Bone Marrow Cancer Trust — Community Development Charity in Christchurch
Bone Marrow Cancer Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Community Development sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity B (79.5/100). Annual revenue: $3.3M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at March 2026.
Bone Marrow Cancer Trust is part of the same organisation as Bone Marrow Cancer Research Trust (CC24315). Each registration files its own accounts.
Mission: Our Purpose: Caring for those with cancer and life threatening illnesses by providing a home away from home and funding cancer research to find a cure. Our Vision - Caring and Giving Hope
- Registration Number
- CC21509
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-03-02
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- B (79.5/100)
- Sector
- Community Development
- Location
- Christchurch, Christchurch
- accounts@bmct.org.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (trust)
- Data as at
- March 2026
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, Older people
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $3.3M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $2.9M NZD
- Total Assets
- $29.0M NZD
- Net Assets
- $27.9M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 7.2 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 23
- Financial Year End
- 2026-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $3.3M | $2.9M | $27.9M |
| 2025 | $5.6M | $2.1M | $27.5M |
| 2024 | $7.6M | $1.4M | $24.1M |
| 2023 | $3.0M | $1.3M | $17.8M |
| 2022 | $3.4M | $1.0M | $16.1M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $0.9M | $13.7M |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.1M | $13.5M |
| 2019 | $1.5M | $0.9M | $13.1M |
| 2018 | $1.5M | $0.9M | $12.6M |
| 2017 | $1.4M | $0.8M | $12.0M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- B
- Overall Score
- 79.5/100
- Financial Score
- 100
- 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 (9)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Giesen | Trustee | 2023-06-13 |
| Shannon Wright | Trustee | 2023-04-24 |
| Emma Davis | Trustee | 2020-07-21 |
| Sean MacPherson | Trustee | 2019-06-18 |
| John Hansen | Trustee | 2017-04-06 |
| Jeremy Flood | Trustee | 2017-02-09 |
| Maxwell Bremner | Trustee | 2008-07-01 |
| George Hooft | Trustee | 2008-07-01 |
| Priscilla Glasson | Trustee | 2008-03-03 |
Former Officers (13)
- Kylie Williams — Trustee (departed 2023-12-14)
- Philip De joux — Trustee (departed 2026-07-14)
- Lucy Powell — Trustee (departed 2018-03-15)
- Suzanne Bell — Trustee (departed 2019-10-17)
- Peter Stephen Ganly — Trustee (departed 2019-06-18)
- Stephen John Kilpatrick — Trustee (departed 2008-06-30)
- Alfred Lewis McIvor — Trustee (departed 2023-06-13)
- Michelle Mary Lagan — Trustee (departed 2010-12-17)
- Graham John Paull — Trustee (departed 2016-06-21)
- Christopher Edward Turland — Trustee (departed 2010-06-15)
- Philip Thomas Vink — Trustee (departed 2016-11-22)
- Allison Nicol — CEO (departed 2019-07-31)
- June Leeming — Patron (departed 2025-07-15)
Funding Sources
- Lion Foundation — $150,000
- Kiwi Gaming Foundation Limited — $68,807.93
- Pub Charity Limited — $57,929.78
- Kiwi Gaming Foundation Limited — $52,264.66
- Lion Foundation — $40,000
- Kiwi Gaming Foundation Limited — $33,759
- Lion Foundation — $20,000
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $10,000
- Mainland Foundation Limited — $10,000
- Mainland Foundation Limited — $7,680
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $6,000
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Bone Marrow Cancer Trust
Financial data as at March 2026. 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 9. 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.
$3.3M
$2.9M
$29.0M
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2026). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Funder Profile
GrantmakerThis organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.
About
Our Purpose: Caring for those with cancer and life threatening illnesses by providing a home away from home and funding cancer research to find a cure. Our Vision - Caring and Giving Hope
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Ranked against 51 peers · Community Development · $1M – $10M
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