Christchurch Bridge Club Incorporated — Education Charity in Christchurch
Christchurch Bridge Club Incorporated is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. CharityData rates this charity C+ (66.5/100). Annual revenue: $0.4M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at December 2024.
Mission: The objects of the Club are those charitable objects and purposes which are recognised by the Courts of New Zealand, and (a) Teaching and providing facilities for playing bridge and other games of skill; (b) Promoting bridge tournaments and matches.
- Registration Number
- CC28130
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C+ (66.5/100)
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Christchurch, Christchurch
- office@chchbridge.co.nz
- Data as at
- December 2024
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.5M NZD
- Total Assets
- $7.0M NZD
- Net Assets
- $6.8M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 3.2 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 13
- Volunteers
- 24
- Financial Year End
- 2024-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $0.4M | $0.5M | $6.8M |
| 2023 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $6.9M |
| 2022 | $2.9M | $0.4M | $6.9M |
| 2021 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $4.4M |
| 2020 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $4.4M |
| 2019 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $4.4M |
| 2018 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $3.7M |
| 2017 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $3.7M |
| 2016 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $3.7M |
| 2015 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $3.6M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C+
- Overall Score
- 66.5/100
- Financial Score
- 100
- Governance Score
- 55
- Transparency Score
- 65
Red Flags
- 4 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 (10)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Carol Raynes | Treasurer | 2025-05-20 |
| Helen Beaumont | Committee Member | 2025-03-20 |
| Shangar Singh | President | 2025-03-20 |
| Marilyn Copland | Vice President | 2025-03-20 |
| Rex Denely | Committee Member | 2025-03-20 |
| Bridget O'brien | Committee Member | 2024-03-21 |
| Donald Southen | Committee Member | 2022-05-17 |
| John Skipper | Committee Member | 2017-03-23 |
| Elizabeth Thompson | Committee Member | 2015-03-26 |
| SUSAN EDWARDS | Club Manager | 2015-03-26 |
Former Officers (39)
- Helen Bremner — Committee Member (departed 2024-10-31)
- Sandra Close — Committee Member (departed 2024-03-21)
- Janet Lenton — Committee Member (departed 2024-03-21)
- Tony Quinlivan — President (departed 2025-03-20)
- Deborah Matthews — Committee Member (departed 2025-03-20)
- Beverley Johnson — Committee Member (departed 2022-04-30)
- Hedley Bamford — Committee Member (departed 2025-03-20)
- Jan Stupples — Committee Member (departed 2020-07-09)
- Mark Paget — Treasurer (departed 2025-03-20)
- Gillian Mackay — Committee Member (departed 2020-07-09)
- John Hay — Committee Member (departed 2019-03-20)
- John McKenzie — Vice President (departed 2022-03-24)
- Craig Shannahan — President (departed 2020-07-09)
- Derek Frapwell — Vice President (departed 2019-03-20)
- Ewan Chapman — Committee Member (departed 2017-03-23)
- Robert Phillips — Vice President (departed 2017-03-23)
- Madge Baker — Committee Member (departed 2018-03-15)
- Anthony Lilley — Committee Member (departed 2018-03-15)
- Kathryn Tennant — Committee Member (departed 2017-03-23)
- Rose Hurst — Committee Member (departed 2016-03-24)
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Christchurch Bridge Club Incorporated
Financial data as at December 2024. 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.
- No chair designatedBoard of 20 with no chair designated on the register
- Reserves high for operating sizeReserves cover ~171 months of expenses on $436K revenue — very high for an operating charity this size
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.
$436.3K
$478.1K
$7.0M
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2024). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
The objects of the Club are those charitable objects and purposes which are recognised by the Courts of New Zealand, and (a) Teaching and providing facilities for playing bridge and other games of skill; (b) Promoting bridge tournaments and matches.
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Peer Comparison
Ranked against 111 peers · Education · $100K – $1M
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