Happiness House Trust — Social Services Charity in Queenstown
Happiness House Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Social Services sector, based in Queenstown, Queenstown. Annual revenue: $0.5M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: Happiness House is a community based, non-profit organisation that provides services to the Whakatipu District. Happiness House provides a wide variety of services, from community activities and a place to connect, through to advocacy and support navigation. All held within a warm, welcoming, and inclusive homelike environment open to the whole Whakatipu community. Happiness House has close relationships with Community Mental Health, Plunket, PACT, Counsellors, Salvation Army, Budget Advice, Big Buddy Programme, Central Lake Family Services, Headlight Trust and Mana Tahuna.
- Registration Number
- CC11023
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2007-09-04
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Social Services
- Location
- Queenstown, Queenstown
- info@happinesshouse.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Migrants / refugees
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.5M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.3M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.5M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.5M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 5
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.5M | $0.3M | $0.5M |
| 2024 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.3M |
| 2023 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.4M |
| 2022 | $0.2M | $0.3M | $0.3M |
| 2021 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $0.3M |
| 2020 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.3M |
| 2019 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.2M |
| 2018 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.2M |
| 2017 | $0.1M | $0.2M | $0.2M |
| 2016 | $0.2M | $0.1M | $0.2M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (6)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Simon Whitfield | Treasurer | 2025-10-14 |
| Kerry Harper | Trustee | 2025-06-10 |
| Jennifer Geale | Trustee | 2025-02-11 |
| Mark Sommerville | Trustee | 2024-02-15 |
| Megan Wallace | Trustee | 2022-05-10 |
| Christine Fitzpatrick | Trustee | 2020-09-14 |
Former Officers (14)
- Phil Jones — Trustee (departed 2026-07-21)
- Alastair McIlwrick — Trustee (departed 2024-12-09)
- Tony Attenborough — Trustee (departed 2020-08-19)
- Jo Moore — Trustee (departed 2016-06-09)
- Heather Smith — Trustee (departed 2024-11-15)
- Carolyn Terpstra — Trustee (departed 2023-11-15)
- Nanette Benington — Trustee (departed 2013-11-04)
- Caroline Hutchison — Trustee (departed 2021-11-30)
- Linley Hanson — Trustee (departed 2011-02-14)
- Erna Spijkerbosch — Trustee (departed 2008-12-17)
- Verona Cournane — Trustee (departed 2024-06-13)
- Margrietje Vander Zdet — Trustee (departed 2011-12-25)
- Bryan Cecil Douglas — Trustee (departed 2009-06-06)
- Angela Mary Dolan — Trustee (departed 2011-12-20)
Funding Sources
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $20,000
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $15,000
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Happiness House Trust
Financial data as at June 2025. 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)
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 registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 6. 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 (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
Happiness House is a community based, non-profit organisation that provides services to the Whakatipu District. Happiness House provides a wide variety of services, from community activities and a place to connect, through to advocacy and support navigation. All held within a warm, welcoming, and inclusive homelike environment open to the whole Whakatipu community. Happiness House has close relationships with Community Mental Health, Plunket, PACT, Counsellors, Salvation Army, Budget Advice, Big Buddy Programme, Central Lake Family Services, Headlight Trust and Mana Tahuna.
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