New Zealand Bridge Foundation — Education Charity in Palmerston North
New Zealand Bridge Foundation is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Palmerston North, Palmerston North. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity C (62.5/100). Annual revenue: $0.0M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at March 2025.
Mission: To support bridge players, volunteers, teachers and coaches at all levels; from encouraging more young people to learn the game through to the care and support of our senior citizens
- Registration Number
- CC43920
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2010-03-29
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C (62.5/100)
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Palmerston North, Palmerston North
- secretary@nzbridge.co.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (foundation)
- Data as at
- March 2025
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.0M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.0M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.5M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.5M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.5M |
| 2024 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2023 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2022 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2021 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2020 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2019 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.3M |
| 2018 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2017 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2016 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C
- Overall Score
- 62.5/100
- Financial Score
- 90
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
Red Flags
- 4 trustees of this charity also sit on multiple other charity boards — concentrated trustee bandwidth may warrant board-skill-mix review.
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (17)
- Elizabeth Rowe — Trustee
- Richard Solomon — Trustee
- Edward Crombie — Trustee
- Angela Royle — Trustee (departed 2024-10-15)
- Derek Evennett — Chair (departed 2024-04-29)
- Dennis McKinlay — Trustee
- Peter Bowyer — Trustee (departed 2024-10-23)
- Jonathan Westoby — Trustee
- John Skipper — Trustee (departed 2018-03-31)
- Allan Morris — Chair (departed 2017-03-31)
- Kay Nicholas — Trustee (departed 2020-11-17)
- Karen Martelletti — Trustee (departed 2015-03-31)
- Anthony Thomson — Trustee (departed 2015-09-01)
- John Wignall — Chair (departed 2018-07-02)
- Krishna Wooles — Trustee (departed 2011-04-17)
- Arleen Schwartz — Trustee (departed 2011-12-31)
- Josephine Clark — Trustee (departed 2015-08-27)
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New Zealand Bridge Foundation
Financial data as at March 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
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 designatedBoard of 5 with no chair designated on the register
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$40.4K
$38.9K
$453.9K
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Endowment Foundation
Special Entity TypeThis 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.
Funder Profile
GrantmakerThis organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.
About
To support bridge players, volunteers, teachers and coaches at all levels; from encouraging more young people to learn the game through to the care and support of our senior citizens
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Revenue Diversification
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Peer Comparison
Ranked against 336 peers · Education · Under $100K
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