Desert Spring Ministries Trust — Health Charity in Hamilton
Desert Spring Ministries Trust is a Trust charity in the Health sector, based in Hamilton, Hamilton. Annual revenue: $0.6M NZD. Financial data as at March 2026.
Mission: Desert Spring Ministries is a Community Trust under the Charitable Trust Act. Incorporation Date, 2 December 1991, registration Number, 517138. The Trust was formed to meet the requirements of the Desert Spring Trust Deed, which endeavours to assist need in the Fairfield/Enderley suburbs with the vision of Healthy Communities and Environments.
- Registration Number
- CC21306
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-02-21
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Health
- Location
- Hamilton, Hamilton
- admin@dsmt.org.nz
- Data as at
- March 2026
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.6M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.5M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.5M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.2M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 12
- Financial Year End
- 2026-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.6M | $0.5M | $0.2M |
| 2025 | $0.5M | $0.4M | $0.2M |
| 2024 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.2M |
| 2023 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2022 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2021 | $0.2M | $0.1M | $0.1M |
| 2020 | $0.2M | $0.1M | $0.1M |
| 2019 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M |
| 2018 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M |
| 2017 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (4)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Winifred Lewis | Trustee | 2026-02-10 |
| Eric Davies | Trustee | 2026-02-10 |
| Stephanie Chernishov | Trustee | 2020-09-28 |
| Joanne Waugh | Trustee | 2016-06-08 |
Former Officers (23)
- Madison Jeffrey — Trustee (departed 2026-08-05)
- Jim Ennion — Trustee (departed 2024-11-26)
- Dominique Tamihana — Trustee (departed 2024-02-19)
- Nitika Ennion — Trustee (departed 2023-04-03)
- Ross Freeman — Trustee (departed 2020-12-15)
- Ben Farnworth — Treasurer (departed 2020-12-15)
- Karen Uttley — Trustee (departed 2019-04-01)
- Claire Jones — Trustee (departed 2018-08-06)
- Michael Kirkby-Sing — Trustee (departed 2015-12-31)
- Christine White — Trustee (departed 2016-02-04)
- Ianthe Weir — Trustee (departed 2017-08-23)
- Richard Francis — Trustee (departed 2015-03-04)
- Stuart Crook — Trustee (departed 2015-12-31)
- John Dale — Trustee (departed 2026-02-10)
- Ray Astwood — Trustee (departed 2010-12-12)
- Valerie Toft — Trustee (departed 2013-04-23)
- Neville Miller — Treasurer (departed 2012-04-26)
- Carolyn Van Kampen — Trustee (departed 2010-06-15)
- Valerie Morgan — Trustee (departed 2013-02-28)
- Kathy Brown — Trustee (departed 2010-12-12)
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Desert Spring Ministries Trust
Financial data as at March 2026. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Charities Services Tier 3 reporting allows charities under $2M revenue to file a simple-format annual return rather than audited financial statements. The return reports totals but not the program/administration split or the line-item detail our template needs. No red flags were detected in what was filed, and revenue is below the $2M Tier 2 boundary where audited accounts become mandatory. A letter grade is withheld rather than assigning one that would be driven by the template-fit, not the charity's operations. The charity's filed figures are shown above, and any structural concerns a donor would want to look at are surfaced separately. (v3.3 — aligned with Charities Services tier boundary; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)
How ratings work →Reasons to look carefully (1)
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- No chair recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 4. 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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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2026). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
Desert Spring Ministries is a Community Trust under the Charitable Trust Act. Incorporation Date, 2 December 1991, registration Number, 517138. The Trust was formed to meet the requirements of the Desert Spring Trust Deed, which endeavours to assist need in the Fairfield/Enderley suburbs with the vision of Healthy Communities and Environments.
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