnce Thlth thed0th￿l sknthrdsand dlsclpllne ef the Method15t Church. bl Any charltable purpose fDrihe lkne belng of any Connexh>nal. Di5tsicL c￿￿JIt. local or ot￿r orEanlsatlon of the Metlxxllst Church. tl Any charitable purpose for the tThe beln8 of any society or knstttutlm oranclllary to the Methodlst Church. dl Any purpose for tlme bekng of any ch*lty belr¥ a charbty sthkllary or anclllaryto the Method4st Chutth. The Ofganlsatkln and resourtlng of re8uhr publlc acts of 7AYMshlp open to members of the church and non-mernber5 allke. The teachlng of Chrlstlanlty through sernions. ¢wThes aThJ srnall groiips The resourclnl of pastor•l Includrt vlsfus as5ernb¥es In lttal schoc4s Promotlon ofChrlStlan￿ through the sts81ry ofe¥èrt5 seryk Provlsk•n of Chaplalncy seThlces to appro￿￿te local Institution& Publk Ben•fft It Is conAm)ed thatthtTru5tees have ￿1rd to th? Chwlty Comrnlsslon's iuldaKe on publlc benefft. The 80vern1￿d document for the Partnershlp Is the Deed of Unlon11932I and the Methodlst Churth Act 119761. Detslled g(Nernance arrangements are oudlrted ¥Athln tht Consututlonal Prnctkn and D15clpllne ICPDI of the M*thodlstChurch byorder of thè ann￿1 Cl￿ference. Dty to day mar￿ement oftt* P•rtnership Is undertaken ￿ th* Partnershlp Le•Jershlp Tèam Jlon8 wlth the Local Preacherf Meetlr& the Partnershlp Fkn•nce •rnl Prowty Commlttees. and tht Partnershlp Policy Commlttee. TfUrt•• Tr•knlni A range ofgUlda￿e produced bythe Methodlstconnewn to supwt the effettlvt runn11￿ of the Partnership, speciFKalty the leallet Tr Role of theTntstee In the Method15t Church- 15 gfven to all new Partner5hlp members as thelr intrcdurtK>n to the role ofTrustw as as attendance on a k¢ally dLweloped trainlre course dellverEd iTrhouse. R•l•tsd hrti•s The Partnershlp Is part of the ma￿hester arwj StLKkport O&trfct and lsalso K¢o￿tsb1e tothe Methodlst Conference. The follovAng Methodlst ChLWthes are Ilfik￿ tothè PartnÈrshlp.'_ Bu¥ton Harpur Hlll Chapekertrle-Frtth H•yfield-St. John's Dlsley Holllnsclou8h D￿e Holes Low Le*hton Femilee Monya5h Flag8 Whaley Brld8e Unltln8 Chur¢h• 'Whaley Brld¥e UnItI￿ Church Is a l￿•1 Ecumenkal Partnershlp Includlng tre Baptlsts. Unlted Reftymed nd Method15t churches. Rlsk m•n•ym•nt The malor risks have been Identffied •nd recorded by the PJrtneThhlp Flnance and Property commlttees. th PrOfe￿10nal athlce taken as requlred. There Is a regular revlew prottss undertaken and recorded. In¢ome ond Expendlture Is mOn￿Ored monthly arbd 15 belng compared vAth approved annual budgel on a re8ulaT basls, to detttt trends as part of the rlsk management proce55 to avold unforeseen talls pn reseNe& S•fw•rdl 'Every ptrson ho5 a value and d*nlty whkh cor￿$ dlrtttty from the creatlon of rna￿ and fèmale In God's own Image and lIkene￿ Chrfsti4ns 5*e th15 PQtentlal as fuffilled by God's r￿reatIOn of us In Chdst. Arnong other thln8S thls Implles a thty to value am ptopbe as bearlng the lrnale of God and therefore to protect them from harn).. metI￿1St Connexlonal wactkn outlr*scommttmert tothe fol0￿￿ prlrKlples: The care and nurture of. 4nd respKthJl pastsral mlnlstrywlth, all chlklren, young people and adults The safryu¥dln8 and protectlon of all chi￿ren, Y(￿nI peopbe and adults ¥then are vulnerable. The