Waikato Kindergarten Association — Education Charity in Hamilton
Waikato Kindergarten Association is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Hamilton, Hamilton. CharityData rates this charity A- (86.4/100). Annual revenue: $25.9M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: Provide and promote education in any of its forms for the benefit of preschool children and establish early education centres, including kindergartens in and around the Waikato District.
- Registration Number
- CC10810
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2007-08-08
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- A- (86.4/100)
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Hamilton, Hamilton
- wka@kindergarten.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Other charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $25.9M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $21.9M NZD
- Total Assets
- $38.4M NZD
- Net Assets
- $36.4M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 5.2 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 204
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $25.9M | $21.9M | $36.4M |
| 2024 | $23.5M | $20.7M | $32.5M |
| 2023 | $19.4M | $18.6M | $29.4M |
| 2022 | $18.2M | $17.2M | $28.5M |
| 2021 | $18.6M | $17.7M | $27.5M |
| 2020 | $17.1M | $15.9M | $26.4M |
| 2019 | $15.9M | $14.8M | $25.0M |
| 2018 | $15.8M | $14.3M | $23.9M |
| 2017 | $16.0M | $14.1M | $22.4M |
| 2016 | $14.6M | $13.3M | $20.5M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- A-
- Overall Score
- 86.4/100
- Financial Score
- 95.6
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 85
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (20)
- Donald Pohatu — Trustee
- Todd Pemberton — Trustee
- Kara House — Trustee
- Teresa Fleming — Trustee
- Alexandria Till — Trustee
- Jonathan Peart — Trustee
- Emma Kane — Trustee (departed 2016-05-18)
- Caren Yaprak — Trustee
- Lorena Morris — Trustee (departed 2013-07-31)
- Wendy Flintoff-baker — Trustee (departed 2014-09-17)
- Amanda Beatson — Trustee (departed 2025-02-25)
- Jennifer Burns — Trustee (departed 2022-12-31)
- Gordon Macmillan — Trustee (departed 2008-12-31)
- Eleanor Wilder — Trustee (departed 2008-12-31)
- Pamela Radakin — Trustee (departed 2015-12-09)
- Valerie Langley — Trustee (departed 2009-12-31)
- Te Hapuku Rikiriki — Trustee (departed 2024-12-31)
- Robert Simcock — Trustee (departed 2009-12-31)
- Leanne Salisbury — Trustee (departed 2011-12-23)
- Peter Rogers — Trustee
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior management | Key Management Personnel | $1,237,756 | - |
| Senior management | Key Management Personnel | $1,237,756 | 2025 |
| Association senior management | Senior Management | $1,134,333 | 2025 |
| Trustees and directors | Trustee/Director | $0 | 2025 |
| Trustees and directors | Trustee/Director | $0 | - |
| Unknown | Trustee - Partner of Deloitte | - | 2023 |
| Unknown | Trustee | - | 2025 |
| Unknown | Trustee (Partner of Harkness Henry) | - | 2021 |
| Not disclosed | Trustee | - | 2024 |
Major Funders and Contracts (FY2025)
As disclosed in Waikato Kindergarten Association's annual report.
- Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of Education — $30,200,773 (72% of revenue) — Bulk funding income
Service Providers
- Murray Dunn
- Deloitte
- Deloitte
- Deloitte
- Harkness Henry
- Harkness Henry
- Harkness Henry
- Harkness Henry
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Waikato Kindergarten Association
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (2)
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 recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 8. 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.
- Same audit firm for many yearsSame audit firm (KPMG) for 10 consecutive years — best practice rotates audit firms periodically to refresh independent oversight
Each signal is a data-driven observation, not a judgement. They fire automatically from the figures filed with Charities Services. A charity can address any of these by filing fuller disclosure or updating its officer register. Methodology: /about/methodology/concern-signals.
$25.9M
$21.9M
$38.4M
204
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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Provide and promote education in any of its forms for the benefit of preschool children and establish early education centres, including kindergartens in and around the Waikato District.
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