Advance Ashburton Community Foundation — Community Development Charity in Ashburton
Advance Ashburton Community Foundation is a Charitable Trust charity in the Community Development sector, based in Ashburton, Ashburton. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $4.1M NZD. Financial data as at March 2015.
Mission: Advance Ashburton Community Foundation's purpose and mission is to receive donations from generous people and organisations, to hold those funds invested in a properly managed portfolio, making grants from income that strengthen social services and other not for profit sectors operating primarily in the Ashburton District. We do this to make the Ashburton District a better place, forever.
- Registration Number
- CC28482
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Community Development
- Location
- Ashburton, Ashburton
- info@advanceashburton.org.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (community_trust)
- Data as at
- March 2015
Beneficiaries: Animals, Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Migrants / refugees, Older people, Other charities, People with disabilities, Religious groups
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $4.1M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Assets
- $9.3M NZD
- Net Assets
- $9.3M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Volunteers
- 14
- Financial Year End
- 2015-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $4.1M | $0.2M | $9.3M |
| 2014 | $1.9M | $0.2M | $5.4M |
| 2013 | $0.9M | $0.1M | $3.7M |
| 2012 | $2.1M | $0.1M | $3.0M |
| 2011 | $0.4M | $0.0M | $0.9M |
| 2010 | $0.2M | $0.0M | $0.6M |
| 2009 | $0.3M | $0.0M | $0.4M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (9)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Liz McMillan | Trustee | 2025-12-18 |
| Bill Thomas | Trustee | 2024-10-10 |
| Eleanor Marr | Trustee | 2022-04-26 |
| Alister Argyle | Trustee | 2022-02-14 |
| Ross Gibson | Trustee | 2020-08-17 |
| Neil Brown | Trustee | 2020-02-17 |
| Mark Scammell | Trustee | 2020-02-17 |
| Nicola Webster | Trustee | 2016-02-22 |
| Christopher Wylie | Trustee | 2016-02-22 |
Former Officers (18)
- Timothy Silva — Trustee (departed 2021-12-13)
- David Keeley — Trustee (departed 2023-03-20)
- Donna Favel — Trustee (departed 2019-10-12)
- Jack Allan — Trustee (departed 2019-11-25)
- Joanne Taylor — Trustee (departed 2021-01-25)
- Mary Ross — Trustee (departed 2025-12-15)
- Gary Fail — Trustee (departed 2020-12-17)
- Philip Mckendry — Trustee (departed 2015-03-31)
- Trevor Croy — Trustee (departed 2020-12-17)
- Angus Mckay — Trustee (departed 2016-11-07)
- Lucy Fleming — Trustee (departed 2017-02-01)
- Susan Newman — Trustee (departed 2008-11-24)
- Laurence Killoh Cooney — Trustee/deputy Chairman (departed 2012-11-23)
- Kevin James Geddes — Trustee (departed 2016-05-30)
- Graham Bruce Rodertson — Trustee (departed 2011-07-20)
- Elizabeth Catriona Ashford — Board Member/trustee (departed 2024-12-24)
- Michael Bede O'Malley — Trustee (departed 2010-11-17)
- David Neil Sinclair — Chairman/trustee (departed 2015-12-31)
Reporting Group Members
Advance Ashburton Community Foundation files a consolidated Annual Return jointly with 2 sibling charities:
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Advance Ashburton Community Foundation
Financial data as at March 2015. Sourced from Charities Services register.
This charity is a member of a Charities Services reporting group — its parent charity files one consolidated annual return covering the whole group. Because the member's individual return is empty by design (the financial data lives at the parent level), there's nothing on the member's own books for the standard scorecard to measure. The relevant rating, financial figures, and red flags are on the parent charity's profile — follow the link above to see them. The member is part of an ACTIVE filing group; this is not the same as "stale" or "dormant".
How ratings work →$4.1M
$228.1K
$9.3M
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2015). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Endowment Foundation
Special Entity TypeThis is an endowment foundation that holds investments and provides grants. High reserves are expected and appropriate - this is not an operating charity.
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About
Advance Ashburton Community Foundation's purpose and mission is to receive donations from generous people and organisations, to hold those funds invested in a properly managed portfolio, making grants from income that strengthen social services and other not for profit sectors operating primarily in the Ashburton District. We do this to make the Ashburton District a better place, forever.
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Ranked against 52 peers · Community Development · $1M – $10M
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