establishir8 of safe. carfng tomrnunit*s wh￿h prry¥le a kni1￿ e￿IrOnmeTht where there Is informed vigllance as to the dar￿er5 of at￿Se. We w511 carefuly select and traln all tknsè 7fvrith any resp￿￿11￿ t*lthln the Church, In line wlth Safer RecnJkn)ent prknclples. Includ1￿ the use of Crlminal Records Dlscl(6ures and registration with the releiant Vetling and Barth8 sct*mts. We wlll respo￿1 wlthout delay to every complaint made. suggèsts that an adult. chlld or young person may have been harnRd c￿oPerating wrth the Police and L￿al Authortties in any investigation. We will seek to WOTk with arryone hè5 suffered abuse. dL*elopi￿ with them an appropriate minlstry of infDmied pastoral care. We will wkto chall*Ee any abuse of PO¥4tr. eS￿l)llY by anyone In a p￿ItIon of trust We wdS seek to offer pastoral care and sUPPOrt Ind￿lIng supepllslon and refenal to the proper author6ties to any membtf of ourchurth communty to have offtnded •g•w￿l a child. young pef50n oraduft. In all thesè prlnclpltrs we V4111 foYLW kgSslatlon. guhjance and reco8nised good pracUtt. The HPP comrnlts ltselfto er￿U￿r￿a the Implernentatlon of Corfftexlonal S*uardlng Pollty, Government leglslatlon. guldarKe and safe P￿t￿e In the PartThersh￿ and Churthe& HPP commits itself to prov151on of supwrt. a(fvke aTh4 tralnlng for ljy and orthlned peopl* that wlll ensLbre people •re clear and confident at**ut thelr roles and responslbllltle5 In safeguardlng and In promotjwd the ￿feguardkn￿ of chlldren. YOU￿ arKI adults may bè vukneratde. R•serMs Polkv In normal clrturnstance, Aeseryes Pollcy for the Partnershlp would be to hold a mlnlrnum of 6 month5 4vera8e eX￿ndIture. Thls should be sufficknt to meet ary unforeseen Items of malor expenditure on m•nses and l or to be ableto iorrtlnue In the ShOrt-te￿ fundlTha kqanned •rtivltles in the event of any InabS11ty to rntse full as5e$5ment from Churthe& However, gfven the Impact of the Ctykl 19 pandemlc. the Trustees h•¥e agreed to hold at ￿ast 12 months averjge expenditure and thls will be reBulJrly mlewed. The re5eThfes at the end of the Ilnantlal ye•r stood at £272,98. HoW￿er, figure wbll redu￿ ￿tr the next year5 as the Partneishlp seeks to resource Itself wlth approwlate staff members a￿1 cOn￿nueS to support the mlsslon of the Partnershlp In the Commun￿e$ 5er¥ed. Sl8ntd on behalfof the Chartivs Trustees Slgnature Dated ZY l*/z Full Name Re4 Andrew Parker P05ition SuperSntendent Mln15ter Name of Circuit Hl8h Peak Partnershlp Circuit No 01115 Statement of Financial Actlvities (SOFA) for the year ended 31 August 2025 Notes to Circuit M¢)del Designaled the General Fund Trust Fund¥ counts Iunrestricted) (UnrostrI￿dj lunre$trict•d Restricted Endowment Funds Funds Total 2024.25 Income 1 Don8lons and lego¢ies 2 Income from monetary Investments 3 Income from Investment propertie8 4 A88e$6ments on Churches S Capital Receipts 6 Grants received 7 Other charitsble Income 8 Total Incom• Expendltur• 9 Giants and donations 10 Salarle8 and a￿O￿ated costs 11 Propety maintenance 12 Connexlonal 88$es#ment & rnodel trust Iw 13 Di8tTict AsBes$ment & Levy 14 DepreGiation 15 Office expenses 16 Other outgoing8 17 Total Charftabh 8X￿nd11￿￿ 18 Gainsl{1088esl on monetsry investrnents 19 Gainsl{lossesl on investment