Southern Steam Train Charitable Trust — Arts & Culture Charity in Invercargill

Southern Steam Train Charitable Trust is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Invercargill, Invercargill. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $0.2M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.

Mission: To establish and provide a repository on behalf of the people of Southland for all items of a railway interest or related interest and to restore, display and/or operate such items as may from time to time be acquired by the Trust.

Registration Number
CC53478
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2016-06-29
Status
Active
Sector
Arts & Culture
Location
Invercargill, Invercargill
Email
lindsay.buckingham@xtra.co.nz
Funder Status
Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
Data as at
March 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Other charities

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.2M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.0M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-03-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.2M$0.0M-
2024$0.1M$0.0M-
2023$0.1M$0.0M-
2022$0.2M$0.0M-
2021$0.0M$0.0M-
2020$0.0M$0.0M-
2019$0.0M$0.0M-
2018$0.0M$0.0M$0.0M
2017$0.0M$0.0M$0.0M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (6)

NameRoleAppointed
George KingTrustee/executive Officer2026-06-21
Roger BeattieTrustee/executive Officer2022-01-28
Peter McMillanTrustee/executive Officer2022-01-28
Duncan RobbieTreasurer2018-02-15
Darryl KensingtonSecretary2018-02-15
Lindsay BuckinghamChair2015-11-17

Former Officers (5)

  • Bryan Campbell — Secretary (departed 2016-12-20)
  • Myles Manihera — Trustee (departed 2022-02-02)
  • Jens Jensen — Trustee |executive Officer (departed 2018-03-31)
  • Joan Scarlet — Trustee | Executive Officer (departed 2018-01-31)
  • Timothy Shadbolt — Patron (departed 2026-01-08)

Funding Sources

  • ILT Foundation — $80,000
  • Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $40,000
  • The Lion Foundation — $10,000

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Southern Steam Train Charitable Trust

CC53478Invercargill, InvercargillRegistered 29 Jun 2016
Data updated: 4 days ago
Financials31 Mar 2025Ratingyesterday

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

NR
Not rated — Volunteer / community organisation

Small volunteer-led organisations are not letter-graded: the standard financial template does not fit entities without paid staff, large revenue, or significant government funding. The charity's filed figures are shown above.

How ratings work →
Revenue

$159.6K

Expenses

$12.5K

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

Funder Profile

Grantmaker

This organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.

Funding Sectors
General
Beneficiaries
General Public
Geographic Focus
Southland

About

Mission

To establish and provide a repository on behalf of the people of Southland for all items of a railway interest or related interest and to restore, display and/or operate such items as may from time to time be acquired by the Trust.

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleFamily / whanauGeneral publicOther charities

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$159.6K
Total Expenses
$12.5K
Net Assets
-
Volunteers
0

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (9 Years)

Revenue Breakdown

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
53.8mo
Could operate 53.8 months with zero revenue
Over-capitalized
Fundraising Cost
-
No fundraising data
No data

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Revenue Diversification

7
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 9,324
High Concentration: 97% of revenue from Other
Other96.5%
Donations3.4%
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 117 peers · Arts & Culture · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
0
#29/118
Revenue
$160K
#84/118
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/118
Surplus
$147K
#11/118
Staff Cost %
0%
#1/118

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

Address
Invercargill, Invercargill

Registration

Registration NumberCC53478
Entity TypeTrust
Registered29 Jun 2016
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated25 Nov 2015
Registered office
C/O Preston Russell Law 45 Yarrow Street Invercargill 9810, Invercargill

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Arts & Culture
Activities
Provides advice / information / advocacyProvides human resources (e.g. staff / volunteers)Sponsors / undertakes researchOther - Acts an Umbrella body

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