Christ's College Canterbury — Education Charity in Christchurch
Christ's College Canterbury is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Christchurch, Christchurch. CharityData rates this charity B+ (82.5/100). Annual revenue: $30.5M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at January 2026.
Mission: Provision of education
- Registration Number
- CC21589
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-03-05
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- B+ (82.5/100)
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Christchurch, Christchurch
- leigh.stratford@christscollege.com
- Data as at
- January 2026
Beneficiaries: Children / young people
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $30.5M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $32.8M NZD
- Total Assets
- $155.5M NZD
- Net Assets
- $141.9M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.1 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 151
- Financial Year End
- 2026-01-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $30.5M | $32.8M | $141.9M |
| 2025 | $29.9M | $33.0M | $136.7M |
| 2024 | $30.5M | $27.5M | $131.3M |
| 2023 | $23.7M | $28.2M | $125.9M |
| 2022 | $31.2M | $24.9M | $129.1M |
| 2021 | $22.7M | $23.9M | $118.0M |
| 2020 | $24.2M | $24.6M | $118.0M |
| 2019 | $19.3M | $25.1M | $117.9M |
| 2018 | $23.8M | $24.6M | $122.6M |
| 2017 | $30.1M | $25.4M | $121.4M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- B+
- Overall Score
- 82.5/100
- Financial Score
- 100
- Governance Score
- 75
- Transparency Score
- 85
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 (1)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Angus McKenzie | Trustee | 2025-04-03 |
Former Officers (38)
- Leigh-Anne Stratford — Board Secretary
- Amanda Johnston — Trustee
- Oliver Hickman — Trustee
- Murray Harrington — Trustee
- Mark Cox — Trustee
- Richard Rookes — Trustee (departed 2024-07-04)
- Timothy Kerr — Trustee
- Gillian Simpson — Board-Member-Deputy-Chair
- Robert McFarlane — Board Secretary (departed 2025-01-31)
- Catherine McMillan — Trustee (departed 2021-07-29)
- Jeremy Johnson — Board-Member-Chair
- Steven Kelsen — Board Secretary (departed 2019-09-08)
- Mary Devine — Trustee (departed 2021-12-02)
- David Surveyor — Trustee (departed 2022-07-07)
- Hugh Lindo — Trustee (departed 2024-12-10)
- Trevor Burt — Trustee (departed 2022-12-08)
- Thomas Elworthy — Trustee (departed 2017-05-04)
- Peter Davie — Trustee (departed 2019-12-05)
- George Town — Trustee (departed 2019-12-05)
- Laraine Sharr — Trustee (departed 2016-07-31)
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Leadership Team / Executive | Senior Leadership Team / Executive | $1,719,000 | 2024 |
| Senior Leadership Team / Executive | Executive Officers | $1,719,000 | 2025 |
| Senior Leadership Team / Executive | Executive Officers | $1,719,000 | - |
| Chair of Board of Governors | Chair of Board of Governors | $35,000 | - |
| Chair of Board of Governors | Chair of Board of Governors | $35,000 | 2025 |
| Chair of Board of Governors | Chair of Board of Governors | $35,000 | 2024 |
| Hugh Lindo | Chair of Board of Governors | $35,000 | 2022 |
| Hugh Lindo | Chair of Board of Governors | $35,000 | 2021 |
| Other Board of Governors (unpaid) | Board of Governors | $0 | - |
| Other Board of Governors (unpaid) | Board of Governors | $0 | 2024 |
| Board/Trustees (unpaid) | Other Board of Governors | $0 | 2024 |
| Other Board of Governors (unpaid) | Board of Governors | $0 | 2025 |
| Hugh Lindo | Chair | - | 2024 |
| Maxwell John Dixon | Engagement Partner | - | 2025 |
Major Funders and Contracts (FY2021)
As disclosed in Christ's College Canterbury's annual report.
- Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of Education — $2,223,000 (9.3% of revenue) — Government grants for eligible students
Service Providers
- Pricewaterhouse Coopers
- Telfer Young
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Christ's College Canterbury
Financial data as at January 2026. Sourced from Charities Services register.
$30.5M
$32.8M
$155.5M
151
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2026). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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