properties 20 Net Incomgllexpenditur•} 21 Transfer8 betsveen fijnds 22 Othei gainslllo8Be8) 23 Net rnovement in funds 24 Total funds brought forward 25 Total funds iabT6ed forwa 454 10.265 10,719 151.122 672 1S1,122 14,061 13,382 10,481 162,729 10A81 186,376 23,647 29,068 29,088 74,021 16,667 9,719 31,919 74.021 15.567 9,711 31,919 1,917 24,608 148,040 1,917 24,808 186019 38,779 14.689 -15.132 443 .15.132 229,311 214,179 442 273,423 272,981 M,112 68.800 Name of Circult Hlgh Peak Partnershlp Circuit No 0111$ Ipre¥lously 19104) ststement of Financlal Activities (SOFA) for the ear ended 31 August 2024 otss to rcu Trust IUnr•8tr*tedl gna Fund• lunre•trlcted) G•n•r•l Fund IUnre•trlctod) RMtrkt•d Fund• Endowment Fund8 Tot41 2023-24 Income 1 Oonations and legacies 2 Incomé from moneta inv8stm8nts 3 Incom8 from inv8Stm&nt prop•rOes 4 Assessments on ChuTche$ 5 Capitsl Receipts 8 Grants recewed 7 Other ¢h8rf(ablo Incomo 8 Total Income Expendfture 9 Grants and donallon$ 10 Salaries and associated c08ts 11 Proporty maint8nan¢e 12 Conn8xionAI assèssmènt & n))dèl trust I 13 District Assessment & La 14De reciation 15 Offjce expenses 16 other outgoings 17 Total charitable expendltur• 18 Gains/llo$sesl on monetary Inv¢$tr)¥nts 19 Gains/l106$9$1 on Investment prop8rb"g$ 20 Net In¢omèll•xp•ndlture) 21 Transfers be￿een fvnds 22 Other gainslllossesl 23 Net ￿ver￿nt In funds 24 Total funds brought forward 25 Totsl funds carrl•d ft+rw•rd 1,3C 15,328 10.634 1S2.672 30 152,622 30 334 154,292 118,533 133,8e1 118,887 288,153 99,087 28,949 99,087 28,949 2.735 30,192 2.735 30.1 149 27,cfje 185.445 149 27,066 188,180 2,735 1.153 131.126 99,973 41.153 75,265 44,112 131,126 98,185 229,311 99,973 173,450 273,423 oli• Balanc• She•t as at 31 August 2025 ImJ5 1.DXJ. r*).11J 42D4 41 41 Jii Jul* 2025 InchJde5 on CIKuit mLxle1Tr￿t Fund vai*)u5TMCPAcctyJnts Cartral Finan￿ &)arddEw5 i account The of 12 thurthe5. the celsedio rned thJth8thefftnaTrdalyear. Each i58ssess8d fora contdtwrtbn to meet the ty4ewal nd costs of the CiroJit.A55wrnent on thurthes & annual￿ determined u¥n8 a whith lakes into attwnt the Dymber of mw)bw5 w each church Ind its relatl¥e ￿(Ome lafterdedurtlon ￿ wtaln actua and noiional expe*se51. A5sessment5 on Churche5 are pakl In 2 ath4nce. 3 Capkal recdpts In¢bJde saleof L4nd owntd ￿theC1r￿ttaThdlT1ASfefof7mCPfu￿dStO the CiroJN Grant 8Nen to onethurch to 5UPPOrt a projertto d￿lOP p•rt of theelvjrth to prtr4kle Incometo wpp)rt 4 fuiure olthe thur(h The CkoJf( had I Superlnt•Thd*fyt MIDbl•rthrfnit￿flftandl1y•r. Adthtlohil OF*Y*ki￿$SUp￿rt has been prOvkI￿ ￿ a nay which was fecwitedto IDye•r. Alon8tsde Ihere arelwo p8rt-tlmetsy em￿0Vee$ uftdertaklfil •Jmidstrit￿* thJtles. No pwson recoNed more thin Éf4)K(* In tot•l. No ¢rual has madefgr hoWd•y p•y * iheholw p•1 run5from SeO¢mberto >4J8USt.Alstsff afe pald 5 •t orab*Èthe Wn8WW. Th•r• are mi*ses whkh x* tytheClroJlt forthw￿PeATh¢en•nI Theclrw ntalnstht propertyand pay5th• ctyJncllTaxand w*er t￿ryes. Th**4ie not dtsclos&15epar•te HMRC doenl regord th15 15 • ITh *lnd In the of è rnknbt*. Someyjswrt w thufthes for 6 proptrty i￿1r5 been Fro￿￿ed1h15 ye*r. A numb¢r of voluDt¢*s In&Jdln8 Clrth*f( Stwards andClrth*Trebsurtras m•n•8lwiNxe•SSUPkY)rt th• work ofthedr(urt. No e