Baptist Student Hostel Palmerston North — Community Development Charity in Palmerston North
Baptist Student Hostel Palmerston North is a Charitable Trust charity in the Community Development sector, based in Palmerston North, Palmerston North. Annual revenue: $0.5M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: The Hostel mission is to:- 1/. To provide direction and resources which will enable the Churches through the Trust to minister to the local community by seeking to meet the social, emotional,physical, spiritual and educational needs of the people of their local communities. 2/.To establish such service centres, programmes and facilities which will enable the Trustees to provide appropriate community social services. 3/.To alleviate the difficulties of those experiencing hardships of whatever kind, including financial hardship and to bring relief through whatever means are available. 4/.To initiate, establish and administer community and social services for people of all ages who for any reason are in need of care counselling or assistance. 5/. To carry out such other charitable purposes within New Zealand as the trustees shall determine.
- Registration Number
- CC25921
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-15
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Community Development
- Location
- Palmerston North, Palmerston North
- info@bsh.nz
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Religious groups
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.5M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.4M NZD
- Total Assets
- $5.4M NZD
- Net Assets
- $5.3M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 5
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.5M | $0.4M | $5.3M |
| 2024 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $4.5M |
| 2023 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $5.8M |
| 2022 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $5.8M |
| 2021 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $5.8M |
| 2020 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $1.6M |
| 2019 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $1.6M |
| 2018 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $1.5M |
| 2017 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $1.5M |
| 2016 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $1.5M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (6)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Lucas Abbott | Trustee | 2025-02-18 |
| May Dabb | Trustee | 2025-01-21 |
| Brent Norrish | Trustee | 2023-05-04 |
| Josiah Gamaliel Sosmena Sosmena | Trustee | 2023-05-04 |
| Lesley Fail | Trustee | 2022-03-21 |
| James Anderson | Trustee | 2016-10-18 |
Former Officers (24)
- Alison Adams — Trustee (departed 2025-11-18)
- Alastair Schaw — Trustee (departed 2026-03-17)
- Yvonne Stevenson — Trustee (departed 2020-12-31)
- Carol van den Berg — Trustee (departed 2018-09-17)
- Helen Aim — Trustee (departed 2021-03-31)
- Stephen Holden — Trustee (departed 2016-04-18)
- Garry Aiken — Individual (departed 2016-07-18)
- Terry Southern — Trustee (departed 2022-12-31)
- Gavin Jensen — Treasurer (departed 2015-02-28)
- Megan Jensen — Trustee (departed 2015-02-28)
- Geoffrey Dixon — Chair (departed 2026-03-31)
- Mark Cullen — Trustee (departed 2018-12-31)
- Jane Wilkinson — Secretary (departed 2013-11-18)
- Kevin Clelannd — Trustee (departed 2013-11-18)
- Krissy Marshall — Trustee (departed 2016-03-14)
- Roger Parry — Trustee (departed 2013-06-26)
- Ian King — Trustee (departed 2013-06-26)
- Rodger Scoones — Chairperson/ Trustee (departed 2013-06-26)
- Elva Cooper — Trustee (departed 2011-06-21)
- Keith Olson — Secretary/ Trustee (departed 2010-08-18)
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Baptist Student Hostel Palmerston North
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.)
How ratings work →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 6. 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.
- Reserves high for operating sizeReserves cover ~147 months of expenses on $475K revenue — very high for an operating charity this size
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.
$475.4K
$433.3K
$5.4M
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
The Hostel mission is to:- 1/. To provide direction and resources which will enable the Churches through the Trust to minister to the local community by seeking to meet the social, emotional,physical, spiritual and educational needs of the people of their local communities. 2/.To establish such service centres, programmes and facilities which will enable the Trustees to provide appropriate community social services. 3/.To alleviate the difficulties of those experiencing hardships of whatever kind, including financial hardship and to bring relief through whatever means are available. 4/.To initiate, establish and administer community and social services for people of all ages who for any reason are in need of care counselling or assistance. 5/. To carry out such other charitable purposes within New Zealand as the trustees shall determine.
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Ranked against 147 peers · Community Development · $100K – $1M
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