Brackenridge Services Limited — Education Charity in Christchurch
Brackenridge Services Limited is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. CharityData rates this charity C+ (67.5/100). Annual revenue: $41.3M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: At Brackenridge, people are our priority, supporting people with learning disabilities and autism to create and lead their lives, their way. Fantastic normal everyday lives where people are included as valued members in our community and live happy and fulfilling lives.
- Registration Number
- CC46412
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2011-03-31
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C+ (67.5/100)
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Christchurch, Christchurch
- pip.stewart@brackenridge.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, Older people, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin, People with disabilities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $41.3M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $40.3M NZD
- Total Assets
- $12.3M NZD
- Net Assets
- $4.7M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 2.3 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 504
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $41.3M | $40.3M | $4.7M |
| 2024 | $39.9M | $38.8M | $3.7M |
| 2023 | $35.0M | $34.2M | $2.6M |
| 2022 | $32.2M | $31.1M | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $32.2M | $31.1M | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $24.8M | $24.4M | $1.3M |
| 2019 | $22.9M | $22.8M | $0.9M |
| 2018 | $20.2M | $20.1M | $0.8M |
| 2017 | $18.0M | $18.1M | $0.7M |
| 2016 | $17.5M | $17.8M | $0.8M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C+
- Overall Score
- 67.5/100
- Financial Score
- 78.6
- Governance Score
- 75
- Transparency Score
- 85
- Program Spending Ratio
- 1.0%
Red Flags
- 3 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 (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (20)
- Elizabeth Reese — General Manager Finance & Commercial Support
- John Hansen — Director
- Julie Hands — Director
- Gail Gibson — Director
- Kathryn Lopez — Director
- Steven Wakefield — Director
- Paula Mary Rose — Director (departed 2020-08-30)
- Kath Fox — Director (departed 2021-08-15)
- Kathleen Fox — Director (departed 2021-08-15)
- Pip Stewart — CEO
- Peter Ballantyne — Director (departed 2015-12-31)
- Jane Cartwright — Chair
- Toni Gutschlag — Director (departed 2018-04-30)
- Sandra Walker — Company Director (departed 2013-02-26)
- Graeme Mcnally — Company Director (departed 2017-06-30)
- Jane Parfitt — Company Director (departed 2014-03-04)
- David Morrell — Board Chairperson (departed 2012-07-31)
- Mike Bourke — Company Director (departed 2014-11-01)
- Garth Bateup — Company Director (departed 2011-05-23)
- Peter Campbell — General Manager (departed 2014-04-28)
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jane Cartwright | Chair | $24,774 | 2025 |
| Jane Cartwright | Chair | $24,774 | 2024 |
| Jane Cartwright | Chair | $24,774 | - |
| Jane Cartwright | Chair | $22,521 | 2023 |
| Jane Cartwright | Chair | $22,521 | 2022 |
| Jane Cartwright | Chair | $22,521 | 2021 |
| Steve Wakefield | Director | $12,387 | 2025 |
| Kate Lopez | Director | $12,387 | 2024 |
| Julie Hands | Board Member | $12,387 | - |
| Gail Gibson | Director | $12,387 | 2025 |
| Sir John Hansen | Board Member | $12,387 | - |
| Steve Wakefield | Director | $12,387 | 2024 |
| Julie Hands | Director | $12,387 | 2024 |
| Gail Gibson | Board Member | $12,387 | - |
| Gail Gibson | Director | $12,387 | 2024 |
| Julie Hands | Director | $12,387 | 2025 |
| Sir John Hansen | Director | $12,387 | 2024 |
| Steve Wakefield | Board Member | $12,387 | - |
| Kate Lopez | Director | $12,387 | 2025 |
| Kate Lopez | Board Member | $12,387 | - |
| Sir John Hansen | Director | $12,387 | 2025 |
| Kath Fox | Trustee | $11,260 | 2021 |
| Steve Wakefield | Director | $11,260 | 2022 |
| Steve Wakefield | Trustee | $11,260 | 2021 |
| Julie Hands | Director | $8,012 | 2022 |
| Kath Fox | Director | $1,732 | 2022 |
| Pip Stewart | Chief Executive Officer | - | 2025 |
| Kate Lopez | Trustee | - | 2021 |
| Scott Johnson | Whānau Advisory Group Chair | - | 2025 |
| Nick Scott | GM Service Delivery | - | 2021 |
| Martin Langridge | GM Finance & Business Support | - | 2021 |
| Pip Stewart | Chief Executive Officer | - | 2023 |
| Pip Stewart | Chief Executive | - | 2021 |
| Kate Lopez | Director | - | 2022 |
| Pip Stewart | Chief Executive Officer | - | 2024 |
| Paula Rose | Trustee | - | 2021 |
| Sue Chapman | GM People & Capability | - | 2021 |
| Sir John Hansen | Director | - | 2022 |
| Sir John Hansen | Director | - | 2023 |
| Pip Stewart | Chief Executive Officer | - | 2022 |
Funding Sources
- Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand — $36,767,700
- Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand — $14,385,600
- Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand — $11,934,000
- Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand — $11,426,400
- Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand — $10,226,700
- Ministry of Social Development — $4,085,300
- Ministry of Social Development — $1,598,400
- Ministry of Social Development — $1,326,000
- Ministry of Social Development — $1,269,600
- Ministry of Social Development — $1,136,300
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $5,000
Major Funders and Contracts (FY2025)
As disclosed in Brackenridge Services Limited's annual report.
- Ministry of Social Development — Funding for residential services on a per day basis
- Whaikaha — Ministry of Disabled People — Funding for residential services, day programmes, respite care, sleepover allowances
- Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children — Funding for residential services
- Accident Compensation Corporation — Funding for provision of residential services on a per day basis
Service Providers
- Nathan Breckell
- Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand
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Brackenridge Services Limited
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (2)
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.
- Government-funding concentration99% of latest-year revenue came from government grants — single-stream dependency
- Government-funding concentration across agencies99% of revenue from 3 different government funder areas — a broad public-funding base, but a coordinated change at the top sources would be material
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.
$41.3M
$40.3M
$12.3M
504
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
At Brackenridge, people are our priority, supporting people with learning disabilities and autism to create and lead their lives, their way. Fantastic normal everyday lives where people are included as valued members in our community and live happy and fulfilling lives.
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