Southland Multiple Sclerosis Society Incorporated — Education Charity in Invercargill
Southland Multiple Sclerosis Society Incorporated is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Invercargill, Invercargill. Annual revenue: $0.2M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: We provide support, advocacy and education services to our client members and their families affected by a progressive neurological condition that for them both is life-changing and life-long.
- Registration Number
- CC21742
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-03-12
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Invercargill, Invercargill
- info@mssouthland.org.nz
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Family / whanau, General public, People with disabilities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.1M NZD
- Net Assets
- $1.0M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 3
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $1.0M |
| 2024 | $0.7M | $0.2M | $1.0M |
| 2023 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.5M |
| 2022 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.5M |
| 2021 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.5M |
| 2020 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.5M |
| 2019 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.5M |
| 2018 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $0.5M |
| 2017 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.3M |
| 2016 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.4M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (10)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Rodgers | Committee Member | 2026-06-22 |
| Robin Laing | Committee Member | 2026-06-22 |
| Andrew Boon | Committee Member | 2026-06-22 |
| Nicola Brandsen | Chair | 2025-06-16 |
| Desiree O'Sullivan | Committee Member | 2025-06-16 |
| Trudy Stevenson | Committee Member | 2025-06-16 |
| Lynda Hampton | Committee Member | 2023-07-17 |
| Kane Woodward | Committee Member | 2023-05-15 |
| Amy Johnston | Committee Member | 2023-05-15 |
| Gordan Georgel | Committee Member | 1963-11-03 |
Former Officers (42)
- Teressa Laughton — Committee Member (departed 2026-06-24)
- Brooke Woodward — Committee Member (departed 2025-06-16)
- Brent Read — Vice Chairperson (departed 2026-06-22)
- Paul Cotter — Committee Member (departed 2022-10-17)
- Magali Steffens-Barbaroux — Committee Member (departed 2023-05-15)
- Kathryn Cree — Committee Member (departed 2023-05-15)
- Diane Read — Committee Member (departed 2025-06-16)
- Phillip Botting — Committee Member (departed 2025-09-19)
- Dianne Cripps — Committee Member (departed 2023-05-15)
- Sherwyn Parmenter — Committee Member (departed 2023-05-15)
- Paul Ereckson — Committee Member (departed 2022-06-20)
- Ian Lindsay — Committee Member (departed 2021-05-17)
- Joanne Jennings — Committee Member (departed 2021-05-17)
- Maureen Williams — Committee Member (departed 2020-07-20)
- Richard Hay — Chair (departed 2021-05-17)
- John Prendergast — Committee Member (departed 2018-08-11)
- Lynette Jenkins — Committee Member (departed 2023-05-15)
- Blair Mayhew — Committee Member (departed 2018-04-16)
- Dorothy Bulling — Vice Chairperson (departed 2020-07-20)
- Allistair Hitchcock — Committee Person (departed 2013-03-17)
Funding Sources
- ILT Foundation — $35,000
- The Trusts Community Foundation — $10,000
- The Trusts Community Foundation Limited — $5,000
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $5,000
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $5,000
- The Trusts Community Foundation — $5,000
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Southland Multiple Sclerosis Society Incorporated
Financial data as at December 2025. 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.)
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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We provide support, advocacy and education services to our client members and their families affected by a progressive neurological condition that for them both is life-changing and life-long.
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Ranked against 132 peers · Education · $100K – $1M
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