Living Springs Trust — Environment Charity in Lyttelton

Living Springs Trust is a Trust charity in the Environment sector, based in Lyttelton, Lyttelton. Annual revenue: $2.0M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.

Mission: To create a high quality environment that provides schools, community groups a place to hold an event or camp. Living Springs is also focused on restoring and healing the land and natural habitats that surround the camp.

Registration Number
CC37397
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2008-06-30
Status
Active
Sector
Environment
Location
Lyttelton, Lyttelton
Website
http://www.livingsprings.co.nz
Email
accounts@livingsprings.co.nz
Data as at
March 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Religious groups

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$2.0M NZD
Total Expenses
$2.2M NZD
Total Assets
$6.0M NZD
Net Assets
$3.5M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Staff Count
20
Volunteers
1
Financial Year End
2025-03-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$2.0M$2.2M$3.5M
2024$3.2M$2.9M$3.4M
2023$2.5M$2.5M$5.6M
2022$1.8M$1.9M$5.6M
2021$1.5M$1.5M$5.7M
2020$1.7M$1.7M$5.7M
2019$1.8M$2.0M$5.7M
2018$1.8M$1.8M$5.8M
2017$2.5M$1.7M$5.9M
2016$3.0M$1.8M$5.1M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (1)

NameRoleAppointed
Simon ThompsonChair2025-12-04

Former Officers (16)

  • Catherine Blockley — Trustee
  • Tui Wagstaff — Trustee
  • Jolyon White — Trustee (departed 2025-12-04)
  • David Morrow — Trustee
  • Paul Cowey — Trustee
  • Kenneth Lord — Trustee (departed 2024-02-01)
  • Tessa Dodge — Trustee (departed 2015-06-01)
  • Paul Morrow — Trustee (departed 2024-02-01)
  • Michael Dodge — Trustee (departed 2009-07-09)
  • John Down — Trustee (departed 2024-02-01)
  • Joanne Down — Trustee (departed 2024-02-01)
  • Valerie Roxburgh — Trustee (departed 2024-02-01)
  • Roger Roxburgh — Trustee (departed 2024-02-01)
  • David Down — Trustee (departed 2024-02-01)
  • Anne Morrow — Trustee (departed 2024-02-01)
  • Edna Down — Trustee (departed 2022-02-10)

Funding Sources

  • Pub Charity Limited — $27,592.15
  • Mainland Foundation Limited — $25,124
  • Lion Foundation — $20,000
  • Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $5,000

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Living Springs Trust

CC37397Lyttelton, LytteltonRegistered 30 Jun 2008
Data updated: 2 days ago
Financials31 Mar 2025Rating2d ago

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

NR
Not rated — Summary-form filing — not enough detail to grade

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 →
Revenue

$2.0M

Expenses

$2.2M

Assets

$6.0M

Staff

20

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

About

Mission

To create a high quality environment that provides schools, community groups a place to hold an event or camp. Living Springs is also focused on restoring and healing the land and natural habitats that surround the camp.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleGeneral publicReligious groups

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$2.0M
Total Expenses
$2.2M
Net Assets
$3.5M
Staff
20
employees
Volunteers
1

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (17 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
1.3mo
Could operate 1.3 months with zero revenue
Critical
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

11
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 8,867
High Concentration: 94% of revenue from Other
Other94.1%
Government Grants2.3%
Investment Income2.3%
Donations1.3%

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

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 48 peers · Environment · $1M – $10M

Rating Score
0
#29/49
Revenue
$2.0M
#25/49
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/49
Surplus
$-260K
#46/49
Staff Cost %
51%
#49/49

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

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
30
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Registration

Registration NumberCC37397
Entity TypeTrust
Registered30 Jun 2008
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated8 Aug 1973
Registered office
218 Bamfords Road, Rd1, Lyttelton

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Environment
Activities
Provides buildings / facilities / open space

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: 28 September 2026.