Early Education Waikato Limited — Education Charity in Hamilton

Early Education Waikato Limited is a Charitable Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Hamilton, Hamilton. CharityData rates this charity B- (70.8/100). Annual revenue: $6.0M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.

Mission: Provide and promote education in any of its forms for the benefit of preschool children and establish early education Centres in and around the Waikato District.

Registration Number
CC11240
Charity Type
Charitable Trust
Registration Date
2007-09-30
Status
Active
CharityData Rating
B- (70.8/100)
Sector
Education
Location
Hamilton, Hamilton
Email
wka@kindergarten.org.nz
Data as at
June 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$6.0M NZD
Total Expenses
$1.4M NZD
Total Assets
$11.7M NZD
Net Assets
$10.3M NZD
Reserve Months
99.5 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
149
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-06-30

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$6.0M$1.4M$10.3M
2024$5.8M$1.4M$8.4M
2023$14.2M$1.0M$7.7M
2022$11.9M$0.8M$12.7M
2021$4.8M$11.2M$5.5M
2020$11.0M$9.6M$4.8M
2019$3.8M$8.9M$3.2M
2018$3.5M$7.9M$3.6M
2017$3.4M$7.8M$3.1M
2016$3.4M$7.4M$2.1M

CharityData Rating

Overall Grade
B-
Overall Score
70.8/100
Financial Score
77.5
Governance Score
55
Transparency Score
65

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (4)

NameRoleAppointed
Teresa FlemingDirector2025-05-12
Jonathan PeartDirector2019-02-21
Caren YaprakDirector2016-05-02
Peter RogersDirector2007-07-25

Former Officers (3)

  • Tess Fleming — Director (departed 2025-02-25)
  • Gordon Macmillan — Director (departed 2018-12-31)
  • Pamela Radakin — Director (departed 2015-12-09)

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Early Education Waikato Limited

CC11240Hamilton, HamiltonRegistered 30 Sept 2007
Data updated: 4 days ago
Financials30 Jun 2025Rating4d ago

Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.

B-
71/100
Financial
78
Governance
55
Transparency
65

Reasons to look carefully (3)

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 register
    No 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.
  • Government-funding concentration
    173% of latest-year revenue came from government grants — single-stream dependency
  • Same audit firm for many years
    Same audit firm (KPMG) for 10 consecutive years — best practice rotates audit firms periodically to refresh independent oversight

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.

Revenue

$6.0M

Expenses

$1.4M

Assets

$11.7M

Staff

149

Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.

Endowment Foundation

Special Entity Type

This is an endowment foundation that holds investments and provides grants. High reserves are expected and appropriate - this is not an operating charity.

Rating Note: Endowment foundations are rated using specialized criteria that recognize high reserves as appropriate. Metrics like grant distribution rate and investment returns are prioritized over program spending ratios.

About

Mission

Provide and promote education in any of its forms for the benefit of preschool children and establish early education Centres in and around the Waikato District.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young people

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$6.0M
Total Expenses
$1.4M
Net Assets
$10.3M
Staff
149
employees
Volunteers
0

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (17 Years)

Revenue Breakdown

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
99.5mo
Could operate 99.5 months with zero revenue
Over-capitalized
Fundraising Cost
-
No fundraising data
No data

Based on latest annual return data. Metrics are calculated from reported financial data and may not reflect the full picture. View methodology

Revenue Diversification

0
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 29,894
High Concentration: 173% of revenue from Government Grants
Government Grants172.9%

HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman Index) measures concentration across 6 income categories. Lower HHI = more diversified. Score above 60 indicates healthy diversification.

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 62 peers · Education · $1M – $10M

Rating Score
71
#24/63
Revenue
$6.0M
#8/63
Reserve Months
99.5
#1/63
Surplus
$4.6M
#1/63
Staff Cost %
0%
#1/63

Peers are charities in the same sector and revenue size band. Rankings are based on the latest available data.

Rating

B-
Score: 70.8/100
Financial
77.5
Governance
55
Transparency
65
Why this grade: Financial 78 × 40% + Governance 55 × 60% = 64 → B-.
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Latest Audit

FY2025
Clean
Auditor
KPMG
10 years of audit history

Contact Details

Address
Hamilton, Hamilton

Registration

Registration NumberCC11240
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Registered30 Sept 2007
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeNZ Limited Company
Incorporated23 May 2005
Company #1634630
Registered office
18 Puutikitiki Street, Hamilton East, Hamilton, 3216

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Education
Activities
Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

Data sourced from Charities Services register and publicly available annual returns. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. Scores are calculated using disclosed methodology and are analytical tools, not investment ratings or recommendations. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@charitydata.co.nz. For informational purposes only. Not investment advice. Last updated: 5 October 2026.