Selmes Garden Charitable Trust — Education Charity in Blenheim
Selmes Garden Charitable Trust is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Blenheim, Blenheim. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $0.5M NZD. Financial data as at March 2026.
Mission: The Trustees shall hold the trust property upon trust to employ it for any charitable purpose which the Trustees may from time to time in their absolute discretion select. The Trust shall be applied by the trustees principally for employment and training opportunities and the monetary grants for persons with New Zealand who are intellectually or physically disabled.
- Registration Number
- CC39672
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2009-04-30
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Blenheim, Blenheim
- Website
- www.selmes.co.nz
- chrissy@selmes.co.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
- Data as at
- March 2026
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people, Other charities, People with disabilities, Voluntary bodies other than charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.5M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.6M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.4M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.2M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 8
- Financial Year End
- 2026-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.5M | $0.6M | $0.2M |
| 2025 | $0.7M | $0.7M | $0.3M |
| 2024 | $0.9M | $0.9M | $0.3M |
| 2023 | $0.7M | $0.8M | $0.3M |
| 2022 | $0.8M | $0.7M | $0.3M |
| 2021 | $0.8M | $0.7M | $0.3M |
| 2020 | $0.7M | $0.7M | $0.2M |
| 2019 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.2M |
| 2018 | $0.6M | $0.7M | $0.1M |
| 2017 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.2M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (3)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Ngaire Phillips | Trustee | 2026-03-24 |
| Frederic Escalle | Trustee | 2026-03-24 |
| John Murphy | Trustee | 2026-03-24 |
Former Officers (24)
- Susan Ross — Trustee (departed 2026-08-25)
- Helene Marchant — Trustee
- Michael Wentworth — Trustee
- Yvonne Duff — Trustee
- Christopher Walbran — Trustee (departed 2025-06-26)
- Stephen Leitch — Trustee
- Ross Sinclair — Trustee
- Mark Lucas — Trustee (departed 2022-10-25)
- Deb Baxter — Trustee (departed 2021-07-29)
- Clare Pinder — Trustee (departed 2022-03-23)
- David Robinson — Trustee (departed 2022-03-23)
- Patricia Sheild — Trustee (departed 2022-03-23)
- Anthony Jordan — Trustee (departed 2018-03-31)
- Alice Taylor — Trustee (departed 2018-03-31)
- John Cuddon — Trustee (departed 2018-07-23)
- Gaye Williamson — Manager (departed 2022-03-23)
- Elizabeth Lichtnecker — Trustee (departed 2016-11-30)
- Stephen Riley — Trustee (departed 2015-07-27)
- Jane Butler — Trustee (departed 2015-07-27)
- Brian Creedy — Chair (departed 2015-07-27)
Funding Sources
- Pub Charity Limited — $15,445
- Pelorus Trust — $14,700
- Redwood Trust Incorporated — $9,000
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Selmes Garden Charitable Trust
Financial data as at March 2026. 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)
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- 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.
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The Trustees shall hold the trust property upon trust to employ it for any charitable purpose which the Trustees may from time to time in their absolute discretion select. The Trust shall be applied by the trustees principally for employment and training opportunities and the monetary grants for persons with New Zealand who are intellectually or physically disabled.
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