Southern Steam Train Charitable Trust — Education Charity in Invercargill
Southern Steam Train Charitable Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Invercargill, Invercargill. Annual revenue: $0.0M NZD. Financial data as at March 2026.
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
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2016-06-29
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Invercargill, Invercargill
- lindsay.buckingham@xtra.co.nz
- Data as at
- March 2026
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Other charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.0M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.0M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Financial Year End
- 2026-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 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)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| George King | Trustee/executive Officer | 2026-06-21 |
| Roger Beattie | Trustee/executive Officer | 2022-01-28 |
| Peter McMillan | Trustee/executive Officer | 2022-01-28 |
| Duncan Robbie | Treasurer | 2018-02-15 |
| Darryl Kensington | Secretary | 2018-02-15 |
| Lindsay Buckingham | Chair | 2015-11-17 |
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
- Lion Foundation — $5,000
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Southern Steam Train Charitable Trust
Financial data as at March 2026. Sourced from Charities Services register.
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 →$11.9K
$9.0K
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2026). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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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.
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