Ashburton Aquatic Park Charitable Trust — Sports & Recreation Charity in Ashburton
Ashburton Aquatic Park Charitable Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Sports & Recreation sector, based in Ashburton, Ashburton. CharityData rates this charity C- (58.5/100). Annual revenue: $0.2M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: Establishing and maintaining an artificial recreational lake in the District of Ashburton.
- Registration Number
- CC24543
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-05-19
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C- (58.5/100)
- Sector
- Sports & Recreation
- Location
- Ashburton, Ashburton
- Website
- http://www.lakehood.co.nz
- grahamk@brophyknight.co.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Older people, People with disabilities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Assets
- $5.3M NZD
- Net Assets
- $5.2M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 10.3 months of operating expenses
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $5.2M |
| 2024 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $5.4M |
| 2023 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $5.4M |
| 2022 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $5.5M |
| 2021 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $4.4M |
| 2020 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $4.0M |
| 2019 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $4.6M |
| 2018 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.9M |
| 2017 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $5.1M |
| 2016 | $0.2M | $0.1M | $5.1M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C-
- Overall Score
- 58.5/100
- Financial Score
- 70
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
Red Flags
- 2 trustees of this charity also sit on multiple other charity boards — concentrated trustee bandwidth may warrant board-skill-mix review.
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (5)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Leandra Fitzgibbon | Trustee | 2021-05-31 |
| Walter Van Der Kley | Trustee | 2016-03-21 |
| Barry Redmond | Trustee | 2008-06-06 |
| Graham Kennedy | Trustee | 1998-07-31 |
| David West | Trustee | 1998-01-31 |
Former Officers (9)
- James Ashford — Trustee (departed 2025-02-20)
- David Harford — Trustee (departed 2023-08-14)
- Neil Brown — Trustee (departed 2020-01-01)
- Craig Carr — Trustee (departed 2016-03-21)
- John Patterson — Trustee (departed 2008-06-06)
- Nicola Wagner — Trustee (departed 2009-03-30)
- Ronald Anderson — Trustee (departed 2009-03-30)
- Leslie Leadley — Trustee (departed 2011-04-26)
- Peter Etheridge — Trustee (departed 2008-06-06)
Funding Sources
- Lion Foundation — $25,000
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Ashburton Aquatic Park Charitable Trust
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (1)
These structural observations are drawn from public data and are worth considering before a donation. They are not allegations of wrongdoing, and they don’t affect the charity’s letter grade.
- No chair recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 5. The Charities Register does not require one to be identified, so this is a gap in the public record rather than a finding about the board.
Each signal is a data-driven observation, not a judgement. They fire automatically from the figures filed with Charities Services. A charity can address any of these by filing fuller disclosure or updating its officer register. Methodology: /about/methodology/concern-signals.
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$172.3K
$5.3M
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Endowment Foundation
Special Entity TypeThis is an endowment foundation that holds investments and provides grants. High reserves are expected and appropriate - this is not an operating charity.
Rating Note: Endowment foundations are rated using specialized criteria that recognize high reserves as appropriate. Metrics like grant distribution rate and investment returns are prioritized over program spending ratios.
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Establishing and maintaining an artificial recreational lake in the District of Ashburton.
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Ranked against 168 peers · Sports & Recreation · $100K – $1M
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