Liger Leadership Academy Foundation — Education Charity in Queenstown

Liger Leadership Academy Foundation is a Charitable Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Queenstown, Queenstown. Annual revenue: $2.4M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.

Liger Leadership Academy Foundation files consolidated accounts that include Liger Leadership Academy NZ Limited (CC58288). Its revenue is largely the same money those registrations report, not additional income.

Mission: Advance education through comprehensive internationally competitive curriculum including project based learning and entrepreneurship.

Registration Number
CC58289
Charity Type
Charitable Trust
Registration Date
2020-08-24
Status
Active
Sector
Education
Location
Queenstown, Queenstown
Data as at
December 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$2.4M NZD
Total Expenses
$1.8M NZD
Total Assets
$1.4M NZD
Net Assets
$-1.2M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Financial Year End
2025-12-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$2.4M$1.8M$-1.2M
2024$1.7M$1.9M$-1.8M
2023$1.5M$1.7M$-1.6M
2022$0.5M$1.4M$-1.6M
2021$0.4M$0.9M$-0.8M
2020-$0.2M$-0.2M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (2)

NameRoleAppointed
Trevor GileTrustee2020-08-24
Jeffrey DiFazzioTrustee2020-08-20

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Liger Leadership Academy Foundation

CC58289Queenstown, QueenstownRegistered 24 Aug 2020
Data updated: 3 days ago
Financials9mo agoRating4d ago

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

NR
Not rated — Structural balance-sheet — standard template does not apply

This charity has reported liabilities exceeding assets for two or more consecutive years. That pattern is common and structural for retirement villages (occupation-right-agreement bonds recorded as liabilities), iwi treaty-settlement vehicles (future-obligation accruals), and infrastructure trusts with Crown loan principal — it does not indicate financial distress, but our standard reserve-months scoring template does not apply. The charity's figures are shown above.

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  • Small board structure
    2 current officers listed on the register — best-practice boards have 5+ members with separation of duties

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Revenue

$2.4M

Expenses

$1.8M

Assets

$1.4M

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

About

Mission

Advance education through comprehensive internationally competitive curriculum including project based learning and entrepreneurship.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young people

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$2.4M
Total Expenses
$1.8M
Net Assets
$-1.2M

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (6 Years)

Revenue Breakdown

Expense Breakdown

API Data

Based on annual return data. Detailed program/admin breakdown not available.

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
5.3mo
Could operate 5.3 months with zero revenue
Low reserves
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

30
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 7,003
High Concentration: 82% of revenue from Donations
Donations81.7%
Other18.1%
Investment Income0.1%

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
0
#37/63
Revenue
$2.4M
#32/63
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/63
Surplus
$632K
#7/63
Staff Cost %
62%
#63/63

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

Rating History

NR
2025
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 10 | Transparency: 65
Current
NR
2024
Score: N/A
Financial: 0 | Governance: 10 | Transparency: 65

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
10
Transparency
65
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Latest Audit

FY2025
Clean
3 years of audit history

Contact Details

Address
Queenstown, Queenstown

Registration

Registration NumberCC58289
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Registered24 Aug 2020
StatusRegistered

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Education
Activities
Provides buildings / facilities / open spaceProvides human resources (e.g. staff / volunteers)

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.